RedZone Technologies successfully converted the email Exchange server of a one-thousand employee company to the cloud, eliminating the company’s old Exchange server located on site. The conversion and email migration allowed the client’s personnel more time to dedicate to strengthening their business, as they were freed from the time consuming daily management of 900+ email accounts. RedZone’s Project Management team honed their expertise to develop the strongest, most sensible and cost-effective solution for this corporate client.

Several details met the client’s needs and exceeded expectations such as the timeline for the project from planning to deployment to support. The cutover was swiftly completed within two days, a mere two weeks after the signing of contract for the project. The message archiving solution was accomplished; extremely important for the client since their industry regulations require archiving for a specific time period. The client enjoys continued support from both RedZone Technologies and the Saas email provider. And experiencing a new level of success with mobile devices; the company has 130 satisfied new Blackberry users.

The client needed to move from Microsoft Exchange 2003 to MS Exchange 2007 efficiently and within a short time frame, to minimize time offline, maintain the high availability of their senior executives, and because their current equipment was failing. Crucial to running their business were having encryption, forensics, and email archiving.

While experiencing growth with new business and expanding projects, the company faced an additional challenge- they could not increase the size of the current staff. Their limited but skilled IT Department needed to focus on core business projects. Also, key personnel were dependent on communication via Blackberry and could not have their ability to work hindered by server issues.

During the planning stage of the project, RedZone researched available options for solutions, including the traditional upgrade to Microsoft Exchange 2010 on the client’s LAN, and five cloud SaaS email providers. The RedZone Project Management team selected the strongest vendor for their client’s email hosting and exchange needs, an SaaS email provider that boasted a long history of email hosting experience, was competitively priced, and offered a staff of knowledgeable, attentive techs. The client was impressed by RedZone’s insight and attention to detail throughout the planning and execution of the project.

Several details met the client’s needs and exceeded expectations such as the timeline for the project from planning to deployment to support. The cutover was swiftly completed within two days, a mere two weeks after the signing of contract for the project. The message archiving solution was accomplished; extremely important for the client since their industry regulations require archiving for a specific time period. The client enjoys continued support from both RedZone Technologies and the Saas email provider. And experiencing a new level of success with mobile devices; the company has 130 satisfied new Blackberry users.

The conversion to the cloud has not only made email account maintenance obsolete for the company’s IT Department, but provides the company with data security benefits that are light years beyond the level of security available with the old Exchange server. Utilizing the storage capabilities of the cloud leverages data backup that will make disaster recovery for the company a reality. The weight of worry having been lifted from the backs of the client’s personnel, the company operates with greater ease and clarity than ever before.