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Deciding to entrust a hosted exchange provider with your critical business email and collaboration systems is an important choice that provides a number of benefits to your business:

Cost

When compared with in-house Exchange deployments, ThoughtBus Hosted Exchange costs significantly less money. And when compared with other hosted Exchange providers, ThoughtBus is very competitively priced.

Example: A 20 person organization compares the cost of implementing and operating Microsoft’s Exchange Server and Outlook for 2 years versus using ThoughtBus Hosted Microsoft Exchange service:

Managing Microsoft Exchange In House:			ThoughtBus Hosted Exchange Service:
Microsoft Exchange Server license with 20 client access licenses (CALs)	$1,786		20 people at $9.95/month/person, 1st month free for 2 years	$6,965
Windows Server 2003 Standard with 20 CALs	$645		Outlook Licenses	FREE
Server hardware	$2,000+
AntiVirus Software License	$1,000+
Consultant Time to setup system	$3,000+
Consultant Time to manage system – assuming 2 hrs/month	$4,800+
TOTAL:	$13,231		TOTAL:	$6,965

More Flexibility & Options

In addition to the standard hosted Microsoft Exchange services, we offer ancillary services including wireless BlackBerry, Treo, and PocketPC synchronization, premium anti-spam, anti-virus and worm control, and hosted Windows SharePoint Services. Each of these requires server software, hardware, and effort to setup and maintain and is not included in the above in-house exchange costs.

Service Quality/Data Security and Guaranteed Uptime

Because our infrastructure is built from the ground up and managed properly to provide high availability, along with being monitored 24x7x365, our service quality is known for its consistency and excellence. You can rely on our services working well for your organization.

Excellent Support

We have a reputation for providing outstanding customer support. We only hire Microsoft certified professionals and build the support processes and knowledge base within our organization to ensure that you receive the best support available, every time.

Focus of Effort

Your organization’s success depends on being able to effectively focus on its mission. By having us provide you email and collaboration services, we will save you substantial management and staff effort that can be directed toward your primary objectives, thereby increasing your chances for success.

Future-Proof

Our technical staff are keenly tuned in to Microsoft and 3 rd-party software development, as well as computer, network, and storage hardware innovations so you can count on us to continue offering you solutions built on the latest and best software products and data center infrastructure. You can also rely on us to support the latest communication tools, including PDAs and other wireless technologies.