AvoCon Solutions Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2003:

In nAvoCon Solutions Hosted Exchange Service, we deliver Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 as a hosted, network-based service, with the full feature-set that users have come to expect from this sophisticated message system. This innovative approach provides Fortune-500 class IT infrastructure, operations and services to any size company, offloading internal IT departments and helping companies focus on their core business functions. (This model is also known as the “application service provider” or ASP, delivery model.) The hosted Exchange approach transforms Exchange Server 2003 from software and hardware that an organization must purchase and maintain into a pay-as-you-go service delivered over public and private networks, utilizing Internet and Web technologies. AvoCon Solutions enhances the software with unique add-ons, such as Spam and Virus Filtering, Outlook Web Access, and much more included at no additional charge.

In order to provide Exchange hosting to our subscribers, AvoCon Solutions has deployed an Exchange Server architecture with redundant servers configured in automatic fail-over mode. The accompanying storage system is based on an industry-leading Storage Area Network (SAN), which is backed up nightly.

AvoCon Solutions Microsoft Exchange Hosting service enables clients to utilize AvoCon Solutions world-class Exchange architecture, rather than building an internal system.

AvoCon has partnered with Limelight Networks a leading content delivery network with datacenters located around the world. With this partnership we insure these servers are housed in a world-class data center facility, which provides redundant electrical, cooling, and fire suppression systems, and maintains tight physical security.

Features and Benefits of AvoCon Solutions Hosted Exchange

Email@YourDomain.com - Receive email from your company's own domain name.

Personal and Shared Calendars - Track your own schedule or use calendar sharing to check a co-worker's availability to attend meetings and events before scheduling. You can also create shared calendars in Public Folders for scheduling things such as current projects, conference rooms, resources and more.

Contacts - Keep your contacts and address book in a single centralized location accessible from anywhere in the world. You can also create shared contact lists in Public Folders for use in storing things like Customer Addresses, Donor Lists, Vendors and any other type of contact that you need your team to access.

Public Folders / File Sharing - Share files, tasks, calendars and contacts with your entire team using AvoCon’s Public Folders. Public Folders allow all users on the service a common set of storage(100MB per Domain) - accessible in Outlook and Outlook Web Access anytime, anywhere. You also have complete control over which team members can view / add / edit information within each public folder.

Email Storage – Every email box on the AvoCon Exchange service receives 100 MB of of storage. Additional storage space can be purchased for a low monthly fee. Click here for pricing.

Task Management - Assign tasks to yourself or co-workers anytime, anywhere. Tasking along with e-mail helps busy business owners and managers keep track of operations easily.

Stop Spam with Modus Gate – Award wining ModusGate™ is a secure email management gateway solution designed to fit seamlessly with AvoCon Solutions Hosted Exchange service. Built on fourth-generation technology, ModusGate™ heightens email security with sophisticated management tools including a rock-solid perimeter defense, customizable Sieve scripts, network and user quarantines, dedicated anti-spam and anti-virus engines, email failover and the most accurate filtering available.

For more information on Modus Gate technology click here

Outlook Web Access 2003 - For users who are traveling or don't have access to rich communications tools like Microsoft Outlook, the AvoCon Solutions Exchange service includes the use of Microsoft Outlook Web Access 2003. Outlook Web Access (OWA) is a full-featured e-mail client similar to Microsoft Outlook 2003. OWA is accessible from anywhere in the world via a standard web browser. OWA gives the end-user access to their company's e-mail, calendars, contacts, tasks, public folders and other business resources from a web browser!.

Outlook Mobile Access - Access your Inbox, Calendars and more from most WAP enabled cell-phones and PDAs. Support for HTML, Extensible HTML (XHTML), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 2.x, and compressed HTML (CHTML) mobile microbrowsers. (Internet access from your mobile carrier required.)

Handle Large Attachments - All AvoCon servers are configured to allow the sending and receiving of large attachments.

Connect Outlook 2003 via HTTP - Windows XP users using Outlook 2003 can connect directly to the AvoCon Exchange service without the need for a VPN using standard HTTP/HTTPS ports (80/443)

Anti-Virus Protection - Included with the AvoCon service is an active, realtime virus scan. AvoCon uses Norman SandBox to scan all incoming (and outgoing) message bodies and attachments before they are delivered to (and from) your Exchange mailbox.

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