service providers

India unfortunately doesn't have the equivalent of section 230 of the CDA, which prevents service providers from being sued for the actions of their users.

That's why Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are all facing a lawsuit over certain types of ads in India.

Apparently it's illegal in India to advertise any technique or product designed to influence the sex of a child.

However, such ads have been appearing on all three sites.

MSPmentor: "When it comes to hosted email, why zig when you can zag? That explains the strategy at EtomicMail, a managed service provider that’s hosting Zimbra — an open source email platform — rather than Microsoft Exchange."

This white paper helps administrators narrow down the various services that are at their disposal for handling messaging within their organization.

Traditional thought leans toward in-house solutions, while a modern approach involves hosted solutions like dedicated messaging, hosted e-mail, hosted Exchange or a combination of solutions.

Learn how each may benefit your organization and what to look for in service providers for these hosted solutions.

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MSPmentor: "As CEO of Fonality, Lyman is building an IP-PBX company that leverages Asterisk (an open source platform) and embraces managed service providers..."

Computerworld UK: "Nine out of ten software-as-a-service providers will rely on open source software by 2010 to save money, but the cost savings likely won't be passed onto customers, Gartner says in a new research note..."