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caffeinatedNow Playing: You and me baby. Boom boom long time joe.
Topic: Microsoft and VCSY
...except on somebody else's dime?
I know some of you people think that Rastaho is out of his mind. Imagine Microsoft technologically crippled because nobody built a ramp up to the internet big enough for them to wheel their dilapidated wheel-mobile on up there. So they'll just stay nice and cozy in the server and the mountain is just going to have to come to Steve... I mean Mohammad.
Rastamuffin got only one question for you type of people.
Why? lot's of bran. you gotta get lot's of bran.
Why if 123Together can do it why can't you, Mister Softie?
http://www.prleap.com/pr/72995/
123Together.com First Exchange Hosting Company to Offer Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 on Microsoft's Validated Platform
BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS April 12, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Burlington, MA, April 12, 2007 -123Together.com, a leading provider of Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Windows SharePoint Services, announced today it is now offering Hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, a significant upgrade of the industry leading platform for e-mail, mobility and collaboration. Designed to meet all of an organization’s unique messaging needs, Exchange Server 2007 is immediately available and accessible to small and medium businesses through a hosted environment thanks to 123Together.com and its Fortune 500 infrastructure.
123Together.com is the first provider to bring Hosted Exchange 2007 to market using the Microsoft® Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) Version 4.0 - the only platform that Microsoft has designed, tested and validated for Exchange Server hosting. (Thems sounds like weasel words Roy. Sounds to me like they don't want nobody to know about them OTHER platforms theys a designed and tested but they din't validate them varmints.... aayyeeeee lemme at em Roy! Dagnabit!! Lemme tear them hides off and make a lampshade out of it. Nope too big a lampshade and I don't read much. I know! I'll make a umbrella for it to put out on the patio back at the ranch. spittoee) 123Together.com is the first and only Exchange Hosting provider to have implemented Microsoft’s extensive design for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 hosting so that SMBs can start using it today.
Benefits of 123Together.com’s Exchange Hosting
123Together.com empowers SMBs to have the same resource as most Fortune 500 companies for three main benefits:
1) anywhere, anytime access to their full Microsoft Outlook data from any computer or mobile device
2) increase productivity via calendar sharing and collaboration
3) peace of mind knowing that experts are maintaining, updating, and securing the system continuously. (That's right Gabby. Peace of mind that that guy in the IT Department you just had to reprimand about sneaking up behind your goat phished your social security number out of your garbage last and he's going to place a few controversial orders for you at the 'brown paper package' place. We better get Bullet and head over to Mister Farmer's ranch to see the deliveries.)
"We are able to provide the power of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 to SMBs. Companies that normally could not even consider implementing Exchange Server 2007 in-house can now sign up and start using it immediately - no need to purchase new 64bit servers, retrain administrators or hire consultants. (But you will need some of those pesky integration developers in case you want to hook anything third-party to this thing.) We are also seeing mid-market companies show more interest in outsourcing their messaging and collaboration and having it managed by Exchange experts (Heh heh 'experts'. Whoops, what did I tell you? I need to quit speaking for others so early. They'll get there eventually.),” said Ravi Agarwal, chief executive officer of 123Together.com. Additionally, Microsoft has designed Exchange Server 2007 for larger mailbox sizes. Recognizing that many customer use their Microsoft Outlook as a virtual filing cabinet (A filing cabinet they are able to give indexed search on but not unstructured search.) and are too busy to clean their mailbox on a regular basis, 123Together.com has increased the maximum mailbox size by 50% to an industry leading 15GB for Exchange Server 2007 hosting.
Why Hosted Exchange instead of in-house? (heh heh. Well, THAT's a little awkward. You see, Microsoft wants to sell these packages one at a time to clients who then must go to developers to make the packages interoperate. Not 'interoperable'. Microsoft claims it's applications are interoperable because applications [some] have common files. But where is the 'interoperation' between the two applications beyond the button pushing the user has to do to make these two applications work 'interoperably'? You have to take your packages to a developer who will make the applications 'interoperate'. Oh, and the Developer will certainly have to buy his own version of the packages he is integrating into an interoparting application or system. THAT's why you should get on this 'hosting' bandwagon.)
Implementing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in-house for most SMBs does not make sense from both an ROI and an availability perspective (You know what, spunky? Rolling your own in the house is a nasty and dangerous habit because your developers need a place to sit while they're building your stuff [done over and over and over again for every new client with every new 'need'.] and they just don't fit in to the corporate culture, you know? IT guys are like Spring Breakers on ludes. 'Deadlines? Response? Don't know. Don't care.'. THAT is why you need a hosted system.). For organizations currently running a previous version of Exchange Server, upgrading to the latest version will typically be very expensive as they must purchase new 64bit hardware and existing Exchange administrators must be retrained due to significant changes in the way Exchange Server is installed and administered (Excuse me ma'am, but they's this guy out there on the big patio says people shouldn't buy more expensive Microsoft Exchange software because the two different versions can't be virtualized into one Exchange system because of 'differences'. I don't know why, ma'am. I'm just coming over here to let you know and if y'all don't get a mop and a bucket on that muck they's going to cut the need for CDs a whole lot and you won't be doing your job here stuffing envelopes and licking stamps. I know they don't stick after you do that. Just dry them off with a paper towel. We do it all the time. Anywho, see we got hot muzak on the boombox outside on the big patio but nobody can dance out there with all that slip and slide and sputum is why. Thankee and you're welcome.).
However, it is after the initial installation that the majority of expenses are incurred in maintaining a mission critical application such as Microsoft Exchange Server. The in-house installation requires spare storage and servers as well as 24x7 proactive monitoring to ensure uptime. (And SOMEbody has to keep track of all the damn CDs.)
“Exchange Server 2007 requires companies to make a large investment of multiple servers and re-training of personnel. It is much less costly and time consuming to outsource your Exchange hosting needs to 123Together.com,” added Agarwal. (And, in reality, you will find ALL your investments will be smaller and more granularly controlled with hosted services rather than trying to roll your own. BUT that's what Microsoft requires of their developers as the company offers ONLY THIS PLATFORM. )
Yeah. That was useful news. Thanks.
