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Google on Tuesday unveiled a new series of “Powered by Postini” hosted email and messaging services that are aimed at simplifying its software-as-a-service offerings and cutting its prices. Google, of Mountain View, Calif., is reorganizing several of the email security and compliance services from its acquisition last year of Postini into three packages, said Scott Petry, founder of Postini and product management director in Google’s Enterprise Management division. The first package, Google Message Filtering, includes Postini’s spam and malware filtering products, and is aimed at companies who want to shift the burden of such tasks to a third-party service, Petrie said. It will be offered to users for $3 per year.

The second, Google Message Security, includes Google Message Filtering along with enhanced virus detection, outbound message processing, and content policy management for companies worried about internal and external threats such as data leaks and compliance violations, he said. It will be offered for $12 per user per year. The third is Google Message Discovery, which include Google Message Security bundled with a year of message data archiving, retention, and discovery to help companies with legal discovery, Petry said. It will be offered for $25 per user per year. The new packages are offered as part of the Google Apps platform, which also includes Gmail email services, Google Docs for documents and presentations, Google Calendar for shared calendaring, Google Talk instant messaging, and Start Page for customizable home pages. I guess most of you will stay with free version of Gmail, which is already enough good in filtering spam.

Source: CRN