DwarfData
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Hi Everyone.
I was hoping you guys would be able to give me some advice.
The company we work for is based in the UK and our parent company is based in Sweden. We have a dedicated 2mb leased line connection to their head office where, amongst other things, our Exchange Server is based. This leased line is costing us in excess of £13,000 per year.
I've been tasked with costing how much it would be to not be reliant upon our Swedish parents and therefore allow us to get rid of the leased line.
In the UK we have several servers already, but would look at buying a dedicated server for Exchange. We would obviously require sufficient CAL's for the UK staff, which is currently approximately 25, backup solution, etc... This would cost us several thousands of pounds, not including support costs. However, the capital expenditure would easily pay for itself by getting rid of the leased line.
Another option is to go with a Hosted Exchange solution. I've been looking at prices for this and they range from £5-£15 per user per month (£1,500 to £4,500 per annum) but we wouldn't have to worry about backups, support, etc.
On the whole, which solution would you guys recommend? Does anyone else use a Hosted Exchange solution, and if so, have you any recommendations as to which company to use (preferably based in the UK)?
Cheers
I was hoping you guys would be able to give me some advice.
The company we work for is based in the UK and our parent company is based in Sweden. We have a dedicated 2mb leased line connection to their head office where, amongst other things, our Exchange Server is based. This leased line is costing us in excess of £13,000 per year.
I've been tasked with costing how much it would be to not be reliant upon our Swedish parents and therefore allow us to get rid of the leased line.
In the UK we have several servers already, but would look at buying a dedicated server for Exchange. We would obviously require sufficient CAL's for the UK staff, which is currently approximately 25, backup solution, etc... This would cost us several thousands of pounds, not including support costs. However, the capital expenditure would easily pay for itself by getting rid of the leased line.
Another option is to go with a Hosted Exchange solution. I've been looking at prices for this and they range from £5-£15 per user per month (£1,500 to £4,500 per annum) but we wouldn't have to worry about backups, support, etc.
On the whole, which solution would you guys recommend? Does anyone else use a Hosted Exchange solution, and if so, have you any recommendations as to which company to use (preferably based in the UK)?
Cheers