IBM Launching Web-Based Email Service - WSJ

Likely to be at least as successful as IBM Workplace

"International Business Machines Corp. is launching a new offensive against Google Inc. and others in the email market, offering a Web-based service it plans to market directly to end users, a rare tactic for Big Blue.

On Tuesday, the computing giant unveiled IBM Verse, an email service melded with collaboration and social-media tools. The company is offering the cloud-based software free to individuals and small businesses, and also hopes to sell a commercial version to businesses."

IBM Launching Web-Based Email Service - WSJ