CLOUD COMPUTING . Evaluating Web Mail Services

  6.1) Evaluating blogs for collaboration v A blog (short for “web log”) is a kind of online journal that its author updates frequently with new musings and information . v A blog doesn’t have to be the work of a single author; it can include posts from multiple contributors , as well as comments on each of those posts. v This makes a blog ideal for keeping track of progress on a group project.   Here’s how it goes . u You create your blog, hosted on your company’s servers or on a popular blogging tool such as Blogger or WordPad. u You make it a private blog and assign authorship status to all the members of your team. u This means that everyone on your team can initiate new posts , as well as comment on the posts of others.   »     When you have something important to say to the group , you make a blog post . »     Same with the other members ; when they have updated info, they post it . »   ...

  Introduction v There are three main categories of communication tools:    web email services,    instant messaging services, and    web conferencing tools. v Groups located anywhere in the world can use these tools to communicate with other group members 1.     Evaluating Web Mail Services Traditional email v The type of email program you probably have installed on your PC uses a protocol called the Post Office Protocol (POP ). v POP email requires the use of a dedicated email client program , such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express , and—at the ISP level— email servers to send and receive messages problem with traditional POP v The problem with traditional POP email is that you’re tied to the client program installed on your PC. v The messages you receive are stored on that PC , and you usually can’t access them when you’re traveling or away from that PC . webbased email services   v T...