Microsoft
Outlook-Exchange is the best corporate
email software, but it is expensive to
buy and run. DataInfosys's 'hosted
Exchange' gives you all its benefits –
without the high cost:
Cost
Costs of Hosted Exchange
Cost is the major reason why hosted Exchange is rapidly growing in popularity.
Upfront costs are several thousand dollars for even the most basic setup, putting in-house Exchange beyond the reach of smaller businesses.
Ongoing costs for in-house Exchange are also high. Either companies need to hire IT staff or pay consultants to fix each problem, adding thousands more dollars in annual costs.
In-house
Exchange
Hosted
Exchange from DataInfosys
Servers
All items
must be purchased. Total cost for a small
installation = Thousands of dollars
All items
included as standard. Total cost for a small
installation = Rs. 500.00 / month for each user
Storage
Backup
Software licenses
Email security (anti-virus,
anti-spam)
IT staff time for deployment
IT staff time for
maintenance
Quality physical environment
and cooling, uninterruptible power
Reliability
Having email
and collaboration that always works is now essential to
doing business - and downtime is unacceptable.
In-house Exchange servers -
usually in a basement or closet not designed for sensitive
IT equipment - cannot match the reliability of hosted
Outlook/Exchange.
Hosted Outlook/Exchange
companies like DataInfosys manage servers in large
purpose-built datacenters with backup power, air
conditioning and Internet connections. Below are the main
threats to your email system:
In-house
Exchange
Hosted
Exchange from DataInfosys
Servers
One server - all email
depends on this.
Cluster of servers - if
one stops working, the others take over
Data storage
One or two hard disk
drives - all email depends on these
Large cluster of drives
which automatically share workload if one fails
Backup
Manual - sometimes slips
due to time pressures
Automatic and frequent
Email security (anti-virus,
anti-spam)
Updates not always made
frequently enough
Continuous 24x7 updates
Data connection
Single data line to the
Internet
Multiple connections,
direct to Internet backbone
Physical environment
Low-quality environment,
power, air conditioning systems
Tier-4 datacenter (as
used by Google and Yahoo!)
Features
Features of Hosted Exchange
Exchange is
great because you can expand it with add-on features.
However, this is difficult in practice with an in-house
system, as each feature needs to be installed from scratch.
With hosted Exchange, all
features are already installed and ready to 'turn on' if you
wish to use them. Below are features you may wish to add:
In-house
Exchange
Hosted
Exchange from DataInfosys
Wireless email
Get your email and data on devices like a BlackBerry or Treo
Purchase separate
(expensive) servers and software licenses, install them
manually
Add instantly through
online control panel
Archiving
Create a backup of your emails for compliance or
security purposes
Either a time-intensive
in-house effort or another external service to manage
Add instantly
Extra disk space
Expand storage with your business
Purchase and install
additional disk drives
Add instantly
Advanced anti-spam
Sophisticated blocking of spam to keep employees
productive
Additional costs for
software and maintenance
Add instantly
Anti-virus
Reduce the risk of damage to your files and IT
infrastructure
Additional costs for
software and maintenance
Included as standard
Fax via Email
Let employees receive faxes anywhere they go, right in
their email inbox
