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12

04.10

8:14

Email Hosting in the Cloud

Should companies be looking for business email hosting in the cloud? Google have launched Google Apps Premier Edition which costs only £33 per user per year. This low cost option makes it a very viable choice for business email hosting.

Think about your current email hosting service and how much it costs you every time you need to upgrade, switch and add users. And when you add in the costs of staff, maintenance, storage of servers, email archiving, mobile email, and finance, it can add up.

There are a number of options for business email hosting. These include in house email where most large and medium sized businesses run everything in house this includes the mail server, mailbox storage, archiving and public folders etc. IBM and Microsoft are the dominant suppliers in this area.

Hosted business email, now coming to be known as cloud email hosting is when someone else runs your business email. It is run in someone else’s data centre. Cloud email hosting has always appealed to smaller business as the hassle of all the management is looked after by someone else, but larger businesses are beginning to realise that outsourcing business email can also benefit them.

Alternative options include a hybrid model where some parts of your business email are in the cloud and some are on site. Mailboxes for example would be kept in-house whilst email filtering and archiving would be managed by a cloud computing company.

Hosting in the cloud can benefit your business by providing a pay-as-you-go model which allows you to keep a hold of budgets. You also benefit from always having the most up to date software. You also do not have the hassle of managing it yourself. It’s really quick to add new users to cloud email. New users can be set up very quickly and removed again should they need to be.

To find out more about email hosting in the cloud talk to Catalystic we can provide you with cost saving estimates based on your current system and the number of users you have.

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10

02.10

6:34

Cloud Computing Email Hosting

Cloud computing continues to increase in popularity amongst businesses large and small. If you are deciding whether to migrate your email to the cloud you have probably asked the following questions:

  • Should I use cloud computing for email hosting?
  • What are the benefits of cloud email hosting?
  • How do we move our emails to the cloud?
  • What should I know about using cloud email hosting?

The following information may help you to answer the above questions. Using cloud computing for email hosting means there are no more servers to maintain in house. All installation and server upgrades are performed for you. This reduces the need for in-house IT support.  This can save your business a great deal of money.

The benefits of cloud computing email hosting apart from the cost is it is ideal for small businesses as you can ‘pay as you grow’. Traditional email hosting can often tie you into long term contracts cloud email hosting is scalable and you can move up or down when you need to.

In a recent survey by Mimecast questioning 565 respondents on cloud computing. 33% are using the cloud for email management and 26% are using cloud computing for email archiving. The research also uncovered 70% of those questioned were planning to increase their use of cloud computing making use of further cloud computing applications.

Once you have decided to move your email service to the cloud how do you do it? This is something Catalystic can do for you. Our team of experts are helping the cloud computing revolution and continuously perform email cloud computing migrations on businesses from 5 – 500+ employees. We will talk you through all the options and help you to make the right choice for your business and budget.

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05

02.10

7:02

Cloud computing for small business

Cloud computing can be an excellent way for a small business to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The use of cloud computing is increasing however many small businesses are still unsure of what it is and how beneficial it can be.

Cloud computing, is when IT services are delivered via the Internet. The benefit of using this technology is the small business no longer remains responsible for IT maintenance, software upgrades and system issues. All of these activities become the responsibility of the service provider. This reduces the need for an in-house IT department saving costs. This is the main reason that software as a service and cloud computing is so appealing to small business.

Examples of cloud computing for small business

There are many ways in which cloud computing can be utilised by small businesses. Here are some examples

  • Virtual servers – Data can be hosted on a third party server requiring no need to maintain a server in house
  • Software – Software solutions can be developed and hosted by another company. No upgrades or maintenance are needed if provided through cloud computing
  • Network storage – All data can be stored in the cloud and synced to allow employees access from anywhere with a web browser
  • Collaboration – Employees can communicate and work together on projects in a very easy way

If you are contemplating migrating your IT services to the cloud to talk to Catalystic we can help you. Our dedicated team of cloud computing experts can help advise you which IT services would benefit your business and make you cost savings.

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18

01.10

8:17

Google Apps Set-up Service

Are you looking to move your business to Google Apps? Catalystic offer a Google Apps setup service that will make your move to the cloud quick and easy. Cloud computing offers great cost and savings benefits, Google Apps is the perfect solution for businesses looking to communicate and collaborate more effectively.

Google Apps is set up on your domain where employees can have 25GB of email storage. Gmail offers advanced SPAM filtering and if you prefer to use Microsoft Outlook as your email client you can still do this. Google calendar allows for meetings to be easily scheduled between different people and Google Talk allows for people to send instant messages to each other.

Moving to Google Apps from Microsoft or IBM is easy. Use a professional cloud computing company to set up Google Apps and everything will be handled for you. There will be no hassle for you and you will receive support during the setup process. Get your employees set up using Google Apps with the minimum of disruption to them and your business.

There are many apps available to companies looking to move to the cloud. Cloud computing companies will be able to advise you which tools will be most suitable for your business. The range of apps available is very exciting and for those businesses who don’t want the expense of running a small business server cloud computing is ideal.

Contact Catalystic today to discuss our Google Apps setup service.

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10

12.09

10:53

Offline Gmail passes with flying colours!

Offline Google Mail has been one of the most awaited features to be incorporated in Google Apps. Since Offline Google Mail’s inception in Google Labs more than a year ago, it has been put through cycles of continuous improvements.

It is now officially included in Gmail. By installing Offline Gmail, you’re able to use the normal Gmail interface to read and write mail, search, and organize, even when there’s no internet connection. The Flaky Connection mode speeds up Gmail when your connection is slow or unreliable.

Get Started with Offline Gmail

If you’d like to get started with Offline Gmail on your computer now, here’s how:

  1. Click the Settings link in the top-right corner of Gmail.
  2. Click the Offline tab.
  3. Select Enable Offline Mail for this computer.
  4. Click the Save Changes button.

Customizable options for Gmail offline

Gmail offline lets you work with your email from the browser even when you don’t have an internet connection, but until now, you couldn’t specify how much old mail you wanted to cache for offline access. That has changed since new options for Gmail offline have been launched.

You can now configure how much of your old email is available when you don’t have a connection. Once you enable Offline Gmail, go to the Offline settings tab to customize which labels are synchronized, how far back messages are included, and which attachments you’ll be able to access offline in your browser.

If you want to use Gmail for your business email hosting talk to Catalystic about migrating all your emails over.

Offline Gmail has proven particularly useful for business and schools making the switch to Google Apps from traditional desktop mail clients — they’re used to being able to access their mail whether or not they’re online, and Offline Gmail brings this functionality right to the browser.

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04

12.09

4:29

Email hosting services – What is good value for money?

Email hosting services on offer from catalystic.com allow your website to run both quickly and efficiently. Many businesses are moving towards cloud computing services to ensure that they run smoothly and far from being simply IT jargon, cloud computing is a valuable modern tool that can be hugely beneficial to many types and sizes of businesses. With many different phrases and buzz words in the computing industry it can be hard to know exactly what you should be getting for your money to ensure you get a good deal.

A business email can take a lot of pressure and the constant force can begin to show cracks with spam getting though to inboxes. A hosting service is a great way to check out what cloud computing can do for your business and after you see the difference you will be hooked on what is tipped to be the next big thing in the world of technology next year. Cost effective and viable services will provide a range of deals depending on what you are looking for and by using a well established company you can be sure to benefit from cloud computing.

The comprehensive storage system means that a business email will see many advantages and to ensure you get value for money you only purchase cloud computing deals that allow you to only pay for the space that you use. Hardware is not necessary with cloud computing, which means the cost is reduced and set up time is minimal making it a great way to reap the benefits as soon as you secure a deal.

If you want to learn more about cloud computing and its many advantages then contact us and we will be happy to go through exactly what is involved in the process.

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