Who Hosted Exchange works for

Orcon Hosted Exchange is suitable for any sized business. As the system is completely scalable you can predict the costs on a per-employee basis. This takes the headache out of planning in-house mail server solutions, or outsourcing which can have snowballing costs.

The beauty of Hosted Exchange is that it gives the email functionality that normally only large corporations can afford to implement and maintain to any sized company.

Hosted Exchange works well for businesses that have a mobile workforce. Hosted Exchange allows employees to check their emails and calendar appointments on the road from their laptop or compatible mobile or from home, giving them the same view of appointments and emails as they have in the office. This makes them more efficient and productive, and increasing flexibility in how your business can work.

Businesses that have variable or seasonal fluctuations in employee numbers can use Hosted Exchange to easily manage email accounts themselves, and only pay for capacity they need at the time.

Hosted Exchange Case Study: Ozone

Ozone is a barter exchange company that facilitates the trade of goods and services between a group of around 1,500 businesses in New Zealand. As a young company with around ten permanent employees, they are always on the go.

"The ability to access emails and calendar appointments from anywhere was a real bonus" said Josh Webb, Managing Director of Ozone. "I can check what appointments I have for the coming day on my PDA from home, which means I'm more prepared when I get into the office."

The convenience of having someone else take on the responsibility of the mail server was another reason they chose the service. "With a smaller number of staff, we don't really have a specific IT person, so setting up our own mail server would have been a big undertaking for us. We looked into outsourcing, but the cost was prohibitive. This way we can have the tools a large corporate has access to, but without the hassle and expense" explains Webb.

They found the scalability attractive as well. "We anticipate this being a high growth year for us, so knowing we can add users when we need to for a finite cost means we can predict the cost to the business quite accurately" concludes Webb.