Buzzwords like SaaS and cloud computing can seem like daunting technologies that only big companies can afford to invest in and migrate to. In my experience, this couldn’t be further from reality.
We were recently approached by a small law firm with that had been experiencing problems with email. They ran Microsoft Exchange in house and had problems with their Exchange server crashing, losing their internet connection, and poor power service to their building. Like most modern businesses, email is a business critical service, and the downtime was hurting their ability to communicate with their clients in a timely fashion. They needed help fast, without a large capital investment.
We discussed the options with them and settled on a hosted exchange model. They liked the following advantages of a hosted solution:
- Offsite in a professional datacenter with redundant power, cooling, network and tight security.
- Managed by professional Exchange administrators
- Low capital investment (only the Professional services we charged to migrate them to the service)
- Fixed operating costs: $5 per user, per month. No hardware or software upgrades, ever.
To get an idea of how quick and easy this process was, we went form first meeting to complete migration in less than a week. Most of the time was spent discussing what solution was best for them, and how we would migrate to the new service. The migration itself took place over one weekend.
The client is very happy with the new solution, and since moving they have not had any downtime. If you’re interested in this for your business, check out my companies website at www.F3Partners.com, and we can discuss the best options for you.