Hosted Exchange

Now you have purchased your new hosted exchange server from Anax I.T Solutions how does it actually work. Well quite simply the same as if it was sitting next to you.

The great thing about cloud technology is that you can have all the great services that big corporations normally have for just a fraction of the price.

For example, if you where to host your own in exchange 2007 cluster you would need

  • 4 x physical rack mountable servers
  • 4 Exchange Enterprise licenses
  • 4 Windows Server licenses
  • CAL's based on number of machines accessing the server
  • Switching equipment
  • Firewall's
  • Anti virus and Anti spam
  • Air conditioned room
  • Dedicated exchange engineers
  • Leased Lines

For a small organisation this type of expenditure is that last thing you need to think about. Having a hosted solution allows the great benefits of big corporate exchange cluster without the hassle of maintaining a comm's room or data center.

Anax I.T Solutions clients are all connected to Tier 4 data centers. These data centers are the highest classification of data center. ADC have produced a white paper with details of data center classification. Click the link to download.

ADC Data Center Standards (PDF 1.5Mb)

Small , Medium , Large business can all benefit from hosted services. Below is a diagram showing examples of implemented hosted services and how they communicate.

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