Hosted Exchange Will Make You Thinner

Filed in Cloud Industry Insights by Lizetta Staplefoote | May 15, 2012 9:00 am

OK, so hosted Exchange won’t really make you thinner. That’s obviously false. But it is just one of many myths and misconceptions out there about hosted Exchange. Here are a few that we hear most often:

Only big companies use Exchange. Actually, many Exchange users are SMBs that tap Exchange from the cloud[1] to avoid heavy infrastructure investments and ongoing maintenance costs.

We don’t have the budget for Exchange. To stand up a full Exchange deployment onsite is an expensive and challenging proposition. With hosted Exchange[2], businesses can take that huge CAPEX and turn it into a fixed, monthly fee.

Hosted Exchange isn’t secure. In reality, a hosted Exchange provider’s profits and reputation depend on its ability to secure its customer’s data. Often the security measures taken by a hosted Exchange provider are far more stringent than a standard, onsite deployment.

If you’re looking for a full-featured, scalable email solution, we don’t want you to fall prey to the myths, so we made a fun, short video to address these and other myths around Exchange.[3]

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