Microsoft Exchange is a software solution that has come to dominate the market for corporate e-mail messaging and workgroup collaboration. As the market leader, this product continues to become more ubiquitous, growing from a 10% marketshare lead in 2005 to a 24% lead over its nearest competitor.  The success of Exchange is a tribute to its quality and cost-effectiveness.  It has long been considered the leading solution for e-mail, calendaring, discussion, collaboration, and mobile messaging enablement.

But despite Exchange’s dominance of the marketplace, small businesses still have a tough time justifying the cost of implementing it, often as high as $10,000 for a single-site installation, including labor and software licensing. The solution to this dilemma is to subscribe to a Cloud-based version of Exchange.  A Cloud-based Exchange service runs outside the customer’s location, at a hosting center, which eliminates most of the up-front cost.  Small business owners then have access to all the benefits of Exchange–without having to own or maintain the underlying infrastructure.

Larger organizations can benefit from moving Exchange to the Cloud as well.  Cloud-based services offer an enormous improvement in terms of backup, disaster-preparedness, security, and mobile enablement. That’s why Best Technology offers several services through our own private Cloud–including Exchange.  Give us a call for more information at 440-471-0344.  We’d be happy to discuss your needs and help you determine whether or not Cloud-based hosted Exchange is a good fit for your business.