Hosted email
- Service: Email
- Date: 18/07/2009
- Client: Wood Street Clinic
We received a request from Wood Street Clinic to install an Exchange server to provide email services. When we discussed the requirement with them we found that they wanted this for a small number of users. They wanted to be able to use Push email to smart phones, have web access and to be able to share calendars with an admin person managing the calendars of consultants.
Push email is where a smart device maintains a link with a server over the Internet and changes to either the phone data or Outlook data are synchronised in real time and in both directions. This means never having to backup phone data, never having to enter data again on a PC and never having to dock the phone to synchronize. This is especially useful where an assistant manages the diaries of one or more mobile users.
Installing a server dedicated to so small a group was not very cost effective so we recommended hosting this service on our email servers. We set up several domains to use our server and helped Wood Street set up various Outlook clients and smart phones to use the service.
This type of service would be ideal for groups of mobile users who have a central booking system, for example a driving school who takes bookings both centrally and with the instructors. If the office takes a booking they can see in real time when the instructors are free and can see if the instructor takes a booking. This system can also provide email and the data is backed up at the server so the phones don’t need to be backed up.
Client Testimonial
"Mark from Atomik.biz has been invaluable in sorting out my communications and email. I am a busy medical consultant and need to be in-touch whilst on the go. Also I need to synchronise my phone's email and calendar so I do not double book myself through having two different versions. I had tried a variety of people and devices that I was assured would fix the problem; none did until I met Mark. He listened carefully to my problem and understood what exactly it was I wanted to achieve.
Atomik's hosted web-based outlook solution has worked efficiently from day one. It has transformed my life. I can access my email and calendar from any internet connected computer and also my phone - originally a Nokia E71 - more recently an iPhone. I now no longer double book myself and am up to date with my emails. Any questions have been promptly dealt with - All I can say is I have been delighted with Mark's service."
