Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Does Hosted Exchange Work Well Internationally?

Anyone looking to purchase hosted exchange accounts will find a choice of exchange hosting providers across the world. Many buyers feel more comfortable buying from a local provider. But is that really a wise choice? The answer is that local presence is not really that important. Therefore, buyers have a much wider choice of exchange hosting vendors.
Microsoft Exchange is a robust platform and if well planned, designed and hosted, its users can experience its benefits to the fullest extent even though they may be located in countries across the world. In our practical experience, users in over 50 countries were satisfied with our service even though hosted exchange facilities were not local.
Of course there are issues other than technical feasibility in offering hosted exchange services. This is where exchange hosting resellers can help. Hosted exchange resellers contribute domain and local knowledge and language, existing relationships, and acceptance of local currency and modes of payments. 24/7 customer support is also helpful in selling to an international clientele.
MIT Migrates to Microsoft Exchange for Hosted E-Mail
When you think of MIT, you think of techies who are open source enthusiasts, with Unix and open source systems being the backbone of campus communication historically. It may come as a surprise that the pragmatic staff that manages MIT's e-mail systems have opted recently to Microsoft Exchange for hosted e-mail. This is another sign that Microsoft Exchange and other Microsoft products are holding their own where it matters.
Here is what MIT's Campus newspaper has to a say about MIT's move to Microsoft Exchange based e-mail:
"Christine C. Fitzgerald, a spokesperson for IS&T, said, "We are running Exchange servers in order to offer Microsoft Exchange. This is an optional infrastructure solution for those departments who will benefit from an integrated e-mail and calendaring solution.
Fitzgerald said that the mail system ultimately "gets to the point where upgrading the hardware is not enough to keep current. We're trying to keep our systems current to give MIT the ability to then integrate new services into the future."
While there are students who have do not like the change, there are others who already use Microsoft Exchange and said that they were happy with the transition of to the new system.
One student who favors Microsoft Exchange, says:
"I use Exchange because all my stuff - calendar, tasks, contacts - are seamlessly synchronized between my desktop client, my phone, and a web client. Spam isn't an issue. Over the last month, maybe I've had one or two e-mails slip by the filter, but it's pretty solid. Also, server-side rules are wonderful in Exchange."

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