Hello,

I was interested in locating a virtual office web service which allows
the collaboration of staff, security definitions, multiple project
management, file exchange and version control as well as providing
perhaps a unified box for all your external e-mails if not provide its
own.

http://www.hotoffice.com is a good example of such a service.

I seek similar or better services at equal or better value.  Meaning
same for less or more at the same cost. ;-)

If they have SSL encryption sessions, I would prefer that being
optional as it slows things a lot, not all that ciritical.

/Lizardnation

Hi again! Thanks for another nice project.

Aside from Hot Office there are other services which is similar to
what they provide.

Magical Desk 2.5
http://www.magicaldesk.com/MultiDomain/MDlogin.asp
http://www.magicaldesk.com/magically/home/all_aboutus.html
http://www.magicaldesk.com/magically/home/pro_new.htm

Meeting Place
http://www.meetingplace.net
http://www.meetingplace.net/solutions/services.asp (services)
http://www.meetingplace.net/solutions/groupware.asp (groupware
integration)
http://www.meetingplace.net/company/ (about the company)

Freedesk (Change its name to Matrix Technologies)
http://www.freedesk.com/ 
http://www.freedesk.com/products/products.htm (products)
http://www.freedesk.com/about/about.html (about the company)

Think Free Office Suites
http://www.thinkfree.com/ 
http://www.thinkfree.com/products/pd_office20.jsp 

I do hope that this would be of help to you. Thanks for being a part
of the Google Answers family.

Regards,
Easterangel-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by lizardnation-ga on 06 Jun 2002 05:02 PDT

Hello Easterangel,

Thank you for the ones you've, would you please give it further effort
as I would like a bit more closer choices in terms of Apples to Apples
of similar sites.

Addressing the mentioned "..collaboration of staff, security
definitions, multiple project management, file exchange and version
control as well as providing perhaps a unified box for all your
external e-mails...".

Identification of value between the results as mentioned in the
Subject and "...I seek similar or better services at equal or better
value.  Meaning
same for less or more at the same cost...".

Thank you. :-)

/Lizardnation

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 06 Jun 2002 15:20 PDT

Hi once more!

I found the competitor of Hot Office and it is called Intranet.com.
This product may suit your needs.

Intranet.com
http://www.intranets.com/
http://www.intranets.com/ProductInfo/
http://www.intranets.com/ProductInfo/Pricing/
http://www.intranets.com/AboutUs/ContactUs.asp (contact information)

Share HQ
http://www.sharehq.com/cw/login
http://www.sharehq.com/cw/static/key.html
http://www.sharehq.com/cw/static/corporate.html (pricing)
http://www.sharehq.com/cw/static/contact.html (contact info)

WebWorksZone from Sitescape
http://webworkzone.com/
http://webworkzone.com/wwz_features.html
http://webworkzone.com/wwz_pricing.html
http://webworkzone.com/wwz_sec.html

I do hope that this answered the requirements of the question. Good
luck on these tools.

Job well gone Easterangel.

The link below gives a list of Web-based Intranet service providers

( http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200003/asp_03_15_00h.html )



Upon verification the following companies provide the services
mentioned by you. All of them provide a free 30-day trial.

( http://www.hotoffice.com )

( http://www.hotoffice.com/product/pricing.htm )

It charges  $ 177.95 per month for 50 users

( http://www.intranets.com )

( http://www.intranets.com/ProductInfo/Pricing/ )

It charges $199.95 per month for 50 users 

( http://www.storagepoint.com )

( http://storagepoint.net/pricing.stm )

It charges $105 for a quarterly subscription of I GB space. There is
no “per use” charge

( http://www.magicaldesk.com )

Pricing Details are unavailable on the website

( http://www.visto.com )

Pricing Details are unavailable on the website

( http://www.webauthor.com )

Pricing Details are unavailable on the website

( http://www.webex.com )

It provides a range of additional features like video conferencing and
charges on a subscription basis

( http://www.afteroffice.com )

It charges $ 935 per year for 50 users


Search Strategy:

Webbased intranet service providers

www.hotoffice.com+Competitors


Regards,

Googly ga