Internet Facilitators chooses SMS

Released on = July 19, 2006, 1:09 am

Press Release Author = Simply Mail Solutions

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = Top "Internet Hotel" Company - Internet Facilitators
Limited -Choose SMS for MS Exchange Mail Hosting

Press Release Body = Internet Facilitators Limited (IFL) one of the top UK companies
offering secure hosting for Internet Service Providers and Telecoms companies has
contracted with Simply Mail Solutions for the hosting of Microsoft Exchange
mailboxes.

IFL was set up in 1997 and they provide carrier neutral data centre space to
internet service providers, web hosting companies and other IT service businesses.
Part of the service provided is 24 / 7 support for which they use on call engineers.
Ensuring that those engineers have access to email whilst they are out of the office
was critical.

Having identified a requirement to improve mobile access to email they looked at the
alternatives of hosted solutions compared to in house. The decision to use a hosted
solution was based on a combination of cost and simplicity. For a small team cost
of the hosted solution was much lower since any hardware or expensive software
licenses were not needed. Also as a small team they could just hand over the
responsibility for setting up and managing the service to a third party.

Marcus Hopwood, Services Director for IFL commented: "We selected Microsoft
Exchange in order to maintain the familiar MS Outlook mail client. The Outlook
Mobile Access solution meant that we could also get that same interface from any
where in the world that we had access to a web browser. Finally by using Windows
Mobile 5 handsets we were able take advantage of push email technology giving us
access to email when out of the office."

Marcus Hopwood further commented: "Having decided to use a hosted mail service we
looked a number of different providers. SMS were very responsive to our needs,
provided expert advice in helping us select the right service and the cost compared
favourably with other providers. Being based in the UK gave us the confidence that
the service would perform well with no lengthy transit delays."

IFL have a number of accounts, and whilst the original requirement was based on a
need to provide remote email access to support engineers they have found the
business benefits to be huge. They can now respond to sales enquiries faster and
keep in touch with every day email wherever they are. As more and more corporate
communications move on to email the ability to access that email wherever people are
is critical.

Simply Mail Solutions is a dedicated email hosting company based in Warrington,
Cheshire. It offers a range of email hosting options from POP3 mailboxes to enhanced
email solutions such as MS Exchange and Zimbra Collaboration Suite.

Regarding the service provided by SMS Marcus commented: "The support we have
received from SMS has been superb. They provided expert advice when we were
selecting a provider and they got us up and running with the service on the same day
we placed our order. Teething problems were ironed out promptly and without any
fuss. Since then the service has been 100% reliable."

Commented Colin Smith Managing Director of SMS: "A lot of SME's are starting to
realise that with the new enhanced email packages such as MS Exchange and Zimbra
there is a whole lot more they can do to enhance productivity than just get emails
to their desk. Mobile access to email is becoming very important now that devices
using Microsoft Mobile 5 are coming onto the market and with Zimbra (and MSE) there
are very nice tools for collaboration such as shared calendars, contacts and notes"

Web Site = http://www.simplymailsolutions.com

Contact Details = Colin Smith
Simply Mail Solutions
+44 1925 818448
colin@simplymailsolutions.com

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