[Infographic] In-House vs. Hosted Exchange

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45% report that over the past 6-12 months email use has increased 97% of email users consider it to be very important in doing their work 86% consider the phone to be extremely important 46% consider Instant Messaging to be extremely important Currently 160 Million Seats on Hosted Exchange IT staff can deploy projects instead of maintaining e-mail server (Typical 100 person company will require 85% of a Sr. IT Technicians time) In-House Exchange Hosted Exchange vs. Quick, easy deployment Deploy on-premises or in the cloud Specially-trained support team Flexible per-user pricing on a monthly basis No capital investment Complex implementation with lengthy configuration and set-up process High upfront and maintenance costs with unpredictable spikes Life of investment not aligned with technology cycles Scalable solution Pay-as-you-grow, capacity easily adjusts to your needs More difficult to increase capacity as email volume increases Enterprise-class infrastruc- ture providing high availability Use and pay only for the infrastructure resources you need Internal setup requires a mess of equipment and high costs that many SMEs cannot afford Utilize expertise provided by Hosted Exchange provider Free IT staff to focus on business strategy 24/7 support Technical expertise and administrator needed Ongoing training and maintenance Offload the headaches SLAs that guarantee uptime Disruptive and unpredictable Time-consuming Requires additional resources Anti-spam, anti-virus protection Clustered and redundant architecture Enterprise-grade data centers Continuous updates required Unplanned downtime can put you out of business Subject to in-house network stability and security Web-based control panel Easy-to-manage email environment Add or subtract users easily Tech expertise required Longer process Anywhere, anytime access Flexibility to use any computing device Limited access More difficult to preserve business communications RapidScale is an industry-leading company in the delivery, design and support of Microsoft Exchange. www.rapidscale.net Hosted Exchange Deployment Pricing Storage Infrastructure Expertise Maintenance Security and DR Management Availability

Transcript of [Infographic] In-House vs. Hosted Exchange

45%report that over the

past 6-12 months email use has

increased

97%of email users

consider it to be very important

in doing their work

86%consider the phone

to be extremely important

46%consider Instant

Messaging to be extremely

important

Currently 160 Million Seats on Hosted Exchange

IT staff can deploy projects instead of maintaining e-mail server

(Typical 100 person company will require 85% of a Sr. IT Technicians time)

In-HouseExchange

HostedExchange

vs.

Quick, easy deployment

Deploy on-premises or in the cloud

Specially-trained support team

Flexible per-user pricing on a monthly basis

No capital investment

Complex implementation with lengthy configuration and set-up process

High upfront and maintenance costs with unpredictable spikes

Life of investment not aligned with technology cycles

Scalable solution

Pay-as-you-grow, capacity easily adjusts to your needs

More difficult to increase capacity as email volume increases

Enterprise-class infrastruc-ture providing high availability

Use and pay only for the infrastructure resources

you need

Internal setup requires a mess of equipment and high costs that many SMEs cannot afford

Utilize expertise provided by Hosted Exchange provider

Free IT staff to focus on business strategy

24/7 support

Technical expertise and administrator needed

Ongoing training and maintenance

Offload the headaches

SLAs that guarantee uptime

Disruptive and unpredictable

Time-consuming

Requires additional resources

Anti-spam, anti-virus protection

Clustered and redundant architecture

Enterprise-grade data centers

Continuous updates required

Unplanned downtime can put you out of business

Subject to in-house network stability and security

Web-based control panel

Easy-to-manage email environment

Add or subtract users easily

Tech expertise required

Longer process

Anywhere, anytime access

Flexibility to use any computing device

Limited access

More difficult to preserve business communications

RapidScale is an industry-leading company in the delivery, design and support of Microsoft Exchange.

www.rapidscale.net

Hosted Exchange

Deployment

Pricing

Storage

Infrastructure

Expertise

Maintenance

Security and DR

Management

Availability