| Developers: | VK (formerly Mail.ru Group), VK Tech (formerly VK Digital, VK Digital and Mail.ru Digital technologies) |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | December 19, 2016 |
| Last Release Date: | 2024/11/07 |
| Technology: | SaaS - Software as a Service, Office Applications |
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Main article: SaaS - History. Philosophy. Development drivers
VK WorkSpace is a business communication platform from VK. Includes corporate mail with a calendar and address book, a messenger with audio and video calls, cloud storage with a built-in document editor. All services are in a single space, are available in one window mode and are managed from a common administrative panel. The products have several independent layers of protection. The platform can be deployed on company servers (On-Anticipate) or used in the cloud (SaaS). All services are included in the register of Russian software and meet the requirements of the FZ-152.
2024
Availability of "AI Assistant"
A service is available in the cloud version of the VK WorkSpace communication platform - AI Assistant. He knows how to create a summarization of video conferencing, letters, correspondence in chats, highlighting the main thing. VK announced this on November 7, 2024.
AI Assistant knows how to create spam correspondence in corporate mail and messenger of the VK WorkSpace platform. To do this, you need to send letters or messages from a working chat to the bot in VK Teams. The service will provide the user with a short retelling of the conversation - it will indicate the characters, numbers and other indicators that were mentioned in the discussion.
The virtual assistant can also create an autoresame of an online meeting in the VK WorkSpace video conferencing service. To use this function, you need to enable recording during a call, and then send the file to a bot with AI Assistant.
 | According to Gartner forecasts, by 2026, 80% of companies in the world will use generative artificial intelligence. We at VK Tech are testing AI technologies, including in communication services - this opens up a new user experience for our customers. AI Assistant will analyze letters, chats and create summaries on the topic, thereby helping employees quickly immerse themselves in the discussion and not waste time on routine actions, "said Dmitry Pleshakov, Product Director of VK Teams. |  |
Availability of "VK Boards" and "Notes"
New teamwork tools have become available on the VK WorkSpace communication platform as part of a common corporate subscription: VK Board and Notes. They will allow employees to work together on multi-format projects in a single protected space. VK announced this on September 5, 2024.
| | To ensure synchronous business processes, we have developed collaboration tools for SaaS users VK WorkSpace. VK Board and Notes support the transfer of data from other popular services: companies can import existing projects in a couple of steps and continue working on them without fear of losing access, "said Mikhail Chizhikov, head of communications products at VK Tech. | |
VK Board allows you to store and visualize information, as well as work with it interactively: build work plans, project structure, explain processes. Seamless authorization for VK WorkSpace users is supported, as well as the creation of an unlimited number of boards.
Notes offer a convenient intuitive editor for individual and collaboration with texts and tables. In the service, it is convenient to maintain to-do lists, record agreements, create working documentation for yourself and colleagues. Tags and folders allow you to organize materials, and built-in artificial intelligence helps generate and improve texts. Configuration of access levels is supported.
Running the Seamless Data Transfer Tool from Third-Party Services
VK WorkSpace has launched a tool for quickly and seamlessly transferring company data from third-party services: cloud storage, mail, calendar, and others. Business can migrate from Google, Microsoft and other suppliers - foreign and Russian. VK announced this on September 3, 2024.
Companies will be able to transfer data up to 20 thousand users at a time. After migration, most of the usual parameters will remain in the services, for example, appointments in the calendar, letters and systematization of documents in the repository. The process takes place in the background and does not interfere with the operation of commands.
Documents, tables and presentations are automatically converted into familiar formats. Users will be able to edit them online and manage access within the company.
| | It is important for companies to ensure the stable operation of internal services and teams. In order to simplify the data migration process, we have implemented a simple and convenient enterprise migration tool in VK WorkSpace. This will help the business solve the problems of security and reliable storage of data without suspending the work of employees, - said Mikhail Chizhikov, head of communication products at VK Tech. | |
Access APIs
VK On August 28, 2024, the company announced the opening of access API to the VK WorkSpace enterprise communications platform for, backup data Mails Calendar and Disk. Business will be able to configure integration VK WorkSpace services with backup systems and additionally provide reliable data storage resources.
| | Ensuring uninterrupted access to corporate services and reliable data storage are the key business tasks in the Russian market. The API built into VK WorkSpace will allow you to additionally back up data from platform services, regardless of the number of users. This will help to ensure enhanced data protection even in companies with increased security requirements for IT infrastructure - for example, in banks or in industry - said Mikhail Chizhikov, head of communications products at VK Tech. | |
The company itself selects a backup system, a server for storing backups and can configure the schedule, frequency and frequency of updating data, as well as their retention period. If necessary, information can be easily restored without stopping the work of corporate communications services.
Create and organize folders, archive, and pin chats
The VK WorkSpace messenger has additional features, including creating and organizing folders, archiving and anchoring chats, managing notifications and more. The tools are available in SaaS and On-premieses versions of the service. VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) announced this on August 20, 2024.
Users can now temporarily disable notifications in certain chats and channels to concentrate on current tasks and return to them later. Archiving has been implemented to temporarily hide dialogs without deleting them. This is especially useful when completing a discussion in groups when information may be needed later.
In addition, folders have been integrated that allow users to organize their chats in various categories and topics and thereby simplify navigation inside the messenger. And thanks to the pinning function, you can leave up to ten chats at the top of the list of each folder, which will make it easier to track important messages and reminders.
The SaaS version of the messenger has the ability to decrypt voice messages. This will be relevant for those who prefer text content to audiovisual.
Change Payment System
VK WorkSpace is changing the payment system for cloud-based enterprise communications services for business. The updated charging model will allow companies to pay for platform services for the required number of users with an accuracy of one person and optimize costs. The company announced this on April 2, 2024.
Previously, companies paid for packages with a fixed number of employees - 10, 30, 100, 300, and so on. With the new approach, the business can choose how many employees to connect access to services, and flexibly manage the subscription. It includes advanced functionality for corporate mail, calendar, messenger, video conferencing, disk and online document editing.
{{quote "Corporate communications services simplify employee interaction and increase team productivity. We are changing the VK WorkSpace payment model so that the business can use the budget effectively and reduce software costs. At the same time, we support companies that are switching to the platform from foreign cloud services. By submitting an application on the VK WorkSpace website by April 10, they will be able to get free access to tools for three months, "said Mikhail Chizhikov, head of communication products at VK Tech. }}
2023
Inclusion of Russian products for digital workplace in the map
In June 2023, the product was included in the TAdviser card "Employee Digital Workplace 2023."
Description
For April 2023, the solution has a description: VK WorkSpace is a communication platform for business from VK. Includes corporate mail with calendar and address book (VK WorkMail), messenger with audio and video calls (VK Teams), cloud storage with built-in document editor (VK WorkDisk).
2022
According to information for March 2022, VK WorkSpace (formerly the Mail.ru Cloud Platform for Business) is a subscription to business services from VK: mail, calendar, address book, file storage, document editor, letter distributor and SMS (data for March 2022.). All services can be paid for and managed using a common administrative panel.
2021: Access to the functionality and capabilities of the P7-Office solution
On January 20, 2021, the Mail.ru Group announced that it had entered into a partnership in the field of office software with New Communication Technologies (NKT). Thanks to cooperation, users of the Mail.ru for Business communication platform have seamless access to the functionality and capabilities of the P7-Office solution for creating and editing documents.
The Mail.ru for Business communication platform allows companies of all sizes to communicate both internally and externally. The platform for January 2021 includes corporate mail, messenger Myteam and file storage. Teambox
The Teambox store allows you to share files - employees can view and edit them at the same time. As part of the partnership Mail.ru Group , she held integration Teambox vaults with professional editors of P7-Office documents, tables and presentations.
Thus, users of the Mail.ru for Business platform received direct access to P7-Office products through the usual Teambox interface, without the need to independently integrate and configure the solution.
| | By developing our platform, we aim to cover as many business needs as possible. With the help of corporate mail and the Myteam messenger, companies of any size can establish communication between employees, which is the basis for the success of the business. Seamless integration of P7-Office products with our Teambox file storage expands the capabilities of the Mail.ru for Business platform, making it even more flexible. Our users get access to all the tools they need to work through a single solution, "said Yegor Yudin, director of partnerships at Mail.ru for Business. | |
| | The integration of P7-Office into the popular Mail.ru for Business services allows the user to be more free in terms of choosing a platform for work, and if you need a light, convenient office suite, then the P7-Office platform becomes the best choice, "says Natalia Agafonova, General Director of NKT JSC . | |
2020
Starting Arenadata DB as a service
On April 29, 2020, it became known that Mail.Ru Cloud Solutions (MCS) is launching Arenadata DB in the cloud as a service - an analytical database based on the distributed open source database Greenplum, designed to store and process large amounts of data and easily scalable within a single interface without rebooting the cluster. Read more here.
Provide access to SUSE solutions
On April 14, 2020, it became known that it would Mail.ru Cloud Solutions provide customers cloud services based on the technologies of the company, SUSE an independent developer of the corporate with. ON open source Linux
The partnership will enable Mail.ru Cloud Solutions users to access enterprise-level SUSE solutions to manage IT infrastructure, streamline development processes, and reduce costs.
Built on a single SUSE Linux Enterprise platform, SUSE's product portfolio includes a world-class multi-modal operating system for a variety of architectures with functionality enhancements, software infrastructure management solutions, and systems lifecycle monitoring and control products. SUSE has proven itself to perform critical workloads and provides high security, resiliency, performance, and software compatibility from most other vendors.
The specialized version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the recommended platform for running SAP workloads, especially relevant in light of the transition to SAP Hana. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is regularly certified by FSTEC and is suitable for use in all sectors of the Russian economy, including government agencies. Users of the Mail.ru Cloud Solutions platform will also have access to Russian-language technical support from SUSE.
| | In recent years, the IaaS services market has shown very dynamic growth. At the same time, SUSE solutions are also becoming increasingly popular tools for managing a complex IT environment for a huge number of companies around the world. Mail.Ru Cloud Solutions opens access to all the necessary services within a single platform. Through the partnership, we will provide high-quality, consolidated Linux infrastructure management and expert technical support to even more users. says Vladimir Glavchev, Managing Director of SUSE in Russia and the CIS
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{{quote 'author=comments Ilya Letunov, Head of Cloud Platform Mail.ru Cloud Solutions' We strive to provide users of the Mail.ru Cloud Solutions platform with access to the best cloud services. The partnership with SUSE will simplify the integration and administration of leading SAP solutions, ensure high availability of cloud services and business continuity. }}
2019
Launch of "Platforms for Business" by MegaFon and Mail.ru Group
On September 4, 2019, MegaFon and Mail.ru Group announced the launch of a joint cloud product, Platform for Business, aimed at the growing segment of small and medium-sized businesses. Within the framework of cooperation, MegaFon and the Mail.ru for Business platform offer corporate clients solutions for small and medium-sized businesses: a service of two services - Mail for Domain and Cloud Storage for Workgroups. Read more here.
Launching Sitebox Site Designer
On March 19, 2019, Mail.ru Group launched Sitebox website designer as part of the Mail.Ru for Business SaaS platform. The designer is intended for representatives of small and medium-sized businesses who need to quickly and with minimal effort create a site or online store. Sitebox runs on Mail.Ru Cloud Solutions (MCS) servers. Read more here.
Launch of b2b-market bid development direction
On February 20, 2019, it became known that Mail.Ru is creating a separate direction dedicated to the development of proposals for the b2b market. This was told by the head of the Mail.Ru Cloud Solutions platform Ilya Letunov. Read more here.
2018
Service "Vision for Events"
On October 9, 2018, Mail.ru Group announced that a service based on vision technologies "Vision for Events" was launched within the framework of the Mail.Ru for Business platform. According to the company, with its help, visitors to events will be able to find personnel with them among the mass of pictures.
The Vision for Events service consists of a physical interactive camera rack and software based on algorithmic machine learning developed by Mail.Ru Group.
At conferences, forums, festivals and other major events, photographers take thousands of pictures. Most often, after a few hours or days, 10-100 of them are published, and the rest settle in the archives without falling into the hands of the participants. Now, to find your photos, the visitor just needs to go to the counter and take a picture. Pictures can be sent to your e-mail: the letter will contain a link to the cloud folder, where all the found images will be collected, including those taken after the request. If they are not yet available, Vision will remember the person and send a letter with a link as soon as the photos appear.
| | 'Vision for events' in practice shows how modern technology makes our lives easier by automating and simplifying processes that used to seem impossible. With its help, the organizers will be able to increase the loyalty of visitors and increase resonance in social networks, and guests will receive their pictures. Egor Ganin, Head of Cloud and Business Services at Mail.Ru Group | |
Poll service Askbox
On July 17, 2018, Mail.ru Group offered users an Askbox solution as part of the Mail.Ru for Business SaaS platform. According to the Mail.ru Group, the service allows companies to create forms for collecting feedback, conducting surveys and testing customers and employees. The survey service gives the business a tool to analyze customer preferences and get feedback.
It was also reported that Askbox opens up wide opportunities for business to interact with the audience. More than 20 types of forms are available when designing surveys. You can interview users through all popular communication channels: in, social networks by, and SMS e-mail others. The results from these sources are aggregated into a visual dimension. At the same time, Askbox is easy to use and has an intuitive interface - no special skills are required to work with it.
To create forms and conduct testing in the survey service, you can use standard or your own templates; all design elements can be branded. Thanks to adaptive layout, it will be equally convenient for respondents to take polls and fill out forms both on the desktop and on smartphones and tablets. The service also allows you to create feedback forms and registration forms and integrate them into various CRM and ERP systems.
| | Audience surveys are a popular marketing tool. According to iKS-Consulting, survey services are among the top ten popular SaaS tools. Askbox and the recently launched Sendbox newsletter service make the Mail.Ru for Business platform an indispensable solution for a representative of modern medium and small businesses. Egor Ganin, Head of Cloud and Business Services at Mail.Ru Group | |
Sendbox Newsletter Service
On May 29, 2018, Mail.ru Group announced the expansion of the arsenal of B2B products of the Mail.Ru for Business platform with the Sendbox mailing service. With its help, you can automatically send mailings, SMS and messages to customers in Viber.
To make a high-quality newsletter, you need to do a lot of work: create a message design, peer, send to the right group of subscribers, track the reaction to the campaign. Sendbox offers a complete set of tools that speed up and simplify this process, the company said.
Sendbox provides tools for personalizing and accurately targeting mailings: it supports integration with popular CMS, CRM and ERP systems, allowing businesses to send trigger messages to their customers. Letter design in Sendbox can be created without special knowledge - using a visual letter editor and ready-made templates with adaptive layout support.
In addition, in Sendbox, the sender can track how recipients interact with the distribution, which will allow you to choose the optimal strategy and improve the efficiency of the distribution. Detailed reports will help you assess CTR and conversion for each campaign.
| | SaaS is a dynamic market: in 2018, its global volume will be about $55 billion, and growth compared to last year - 20%. According to iKS-Consulting, mailings in this market are in the top 7 in terms of revenue. Sendbox became the next service after paid mail in the line of products of the SaaS platform "Mail.Ru for business." The launch of the mailing service will improve and close the ecosystem of business communication with customers, - commented on the launch of the product, head of cloud and business services, Yegor Ganin. - Mail.Ru, as a postal provider, has accumulated tremendous experience, so the service fully complies with the standards of conscientious email mailings. | |
Computer vision technology as a PaaS service
On February 20, 2018, Mail.Ru Group announced the entry into the market of B2B services in the field of computer vision. The technology used in the Vision product is developed internally and is now offered as a PaaS service within the framework of the Mail.Ru for Business platform. Previously, this technology has already been tested on Mail.Ru Group products - in particular, in the mobile application Cloud Mail.Ru for face recognition in user photos.
Vision is based on machine learning, which, using neural networks, provides good quality and high speed of recognition of various animate and inanimate objects (objects, people, structures and scenes, such as cities, terrain, weather conditions) on photo and video files both offline and in real time, the company said.
The range of applications of computer vision is wide: from automation of content processing to ensuring security and instant diagnostics of various processes, such as sanitary control and early detection of smoke. Using Vision will help automate and strengthen the checkpoint at the enterprise. In retail, it will allow you to recognize regular buyers and unwanted guests, control the display of goods. In production - automate a number of control functions, such as checking the quantity of shipped products, detecting failures, defects and defects in the production process.
| | The computer vision market is at an early stage of development. According to our data, in 2017 its volume amounted to about 700 million rubles, within two to three years it is expected to grow to 2 billion rubles. Supply and demand are just beginning to take shape. The most popular product in this market is the recognition of visitors in stores and banks, largely because this is the most obvious way to apply machine vision. We plan to actively develop the market: Vision specialists advise partners, finding cases in which computer vision technology from Mail.Ru Group will help increase efficiency and reduce business costs, "said Yegor Ganin, head of cloud and business services at Mail.Ru Group. | |
Vision is part of the product line of the Mail.Ru for Business platform, which combines online services for corporate communications, cloud storage and marketing.
2017
Integration with 1C-Bitrix products
On August 9, 2017, Mail.Ru Group announced the integration of its cloud for business into 1C-Bitrix solutions.
According to the partners, 1C-Bitrix plans to use the cloud infrastructure of Mail.Ru Group to store the "cold" data of the Bitrix24 platform. At the same time, users of 1C-Bitrix software products will be able to choose a hot storage service from Mail.Ru Group for their files. In general, Hotbox and Icebox services will provide backup storage for the company's cloud solutions, which will allow 1C-Bitrix to concentrate resources on specialized activities.
| | Service "Bitrix24" - a set of tools for organizing the company's work in "one window" mode. The service has registered more than 2 million companies in 225 countries. One of the main tasks of our developers is the trouble-free operation of products and services. We are pleased to see Mail.Ru Group among our priority business partners. Their services are located in Russia, which means they will provide our users with many times more speed than any foreign provider. Alexander Demidov, Director of 1C-Bitrix Cloud Services | |
| | The projects of the Mail.Ru for Business platform were born thanks to many years of experience and knowledge accumulated by us in the development of highly loaded B2C solutions: Oblako.Mail.Ru and services within the company work on the same technologies that we offer to the market. We ourselves use our solutions and are confident that we will be able to provide a high level of service for our partners. Egor Ganin, Head of Cloud and Business Services at Mail.Ru Group | |
Cloud for Business-based Hotbox
On January 26, Mail.Ru Group launches a "hot storage" (Hotbox) based on Clouds for Business. The product was created for those who have a need not only for storage, but also for distributing a large number of files: first of all, for owners of visited media services, online media and sites with UGC content, as well as developers of mobile applications. The service starts in beta mode, companies are invited to participate in closed testing.
"Hot storage" is intended for loaded services, the work of which requires the storage and distribution of digital content, and will save the business from the need to create its own infrastructure for this. The key benefits of the new service are unlimited scalability, ease of administration, and high availability. Mail.Ru Group data centers are located in the Russian Federation, which ensures compliance with Russian law and convenience of working with legal entities, as well as a higher response rate compared to international competitors.
Thanks to the compatibility with APIAmazon S3, the transition to "hot storage" will be simple and will take a minimum of time for a technician.
For the duration of beta testing, the service is provided free of charge, and after the official launch, its participants will receive special tariffs. "Hot storage" prices will be lower than most similar solutions in the market. The user will be able to choose a convenient and profitable charging system - by the amount of space occupied, the number of downloads or requests to the storage.
Unlike the "cold storage," launched at the end of last year and focused on storing archives and backups, "hot" was created primarily for owners of visited media services, online media and sites with UGC content, as well as developers of mobile applications.
"In the first days after the launch of the cold storage beta, we received almost a thousand applications from businesses. Along with requests for Icebox, there were orders for storing hot data, which once again indicates the demand for the service. We expect that the new line of infrastructure projects of the Mail.Ru for Business platform will compete with Western solutions and attract a business audience with ease of use and the ability to achieve noticeable savings, "says Yegor Ganin, head of cloud and business services at Mail.Ru.
2016
Mail.Ru cloud entered the B2B market
On December 19, 2016, Mail.ru Group announced the launch of Mail.Ru Cloud on the B2B market.
Through the Cloud for Business, companies can organize cold storage of data, provide convenient access to it for workgroups. According to the press service of the vendor, the service was tested by AlfaStrakhovanie Biglion other companies.
As of December 2016, companies are offered two services: Cloud for Archives and Cloud for Workgroups.
The "cloud for archives" will allow the business to store at the facilities of Mail.Ru Group backups of the necessary files - backups, logs, media content, scientific, statistical data and working archives. The cloud can be connected to the company's servers via API, that is, as a regular hard drive, but with almost unlimited volume. All data is stored in two copies in different data centers, which provides data with reliable protection in case of any force majeure situations.
Especially for organizations that are faced with the need to store large amounts of information due to a recent resonant change in legislation, the option of auto-deleting files after a certain time, for example, six months, is offered.
The Cloud for Workgroups service will replace the company's file server. The network drive can be accessed by all or specific employees. An administrator can configure shared folders, for example, for departments of the company, allocate quotas for them in place and manage access.
| | Entering the corporate segment is a logical step in the development of the Mail.Ru Cloud: the volume of the cloud services market in Russia in 2015 crept up to 30 billion rubles and, according to various estimates, is growing from 20 to 80% per year. Compared to its own storage infrastructure, Cloud for Business has a number of advantages: unlimited scalability, ease of administration, high availability, and the ability to reduce costs. Mail.Ru Group data centers are located in the Russian Federation, which provides minimal latency, compliance with Russian law and convenience of working with legal entities. Egor Ganin, Head of Cloud and Business Services, Mail and Mail.Ru Portal | |
As of December 19, 2016, the service is operating in beta mode.
Prices
These cloud services Mail.Ru offers corporate clients at a rate of 3 rubles per 1 GB per month. Companies will have to pay for the actual volume occupied, recalculation occurs every hour.
First users
One of the first "hot storage" Mail.Ru Group tested the Life.Ru portal. Also among the first beta testers Hotbox is the largest resource for finding remote work FL.ru (Freelance.ru) and the service for finding and ordering ready-made food and products Delivery Club. In addition, Hotbox is used to store all editorial content on Hi-Tech Mail.Ru and other Mail.Ru Group media projects.
By mid-December, several companies had already tested the service. According to Mail.Ru, these are AlfaStrakhovanie and Biglion, which helped shape the final vision of the product.
Market estimates
| | Entering the corporate segment is a logical step in the development of the Mail.Ru cloud: the volume of the cloud services market in Russia in 2015 crept up to 30 billion rubles and, according to various estimates, is growing from 20 to 80% per year, - comments Yegor Ganin, head of cloud and business services at Mail.Ru. | |
According to Gartner estimates, the global cloud market continues to grow: investments in IaaS will grow by 38.4% in 2016, the SaaS market over the same period will grow by 20.3% (up to $38 billion).
Mail.Ru for Business has the opportunity to create a corporate intranet
In November, Mail.Ru for Business introduced the free My Company service for storing and searching basic information about employees. With its help, you can quickly find contacts of colleagues and other necessary information about them from a mobile device or desktop.
"My Company" is intended for representatives of medium and small businesses who have a need for their own intranet portal, but do not have enough resources to develop and support it. Here companies will be able to store basic information about employees: name, photo, position, department name, phone number, email address, birthday, and so on. The service will help the company's employees quickly find answers to important questions - for example, find out by the number of the missed call which of the colleagues called, or find out if a person who does not answer calls and letters is on vacation.
"Initiatives that help establish internal corporate communications are often implemented last. It can take several years from the company's inception to the start of development of the first corporate portal, during which the business will suffer due to communication problems within the organization. The My Company function, offered within the framework of the Mail.Ru for Business platform, will allow small businesses that are not yet ready to invest in the development of the intranet to create it for free, check whether it solves their problems, and understand what to want from it in the future. This is one of the first launches we are planning as part of the development of a cloud services platform for medium and small businesses, "says Yegor Ganin, head of cloud and business services at Mail and Mail.Ru.
Only the domain administrator has the ability to enter and edit data in the "My Company" section. Users access it only after entering a login and password. Thus, data on company employees are reliably protected.
The information is presented in the form of a tree that allows you to determine at first glance in which department the employee works and who his manager is. The service supports searching in any of the fields: thanks to this, you can, for example, quickly find a colleague, knowing only the number of his car.
One of the key functions of the new service is the ability to automatically create mailing lists for departments. Each department receives its own mailing address; only its employees in the recipient list. The system monitors updates in the department structure and automatically adds new employees or excludes those who have left from mailing. Thus, the administrator gets rid of the need to update the lists manually - it is enough to monitor the relevance of the main list of personnel.
2013: Corporate Mail Service Beta
On July 10, 2013 , Mail.Ru Group announced the launch of a beta version of the biz.mail.ru service for creating corporate mail on its platform. By starting mail in it, corporate users can receive boxes with the domain of their company, and for those companies that do not yet have their own domain, Mail.Ru offered to register it for free within a month as part of a new service. The latter became possible through the company's partnership with the domain registrar Reg.ru.
In each domain, you can create up to 5 thousand corporate mail addresses with an unlimited amount of each mailbox, and if the company needs more, the number of addresses can be increased by sending a corresponding request to support.
Owners of corporate boxes will have access to all the main features of Mail.Ru mail: viewing MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents directly in the mail, a filter system, SMS notifications about new letters, automatic protection against spam and viruses, the ability to work with mail through third-party clients and from mobile devices.
In addition, mail is integrated with a calendar with which you can schedule events and schedule meetings, as well as with the Mail.Ru agent messenger. The service also implements the function of automatically adding accounts of all colleagues to the address book immediately when a new mailbox is created and the function of adding, by default, all colleagues for whom boxes in the domain have been created to the Mail.Ru Agent contact list. The service also allows you to create separate distribution lists for a specific group of employees.
Anna Artamonova, vice president of Mail.Ru Group, head of the mail and portal business unit, told TAdviser that in the near future the company does not plan to introduce any paid services for users of the service. In the future, perhaps, premium packages for a larger business will appear in it: for example, round-the-clock technical support, personal manager and others, she says.
According to Artamonova, at the time of launch, almost all the functionality of the Mail.Ru service for business is working, so it will most likely be released from beta mode within a few months.
It is worth noting that Mail.Ru's largest mail competitors - Yandex.Mail and GMail - have been operating a similar function for several years. Thus, Yandex launched the option to connect corporate domains to its mail back in 2009. The company told TAdviser that as of July 2013, more than 240 thousand domains were registered in their service.
The mail service for the Yandex domain allows you to delegate the domain to Yandex, DNShosting communicate using a Jabber chat, use a digital signature and make mailings within the domain. As in the Mail.Ru service, access to corporate mail on Yandex is possible from the web interface, a special form on the site, from the main page of the search engine, as well as from mail programs and a mobile application.
The volume of each corporate mailbox, as well as that of a competitor, in Yandex mail is unlimited, but the number of available boxes within the domain is limited to 1,000 addresses by default. Their number, however, can also be increased by filling out a special application.
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