Mon 15 Feb 2010
If you have ever thought about how hard it would be to track down an email someone in your company sent or received years ago, then you can probably understand the benefits of having an email backup and archiving solution.
A good email archiving solution provides you with an easy way to backup your emails, and advanced search features allowing you to quickly find a particular email no matter old or buried it is. You could create such an archive by choosing either a hosted solution accessed via the internet or an in-house software solution.
Here are five reasons we think you should consider a hosted solution:
- Reduced costs – The biggest benefit of choosing any hosted solution is reduced costs. With hosted email archiving your up front costs will be reduced because you won’t need to purchase the software, purchase hardware to install it on, or hire someone to install it. In addition to this your maintenance costs are eliminated because you won’t have to maintain the hardware or pay for software upgrades.
- Fast to set up – Setting up your own software based archive could take weeks, while a hosted solution can be up and running in under 24 hours.
- Hassle free upgrades – With a hosted service you will always have access to the most update version available. Updates to the service will be applied automatically meaning you don’t have to download or do anything to access any improvements.
- Available anytime anywhere – When you have a hosted email archive all you will need to access your old emails is the internet. You will be able to log in to your archive from anywhere at anytime.
- Scalability – One thing you won’t need to worry about with a hosted solution is running out space. Whether you have 5 employees or 500 a hosted solution provider can accommodate you, so as your business grows your hosted solution easily grows with you.
If you would like to learn more about MailTidy, LANcom’s hosted email archive solution click here.