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Why should you choose “Hosted Exchange” over "In House Exchange”?
December 22, 2011
To simply put it, the answer to this question is that a Hosted Exchange service gives you all the benefits of an in-house exchange server but without any of the admin, maintenance and large upfront costs.
In the past, businesses would have to install their own servers as soon as they began to grow. That would have meant employing someone to set up exchange, test and implement the system and support it on an ongoing basis. Thanks to cloud computing – where software is remotely installed and accessed through a browser – there is a second choice. You can run the software off-site and for many businesses, it’s a no-brainer.
So what will be different for the end user
Hosted Exchange is exactly the same as the industry-standard Exchange software you’ll have used at your place of work. The only difference is that you access it remotely over an internet connection, rather than from a computer on your premises.
Your staff can sit down at a computer and be instantly familiar with the software. You don’t even need to pay for multiple licenses for Microsoft Outlook outright and it can be licensed from your Hosted Exchange provider for as little as a few pounds per month, ensuring that costs are kept to a minimum.
So what do you get for your money? Hosted Exchange is comparable to a local Exchange solution in almost every way. All your devices can sync to the server, so you can use your iPad, your BlackBerry or any other mobile device to access your calendars, messages and tasks. You can also log in over the web if you need to. You’ll also probably find that you get far more storage space than you would if you hosted Exchange in-house: in some corporations, users are only permitted a 500Mb mailbox. The size of your mailbox can be anything up to 25GB when it’s hosted – all for just a few quid a month.
There is also far less exposure to risk as your business ticks over. Any technical faults are simply not your problem: your provider will deal with them. (That’s definitely good news). Hosted solutions run in large data centre’s which are much less likely to ‘fall over’ than a server in the corner of the room, and there are redundancy measures hard-wired into the set-up to ensure your service is rarely, if ever, interrupted.
Finally with Hosted Exchange you’re not required to pay anything upfront or install any hardware of your own. You don’t even need to buy a Microsoft Outlook licence. If you don’t already have the software, just rent it for a low monthly fee along with your mailbox. And because your fee is fixed each month, you know exactly what you’re going to spend, so it’s great for budgeting. Keeping costs down is good for you.
If you would like some further information on the Hosted Exchange service offered by Loughtec then please contact us:
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