Well, Igncap is nearly fully in the cloud. Our Exchange server is hosted (thank you Applix) which is the main thing. Our fax service is as well (thank you Metrohispeed) and is conferencing (thank you FreeAudioConferencing.com), as it our external website/blog (thank you WordPress and BlueHost) and intranet/wiki (thank you Wikka Wiki) so what is next:
- File and Backup by Egnyte. We are on a 15 day trial, but if you have 100Mbps or higher, then this might really work. It’s a server that let’s you back things up and have scratch storage. Right now, we have a pair of terabyte TimeCapsules, so it isn’t really too bad. In combination with TimeMachine, we’ve got a decent solution. We’ll give this a try.
Phone by Fonality. The main issue is that We still have to buy a box for our IP PBX which is too bad. Maybe we’ll find another service that is all in the cloud in the next few years.. Fonality is kind of the right idea, but the box isn’t user configurable and they only work support 8-5PM. So really unacceptable for enterprise level. Trying Pingtel next. Our trunks out are handled by Broadvox.
- Word Processing, Spreadsheets and Presentations. We are still using Mac Office, but maybe google apps will change all that someday soon.
All of this is really thanks to Cogent, which we’ll love or curse if the Internet is unrealiable.
3 responses so far ↓
1 john // Jun 4, 2008 at 20:25
if i was rnning a small biz i’d never buy office. i’d make people use google apps until it was proven that something was broken…
2 Rich // Jun 6, 2008 at 18:55
@john: Well, I tried to use google apps for everything, but isn’t an offline solution that really works well for PowerPoint nor for Entourage.
3 Rich // Jun 6, 2008 at 18:56
@john: Oh, you are such a cynic!
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