Using a bank is one of the easiest ways of sending money overseas. Unfortunately, it is also the most costly. Here are five cheaper alternatives that are worth exploring.

Google's Gmail Android app can already sync with a host of different email inboxes but one thing that was lacking was support for Microsoft Exchange accounts. The company is to finally fixing this omission with the new Gmail Android app update. Here's what you need to know.

Under most circumstances, you wouldn't go looking for broken things at a garage sale or second-hand shop. Unless they're damaged tools from companies like Ridgid. Then you might be able to exchange them for all new ones.

Microsoft has warned that some customers using a hybrid of Office 365 and Exchange 2013 for its mail service may not receive their emails after the vendor renews its Office 365 transport layer security (TLS) certificate in April. The company has provided instructions on how to remediate this. Here are the details.

The email server is down at work. Within two minutes, nervous murmurs could be heard in the office followed by people sticking their heads up in their cubicles looking like lost lambs. Pretty soon the entire workplace grinds to a halt. Suffice to say email is a critical part of almost every organisation and while businesses are moving many of their productivity applications to third-party cloud providers, there is still some resistance in doing so with emails.

What do you get when Australia’s leading internet challenger joins forces with the world’s leading software provider? iiNet Hosted Exchange: Enterprise-class email for small and medium-sized business, at SMB prices and backed up with award-winning customer service. Just another example of how the cloud is empowering SMBs to work smarter than ever.

Microsoft is updating the built-in Mail, Calendar and People Apps in Windows 8. The most notable changes? Updates that allow those apps to integrate better with Exchange accounts, and also make them somewhat more functional.

ISP iiNet has launched a hosted version of Microsoft Exchange aimed at small business users. That puts it in direct competition with the Telstra-delivered Office 365 service, but despite similar pricing there are some differences between the two products.

Apple has updated iOS to version 6.1.2, patching a bug which plagued some users syncing their iPhones and iPads to Exchange calendars. That's good news for Exchange administrators, but it's unfortunate that fixing the problem requires users to update individual devices.

Many businesses rely on Exchange and SharePoint, so if those services crash there's often wailing and gnashing of teeth. However, recovering from an Exchange or SharePoint outage can be a slow task.

Microsoft Exchange is often a server hog. Server hogs are increasingly being butchered for the juicy virtualised bacon within. So why aren't more Exchange deployments jumping on the virtualisation gravy train?

You had IT set up Microsoft Exchange Server on your personal phone so you could get corporate email and stay in touch. You also, likely unbeknownst to you, gave them the power to remotely control and wipe your phone.