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Microsoft Outlook-Exchange is the best corporate email software, but it is expensive to buy and run. Our 'hosted Exchange' gives you all its benefits - without the high cost:
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.
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 intermedia manage servers in large purpose-built datacenters with backup power, air conditioning and internet connections. Below are the main threats to your email system.
Exchange is great because you can expand it with add-on features. However, this is difficult to 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.