Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Small business technical secrets.


What does your business need Google apps (free) or Exchange Server ( $2500)

by Dedicated Business Designs on Saturday September 12, 2009
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Why are so many small companies still dealing with the Microsoft epidemic? We consider it an epidemic because it's a corporate sickness that we have learned to accept even if it cost us thousands per year to deal with.  Case in point exchange server, it can be argued why exchange server is a viable option for large enterprises, what I find most amusing is when a company of 20 or less computers will defend there position on the choice of exchange server over free applications like ZOHO or Google. An exchange server is used for email collaboration and calender sharing there are more features but this is the main reason for an exchange server.
Exchange Server first must be configured by a certified server expert, then as changes begin the cost of ownership for this solution begin to grow as well as whenever Microsoft decides they no longer want to support it in lieu of their bigger and better solution you will then be forced to upgrade.  Don't believe me?  You want proof windows 95, 98, ME, 2000,XP, vista and windows 7. There is your proof of the Microsoft epidemic no matter how good a system operates Microsoft will always want more money, your money, and as long you remain under the guise of MS you will be continually pushed to their new product....period.

A New frontier, options like ZOHO and Google apps can create the same functionality as the MS products at a fraction of the cost of the MS suites, this is where the naysayers will have you to believe that somehow these solutions are inferior or not as secure as the MS option to that I say nonsense. Small business owner are consistently being instructed about the security issues of computing although,  we do internet banking, credit card processing, online purchasing and so much more via the internet, so how is it that using a remote solution or cloud solution can be detrimental to your business, again utter nonsense.

Using a cloud solution may be detrimental to business, their business so of course major corporations software vendors, and the technicians that install them will not want you to use free or low cost solutions. Below is a video of google docs enjoy the video and call us if you need a question or two answered. 877-400-9321




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