When it comes to in-house Exchange vs hosted Exchange, many companies are faced with the hard decision between keeping what they know or jumping into the unknown. According to the Radicati Group, in 2014, 83% of Microsoft Exchange users were deploying it in-house, while only 17% were using cloud-based Office 365 or hosted Exchange servers. These figures make it seem like hosted Exchange is either too new to be adopted by established SMB’s and enterprises, or that it simply can’t compete with the offerings of an in-house server. But, that’s not the whole story… Radicati Group has projected that cloud-based Exchange deployments will rise from $8.7 billion in 2015 to $34.9 billion in 2019. These figures give us a better idea … [Read more...] about In-House Exchange vs Hosted Exchange: What You Need to Know
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How to Optimize Your Company Intranet in 3 Steps
Your company intranet is an intricate part of a strong company culture that should help employees work better and faster through collaboration. Unfortunately, many intranets fail to be the “intuitive, go-to information silo” they’re supposed to be, instead falling into the category of “clunky, not-going-to-waste-my-time information hole.” This is a problem of intranet optimization - which we know isn’t usually at the forefront of most company leader’s minds. Perhaps you believe your company’s intranet is just fine, even though you haven’t invested any time into researching how employees actually feel about and use it. We politely suggest you may want to reconsider. Nielsen Norman Group, a user experience research firm, … [Read more...] about How to Optimize Your Company Intranet in 3 Steps