Google experienced its second outage during the month of September to their flagship gmail.com and other online services. Subscribers to the online giant mail services experienced a few hours of outages to mail, contacts and other critical information. What does this mean to online computing? Is your business willing to put itself at risk to the Google’s of the world?
A number of small businesses are. Alarming stats show a number of small business have flicked the switch to Google online services and those of their competitors and then have switched back. Bulletproof has spoken with a number of businesses here in Alberta who looked at online services from Google, which offers free online email to business and a $50 per year/user plan for additional online services.
What is the risk to your business? If Google has yet another outage, what would this mean to your business? First off, you are dead in the water, unable to communicate, send out emails, perhaps access those critical business files. What about the storage? Where is it being stored? Who has access to your information? These are just a sample of the questions you need to ask yourself when selecting any online service provider.
Bulletproof has an answer. We recommend Microsoft Small Business Server 2008, this industry leading, on-site solution does have a proven track record in the industry for stability, security and reliability. SBS 2008 has helped many of your peers communicate faster, make smart business decisions, keep their critical business data server and you know where the information is.
Bulletproof offers Hosted Microsoft Exchange services for those clients how are looking at a cloud or Internet based hosted email and data storage solution. Bulletproof’s online hosted Exchange services differ for those free services online today. All your data is stored in Canada, you have access anytime of the day, a recognized support staff who answer the phone and you continue to use technologies you are familiar with. You don’t have to learn a whole new suite of products, continue to use Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and all the other technologies available.
Which one is right for you? Only you know what’s best, Bulletproof is here to help you understand what options are available to your business.
When you work with a Bulletproof professional, you will be armed with all the pros and cons of each solution to ensure you have the right technology solution to meet the needs of your business. Contact us today at 403.206.2233 in Calgary and for those in Red Deer 403.340.1011.
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Some interesting numbers were released this week on the costs associated with “loss of data” in small business and what your business can to protect one of your most critical assets? Sales databases, your accounting records, proposals, pictures and general business information is being stored on servers, computers, laptops and other devices across small business, however what is the risk to your business if one day, all of your key information was gone?