Email and instant messaging has become the most convenient means of communication in today’s business environment. Programs such as Exchange 2000 and Oracle Collaboration Server provide a secure means to run internal and external office communications, a way to manage shared global contact lists and company schedules, as well as divide tasks and make use of the other features comprised by Microsoft Outlook.
Definition of Email:
Short for electronic mail; the transmission of messages over communications networks. These messages can be notes entered straight from the keyboard or attachments of electronic files stored to disk. Most mainframes, minicomputers, and computer networks come equipped with an e-mail system. Some electronic-mail systems are confined to a single computer system or to one network, whereas others possess gateways to other computer systems to enable sending electronic mail anywhere in the world. Companies that are fully computerized make extensive use of e-mail because it is fast, flexible, and reliable.
Most e-mail systems include a rudimentary text editor for composing messages, and some allow editing of your messages using any editor you choose. You then send the message to the recipient by specifying the recipient's address. You can also send the same message to several users at once. This is called broadcasting.
Sent messages are stored in electronic mailboxes until the recipient fetches them. To see if you have any mail, you may have to check your electronic mailbox periodically, although many systems do alert you when mail is received. After reading your mail, you can store it as a text file, forward it to other users, or delete it. Copies of memos can be sent to your printer should you require a paper copy.
All online services and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) offer e-mail, and most also support gateways so that you can exchange mail with users operating through a different provider. It takes only a few seconds or minutes for mail to arrive at its destination, making e-mail a particularly effective and quick way to communicate with an entire group. You'll find it easy to broadcast a message or document to everyone all at once.
Every business connected to a Broadband Internet service will achieve tangible business benefits. The Internet and its capabilities are massive. It opens up creative ways to help you lower costs by streamlining your daily business tasks and procedures. It contains every type of advice, manual, and ad or referral section to bring about new ideas in training and developing your staff. You will find it easy to keep better ties with your existing customers with facilitated capability to send an e-mail newsletter or market special offers. You will be able to reach markets your company has never touched nor ventured into before (i.e. build a company website in another language).
Broadband also offers immediate, cost-effective access to a wide range of Internet resources. One of its greatest benefits is its permanent, "always-on" Internet connection. Other real life examples of how businesses are gainfully using Broadband are located in the case studies section of our website.
One thing to remember though- you will need to set up appropriate security measures in order to limit your exposure to viruses and prevent other e-business risks. We advise that you set up a Spam filter for incoming e-mail, don't give out any passwords over the Internet, and make sure to download files from secure sites only.
Next, are examples of how Broadband can benefit your business.
Marketing Benefits
- Innovative promotion of products and services
- New product and tracking searches that are up to date and to the minute
- Greater opportunity to be viewed by potential customers (increased sales and profit)
- Go Global- the power and ability to exceed the standards in purchasing and marketing
- Extreme speed in all business-to-business/ business-to-consumer facets or transactions
- Allows separation of design from production
- Cuts the cost of customer service
- Increases competition between similar businesses
- Provides real time performance monitoring and ups sales numbers
- Enables product and service re-engineering
- Improves information exchange and enriches communications (i.e. video mail)
- Work worldwide via the Internet – "Live local, work global."
- Promotion of companies to “Think big and act big."
- Strength to change the way we work- work from home, from your Blackberry or Palm Pilot, keep in touch while traveling
- The ability to access every type of database to keep you learning and keep you educated
