Genesis reveal cost savings on hosted services

Genesis Communications, one of the U.K’s leading SaaS providers, announce new figures revealing significant savings on their hosted services, when compared to in-house server solutions. The Microsoft Gold Partners offer Exchange, SharePoint and CRM 4 hosting to SME’s across the country and have claimed that these services can save organisations up to 65% when compare to the implementation and maintenance of an equivalent on-premise solution.

From their secure, state-of-the-art data centre in Leicester, Genesis provide the following services:

Microsoft Hosted Exchange Server 2007 – Businesses can save upto 65%* on Genesis’ Exchange hosting, when compared to the cost of an in-house Exchange server. The Enterprise-class email client allows users access to their inbox, contacts and calendar while on the move via a BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device.

Microsoft Hosted SharePoint Server 2007 – The collaborative document sharing application helps businesses to improve efficiency and productivity amongst workers, by offering access to shared work-related documents on a centralised server. Utilising a hosted SharePoint server can save business up to 50%.*

Hosted CRM 4 – CRM 4 is Microsoft’s Customer Relationship Management platform and enables businesses to enhance relationships with their customers and market their products more effectively.

Genesis’ research has indicated that hosting CRM 4 systems through their data centre is upto 50% cheaper* than running on-site servers.

A spokesperson for Genesis commented on this news by saying: “Not only do our hosted solutions save businesses a considerable amount of money, they also take away the need for technical expertise and knowledge in, the maintenance of an in-house solution.”

“Increasingly, businesses are realising the value and importance of these solutions in improving the productivity and efficiency of their IT operations.”

To find out more about the Genesis comprehensive range of IT hosting solutions, visit: http://www.genesis.co.uk
 
*Figure(s) are approximate and based on research by Genesis. SharePoint service figure based on a MOSS solution.