14 DAY TRIAL // Better hold on to Outlook, or your favorite email client, because email is here to stay. No less than 96% of the 1,268 professionals and students surveyed by MarketTools at the request of Microsoft revealed that they expect to leverage email even more or just as much as today in the following five years. The survey reveals what should be an obvious conclusion, texting, social media, voice-over IP, web conferencing, and instant messaging will not kill email.
Just as the Internet did not kill TV, but actually will contribute to saving it through integration, email will also evolve by embracing alternative communication methods.
The software giant shared an infographic depicting the evolution of email since the 1960’s until today, managing to illustrate the adaptability of Office Outlook.
Considering the enhancements already introduced in Outlook 2010, it’s hard to believe that the Office email client will not continue to grow, especially since Microsoft even guarantees that it will happen.
“As our communication tool set expands, there will also be an increasing need to bring together different communications,” revealed Takeshi Numoto, Corporate Vice President, Office.
“Going to multiple locations to access various email accounts, find contacts, or check social media updates can be tedious. In fact, more than 55 percent of respondents said they would use a tool that brings together email, calendar, voicemail, social media, text, and instant messaging into one location.
“Outlook is increasingly becoming that communications hub for so many people. It not only enables you to access all of your email accounts and schedules, but also gives you social media updates from friends and colleagues, text messages, and voicemails in one place.”
One of the best features about Outlook 2010, and one that I personally love is the ability to quickly access not only messages, but entire conversations.
I’ve been exchanging emails with some of my contacts for months at a time, and yet I can extremely easy navigate to the first email, as well as track out conversation without fault on a specific subject.
“Fifty-three percent consider email the most effective method of communication with colleagues, even beating out face-to-face meetings and instant messaging (49 percent and 42 percent respectively),” Numoto added.
“For personal use, those surveyed said they expect email will play an important part of their communication mix.”
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