NetMagic Hosted Exchange comparison NetMagic's Hosted Exchange Services V/S Buying, Building, and operating your own 24x7 Exchange Environment

Enterprises that wish to deploy Exchange 2003® with Outlook 2003® typically have two choices - they can invest in setting up their own 24x7 Exchange environment, or they can adopt a Hosted Exchange model such as NetMagic's Hosted Exchange Services. For most organizations, the task of managing a 24x7 Exchange environment is daunting. Their efforts are better spent aligned toward their core business, without having to divert efforts away to maintaining and upgrading their Exchange environment to ensure continuous uptime.

Cost Comparison

In-house Exchange v/s NetMagic's Hosted Exchange
Hardware / Software		In-house (INR)	NetMagic Hosted Exchange (INR)
Server, Backup Hardware & Backup Software		Rs. 200,000 - 600,000	Included
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise 5-CAL		Rs. 50,000	Included
Exchange 2003 Enterprise License		Rs. 150,000	Included
CALS / Outlook 2003 Client Licenses		Rs. 4,000 - 6,000 per user (one time)	Included
Antivirus & Antispam		Rs. 200 per user per month	Included
Backup media		Rs. 3,000 per 80GB Tape	See Below
AMC, Support, Personnel, and Administrative Costs
Hardware AMC / Support		Rs. 50,000 - 100,000 per annum	Included
Monthly OS Administrative overheads		Rs. 30,000 per month	Included
Monthly Exchange Administrative overheads		Rs. 40,000 per month	Included
24x7 Dedicated Managed Firewall		Rs. 30,000 - 200,000	Get a Quote
Network / System Administrators (for Firewall and Backup)		Rs. 50,000 - 100,000	Get a Quote
ONE TIME COSTS:		Between Rs. 600,000 - 1,000,000	Get a Quote
ANNUAL RECURRING COSTS:		Between Rs. 1,000,000 - 1,500,000	Get a Quote

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Advantages of NetMagic's hosted Exchange services over in-house solutions
		Deployment flexibility - Shared and Dedicated Hosted Exchange services With both Shared and Dedicated Exchange services on offer, customers have the option of choosing how they wish to start using the service. Customer with less than 25 users may choose to opt for the Shared Exchange services, while customers with a greater number of users who want the flexibility and performance of a dedicated server can opt for one of the Dedicated Exchange plans.
		No need for high-priced specialized in-house personnel NetMagic's Hosted Exchange services come to you completely managed 24x7, which removes all need for having high-priced Exchange administrative personnel on your payroll on a 24x7 basis.
		Instant Savings NetMagic's Hosted Exchange services come inclusive of everything you need to get started with a managed Exchange environment for your enterprise. You no longer have to invest in significant capital costs for hardware and software licenses, or the significant operational expenditure in administrative personnel and operations.
		24x7 Management, world-class SLA All our Hosted Exchange services come with 24x7 Monitoring, Management, Support, and Helpdesk and an industry-leading SLA, for customers wishing to deploy a secure, high-uptime, high-performance solution without having to deploy administrative staff at their end.
		No scalability bottlenecks Scale seamlessly to add more users, or move from Shared Exchange to Dedicated Exchange any time you wish, without the disadvantages of sunk costs.
		Free Upgrades NetMagic's Hosted Exchange services come protected against hardware and software obsolescence, and sunk infrastructure costs. Our customers can upgrade to new software releases from Microsoft (such as Operating system, Exchange and Outlook software) as and when they are released without the disadvantage of sunk costs or legacy hardware and software.
		Built-in Value added services NetMagic's Hosted Exchange services provide even more value addition, as they come to you with services such as Firewalls, Backups, bundled antivirus and antispam, so your mail continues to be available and secure 24x7.