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Hosted IT Solutions……is this the end for Small Business Server?

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We are starting to see one of the biggest changes in small business IT since 2001 when Microsoft released SBS 2000, this change comes in the form of hosted IT solutions, also known as ‘Cloud Computing’. More and more companies are now looking to run their business using hosted IT solutions which, completely removes the necessity for an in-house server and potentially spells the beginning of the end for Microsoft Small Business Server. 

But, surely hosted IT services can’t provide the same level of service as having your own in-house server?  Well….actually, yes we think it can, ‘Cloud Computing’ enables a wide range of online facilities. It lets you store all your businesses data and programs on a hosted server – which also means everything is backed-up safely off-site, should disaster arise.  Businesses can use online email servers, such as Microsoft Exchange and Zimbra, for their email.  In addition it offers Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), which frees you from your office binds by delivering your business desktop in an innovative way securely over the internet, wherever you should decide to work.

All this provides a very tempting proposition to small business owners, which along with the annual cost savings of not having to run an in-house server, and even the potential to do away with your office space altogether (as some of our clients have opted to do), creates the biggest threat we’ve seen so far to Microsoft Small Business Server.

For more information on our hosted IT solutions and information on how they could reduce your businesses costs, please email us at info@fenton-it.co.uk.