Price war - Microsoft / Google Apps

Microsoft has slashed the prices of its SaaS email offering and its online business productivity suite, making them more competitive with the low-cost premier edition of Google Apps.

Exchange Online as a standalone app is now available for US$5 per month instead of $10, while the Business Productivity Online Suite, which bundles online versions of Exchange, SharePoint, Office Communications and Office Live Meeting, is now $10 per user per month instead of $15, said Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop.

Microsoft also increased storage per use to 25 GBs from 5 GBs -- bringing it in line with what Google provides for Google Apps.