For Immediate Release
Press Release
SMS Sets Global Standards for Email
Hosting
Simply Mail Solutions Leads The Way
In High Quality Email Hosting
Warrington, Tuesday February 19th,
2008. Simply Mail Solutions, based in Warrington,
Cheshire, UK was set up in 2006 to enter the
growing market for email hosting, particularly aimed at SMEs. The company has
grown rapidly and has over 1000 customers in 35 countries.
SMS is setting standards for the email hosting industry
in four ways:
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Equipment is located in two
independent high quality Data Centres in Manchester
with excellent separate Internet connectivity and all the facilities such as
back-up power that continuously on-line services now require. The locations are
connected by high speed diversely routed fibre links so that both sites have
completely independent Internet connections each of which has diverse
connectivity. The fibre connection effectively puts the sites on the same LAN
allowing SMS to build in redundancy and data transfers from servers and appliances
between sites. Development and some backup customer functions are located at
the SMS NOC effectively a third site.
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Use of high availability data storage from leading supplier NetApps
ensures that data is always available and backed up continuously using
near-instant SnapShot technology.
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Servers are now VMware clusters. This means that the various software
servers are running on a smaller number of closely interconnected very powerful
hardware servers. Should a software server crash its functions can be running
on other servers in the cluster in seconds (even if the hardware is actually in
the other data centre). Also because the servers can be used more efficiently
less power is required hence they are a green solution compared with lots of
underutilised smaller servers.
Padgate Business Park, Green Lane,
Warrington, WA1
4JN
T 01925 818 448 |
F 01925 851212 | E sales@simplymailsolutions.com
www.simplymailsolutions.com
An IFE Limited Company.
Registered in England
number 05390640
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The in-house developed Control Panel allows users to easily manage their
mailboxes on-line whenever they want. The CRM system is also available on-line
24/7 allowing users to manage their billing, at any time, from anywhere.
SMS offers the following email servers: SMS NexGen a powerful
POP3/IMAP option, MS Exchange, and Zimbra CS plus Windows Mobile 5/6 and
BlackBerry support with full push email/calendars/contacts/tasks. These are
complimented by anti-spam, anti-virus, domain registration and web hosting
options. Larger users go for dedicated
rather than shared hosting.
The market for email hosting has had two major drivers
a) the increasing cost and hassle in installing, running, and maintaining a
server and b) the increasing use of mobile phones for email. The latter
requires more advanced email server software such as Microsoft Exchange, Zimbra
CS and BlackBerry BES and places even more load on the servers and the people
who have to maintain them. SMS has just
added support for BlackBerry mobile phones and also supports Windows Mobile
which is available on many smartphones. Apple iPhone is also supported.
SMS MD Colin Smith commented It is important to stand
back and look at what is required to build a world class email hosting company
and we believe that with the developments we have made, we are setting that
standard. Two hosting sites was a major development allowing us to move towards
a very robust system, even towards disaster recovery standards. We believe that
this will be a major consideration for customers as we expand because of the
importance of email in the corporate IT structure. It also increases the
incentive for larger companies (hundreds or thousands or mailboxes) to
outsource their email to us.
www.simplymailsolutions.com or
email colin@simplymailsolutions.com
ENDS
For more information contact Colin Smith, Managing Director
E colin@simplymailsolutions.com
T 44 1925 818 448
W www.simplymailsolutions.com
Simply
Mail Solutions - an IFE Ltd Company.
Registered
in England,
Company Number 05390640
