Email, collaboration and scheduling tools have become critical factors to the success of any business. Unfortunately, small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) often lack a large IT budget or in-house team to implement and maintain the sophisticated messaging software they need. Yet SMEs need this critical toolset.
Microsoft Exchange Server is used by the majority of large corporations for their email, calendars, contacts and files. Microsoft Exchange Server is a synchronized messaging and collaborative Server / Client software product developed by Microsoft. The Exchange server powers the full collaboration functions of Microsoft Outlook, such as group calendars, contacts and file-sharing. We provide the latest version of this as a hosted service. SMEs can subscribe to this on-demand service for a low Annual fee – instead of paying tens of thousands of dollars upfront for expensive servers and software licenses, hiring specialist IT staff to install and maintain the system and being responsible for a 24x7 infrastructure.
We let you focus on your core business. Hosted Microsoft Exchange means that we provide all hardware and software, then run and maintain it for you in our datacenter. You can access your email using Outlook® or Entourage® on your desktop, Outlook Web Access (OWA) in any Web browser, or wirelessly from a device like the BlackBerry, Windows mobile device or Treo.
As part of the Microsoft line of Server products, Microsoft Exchange is widely regarded as the de-facto messaging system used by Enterprise and SME organizations. The technologies major features consist of synchronized Electronic Mail, Calendaring, Contacts, Tasks, support for mobile and web-based information and support for data storage. All items within MS Exchange can be shared and differing levels of security can be implemented as required.
The client and server are always in synchronized communication with each other ensuring that any changes the client makes are mirrored on the server and vise-versa. This becomes invaluable when mobile staff need access to information and need the ability to send information that will be accurately recorded back to their desktop PC or laptop - sent email items and new calendar appointments for other staff are prime examples.
Hosted Exchange Features
Hosted Exchange replaces your old and archaic POP/IMAP email system and replaces it with an advanced rich email and collaboration system, at an affordable price.
With a few minor configuration changes you can continue to use your current MS Outlook software and also incorporate (if not already) most PDA Smart phones / handheld devices. Support for MS Exchange and IMAP synchronization is an Industry Standard now with most business oriented mobile handset devices.
Typical installations of MS Exchange Server are installed onsite at the customer's premises. The server receives email and 'pushes' the email out to the Microsoft Outlook computer clients (which also include PDA's and handheld devices). The issue with Exchange until recently was that an organization required a significant monetary outlay and IT resources to maintain the MS Exchange software and hardware thus making it unrealistic for most small sized organizations to implement.
Hosted Exchange no longer relies on your organization providing any of the above. We provide the Software, Server and IT Resources. Your mail is delivered as your existing POP or IMAP service would but with all the features MS Exchange provides - right out of the box.
The main benefits of using Hosted Exchange are:
1. No financial outlay in hardware or software to have a high quality, secure and reliable Email service.
2. Your mail will pass through secure and up to date Antivirus, AntiSpam, Anti-Phishing and Anti Malware filters. This ensures your mail delivery is clean and free from undesirable email or unwanted and harmful attachments and scripts. Each piece of mail coming into our Microsoft Exchange servers is subjected to 3 independent spam and virus scans keeping your systems safe from email-borne threats.
3. Email features normally reserved for large organizations with their own Exchange servers are now available to you at the fraction of the cost of a typical Server implementation. Features such as Shared Calendars, Group Mailbox's, Public Folders, Shared Mailbox's, Shared Contacts, Recoverable Deleted items, Feature Rich WebMail are all available.
4. Your Exchange service environment is monitored and maintained by Certified Microsoft Experts who are able to restore and recover services should there be any issues.
5. Your mailbox is secure and only you have access to your account - ensuring security and privacy.
6. Fast and easy scalability. You define your requirements and pay only for what you use month by month. If your business requires more or less mailbox storage space or more or less accounts we can easily provision that for you.
7. With Outlook on Hosted Exchange, you can collaborate across the hall or across with world with shared calendars, tasks, and contacts, plus 1GB of public folder space to share files and get feedback. We offer Outlook 2010 for Windows and Outlook 2011 for Mac.
8. SSL encryption hides data during transmission so crooks can't access your mail data. Our data centers are protected by strict physical and systems security measures, plus fire suppression and redundant power systems.
9. Your data is securely backed up multiple times a day. Delete an email? No problem. Easily recover messages in Outlook for up to 14 days. Restore an entire deleted mailbox for up to 30 days.