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Monday, October 25, 2010

Tired of paying for software licensing? Tech support? Server use?

There is a better way because every business is unique, but one thing remains the same. In today’s ever-changing business world, businesses need to stay connected to their customers and in-tune with their preferences. People, partners and suppliers have to work effectively and efficiently together to keep the business running smoothly and successfully. Find out how to:


• Simplify the way your people, your partners, and your customers work together

• Increase confidence and trust by working more securely across organization boundaries

• Improve productivity with easy access from anywhere, anytime, to anyone

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• Unlimited Computer Support - no more hourly charges

• Set monthly service fee - no upfront costs or unexpected break-fixes

• Automated remote backups - data is secure and your company is disaster ready

• Advantages of a big company computer network without the expense and headaches

How do we compare to traditional IT?

Before, a complete business computer network required multiple vendors along with upfront costs and unexpected break-fix expenses. Now, Hosted Office makes IT simple with one trusted partner and a fixed monthly cost.

Let's look at a real-life example for a business owner with 25 employees:
Yearly Cost Comparison: 25 users


Hosted Office Professional 25 users Hosted Office offers significant savings over traditional on-site computer networks. To prove this, we have listed price comparisons of our service versus a duplicate of our services as an internally deployed system. Note that there are definite ways to reduce some of the internally deployed costs, but then it wouldn’t be a fair comparison to the high quality and level of service you get from Hosted Office.

Bottom line

Hosted Office:

$ 29,700 / year

versus

Internal Deployment:

a minimum of $ 144,250 / year

Internal deployment has an initial year cost of all items. Second year and beyond includes subscriptions, hosting charges, and personnel only.

Unlimited file storage SPAM filtering

Daily backup Unlimited support

User security Low-bandwidth access

Windows anywhere Near zero maintenance

Virus protection Secured Hosted Data

Office 2007

Access 2007 Excel 2007

Outlook 2007 PowerPoint 2007

Publisher 2007 Word 2007

Secure Instant Messaging / Remote Assistance

Microsoft Exchange Corporate Email Account

Yearly costs $29,700

Pricing INCLUDES: minor and major upgrades of software; hardware maintenance; hardware upgrades; performance monitoring tools; security monitoring and analysis tools.

Qty Internally Deployed System (Hardware, Software and Personnel) Unit Total

1 NAS Data Storage—PowerVault 745N - Intel® Celeron® processor, 2.4GHz/128K Cache/400MHz FSB, HW RAID, Windows Storage Server 2007, Express w/ HW RAID, PV745N $2,000 $2,000

4 Enterprise Rack Server—PowerEdge 1850 - Intel® Xeon™ processor 3.0GHz/1MB Cache, 800MHz, Windows 2007 Server, Enterprise Edition & 25 CALs $5,000 $20,000

25 Office 2007 Professional Edition—Upgrade version only (full copy = $499) $329 $8,225

1 Backup Software—SQL Server, Exchange Server, Open Files $5,000 $5,000

1 Exchange Enterprise Server Software & 25 CAL $3,700 $3,700

1 Live Communications Server Software—1 Processor $3,100 $3,100

25 Live Communications Server CAL $35 $875

25 Terminal Server CAL $80 $2,000

1 SQL Server Enterprise Server Software & 25 CAL $10,000 $10,000

1 ISA Server 2004 Software—1 Processor $1,200 $1,200

25 Anti-SPAM Software Subscription—Mail Server protection $40 $1,000

25 Anti-Virus Software Subscription—Mail and File Server protection $50 $1,250

5 Data Center Computer Hosting Charges—Power, Protection, Redundant Networks, Cooling $1,400 $7,000

1 Administrators / Support Staff—Capable to Administer all Systems and Support 25 users. $135,000 $135,000

1st Year Costs $200,350

2nd Year Costs $144,250

Pricing does not include: major upgrades of software; hardware maintenance; hardware upgrades; performance monitoring tools; security monitoring and analysis tools.

It's easy to see why a hosted solution in today's business market and climate may make sense for your business...with outstanding ROI.  Keep your money where it belongs:  In YOUR pocket!