What is StarFusionMAIL?
StarFusionMAIL is a Exchange Hosting Solution based on Microsoft Exchange Server. It is a sophisticated email messaging solution traditionally used by large companies who possess the resources to install and maintain their own in-house Exchange Server. For many small and medium businesses, however, running an Exchange Server themselves is generally not an option because it involves specialized skills, time and significant capital expenditure.
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Savings
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You can save thousands of dollars by not having to purchase licenses for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, backup software, backup tapes, antivirus software, and an expert to setup and maintain it on an ongoing basis
- Upgrades: You no longer have to worry about keep up with the latest version of the software; we automatically update the software on the server.
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Why isn't regular POP email good enough for my business?
As POP utilizes one-way communication to download emails to your work computer, trying to access from another destination can be a complex task. Once email has been downloaded to your work computer, it can only be accessed on your work computer, and is not available when using WebMail or any other computers. This can be restrictive if you use more than one computer (i.e. At home, or your laptop on the road), because you cannot simply and easily view email that has been previously downloaded on other machines. You can only view new mails that have been delivered to the mail server. This also means that, should your work computer crashes or stolen, your email history could be lost forever.
How is StarFusionMAIL better for my business?
With StarFusionMAIL, mailbox information (including your Inbox, Sent Items, Calendar and Contacts, etc) is centrally stored on the Hosted Exchange server at StarFusion Data Centre. It stays synchronized at all times and provides great flexibility for businesses, eliminating the "when" and "where" limitations that exist with POP email. Whether at work, at home, on the road, off-site at a client's premises, or in an internet café, staff can access their emails, contacts and calendar items quickly and easily via a web browser.
This also means that if the computer being used to access your email becomes corrupted or in accessible for some reason, you can easily log into the mailbox from any other computer to access all your email.
Features:
StarFusionMAIL protects you from spam and viruses
To update these software filters on each computer can be a time-consuming, stressful and costly exercise for most small and medium businesses.
However, at each mailbox includes the latest virus and spam filtering technology. StarFusionMAIL removes both the day-to-day and emergency administration required to keep viruses and spam in your email system to the minimum.
Anti-Spam, Antivirus Tools
To keep operating costs low and customer satisfaction levels high, StarfusionMAIL helps you prevent spam or junk e-mail from entering user mailboxes and taking up valuable storage space. StarFusionMAIL supports connection and recipient filtering as well as Intelligent Message Filtering (IMF). We have added a second layer of protection with Antigen for Microsoft Exchange, which delivers server-level antivirus protection.
StarFusionMAIL allows your staff to share information and collaborate more efficiently
StarFusionMAIL allows staff to work together better by providing collaboration tools necessary to be more organized and productive. With StarfusionMAIL, your staff can:
Share emails, Contact lists, Calendar schedules and documents that need to be accessed by a variety of people at various times using the Public Folder facility. Check staff availability and send invitations to setup meetings with ease using the Meeting Planner facility.
Client Applications
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Outlook Web Access Improvements to Web-based OWA 2003 give it the feel and features of a desktop client, to the point that OWA can be used as the primary client, not just for away-from-the-office access.
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Mobile Device Clients StarFusionMAIL enables customers to use e-mail clients running on wireless mobile devices. Mobile information workers can stay connected to their Microsoft Outlook mobile information using Exchange "Direct Push" and always-up-to-date technologies. Synchronization with devices let customers stay current with their calendar, contacts, and e-mail messages on Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC and Smartphone devices.
Small to medium companies are starting to see clear advantages of hosted application delivery for software solutions like Microsoft Exchange. Even large corporations recognize the benefits of outsourcing. According to Radicati Group research, "40% of all corporate e-mail boxes are currently delivered as an outsourced service, and this percentage is expected to grow to over 55% by 2006." *
The financial investment and overhead of owning and maintaining servers and software applications in-house is substantial. By outsourcing, SMB companies can now reap the benefits that up to a just few years ago were reserved for large corporations, plus added advantages:
- Low cost-of-ownership and cost predictability
- Immediate deployment
- Scale up or down as needed, with no risk
- Anytime, anywhere access to information
- Business-class messaging and collaboration
- Secure and reliable performance for the highest productivity
Small and medium businesses now recognize the following facts:
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SMB's In-house Implementation |
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Outsourced Solution |
Financial Investment |
Large financial investment , often thousands of dollars, for hardware, software licenses, IT resources and more. Unpredictable maintenance expenses. |
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Initial costs are minimal . No need to purchase hardware or software; no need for added IT personnel. Ongoing fees are low, predictable and easy to budget. |
IT Resources |
Requires dedicated IT resources
Managing a typical e-mail system for a 100 person company takes 85% of a senior technician's time. |
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No dedicated IT resources required. User maintenance can be performed by a non-technical person. All system management is performed by the provider. |
Deployment |
Average 30 days to deploy an in-house messaging and collaboration solution with dedicated staff. |
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Get started in minutes with shared environment, a few days more for a dedicated solution using your own domain. |
Reliability and Maintenance |
Lack of redundancy and bandwidth, poor administration, delay in upgrades - any of these can cause security and performance issues. Server crashing and e-mail interruptions cause business delays and loss of productivity. |
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Updates performed in timely manner by trained experts . Quality of service is guaranteed by SLA (99.9% uptime) and 24x7 technical support. Back up is provided with hosted service. |
Security, Maintenance and Upgrades |
Constant vigilance required to combat viruses and SPAM . Delay in upgrades. Costly, complex security solutions. |
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Security and mobility services are available on demand . Basic features included with service; advanced features available at low cost. |
How do I get access to StarFusionMAIL?
For more information or to discuss your requirements, simply call our customer service team with your needs.
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