Web based Email service from Microsoft – Hotmail, which was founded back in 1996 is now getting a new tweak-up again, which will convert it from Windows Live to Windows Live Wave 4. Most probably it won’t be something like Google Wave but until its final release, nothing can be said for sure. They have officially named their service as HoTMaiL, the upper case character emphasize the use of HTML5 in its making. Its brand new logo looks like this:
The team behind HoTMaiL has shared some of the features Live Wave 4 might have. The list goes like this:
- localized versions of Hotmail to 59 regional markets, in 36 languages.
- 1.3 billion inboxes (some users have multiple inboxes)
- Over 350 million people are actively using Hotmail on a monthly basis (source: comScore, August 2009).
- 3 billion messages a day and filter out over 1 billion spam messages
- Growing storage at over 2 petabytes a month (a petabyte is ~1 million gigabytes or ~1000 terabytes).
- Currently have over 155 petabytes of storage deployed (70% of storage is taken up with attachments, typically photos).
- Largest SQL Server 2008 deployment in the world.
Lets wait for the final release and find out what they have got for us!
