Thanks to all who attended the final installment of our March webinars, “Microsoft SharePoint: Spreading Corporate Knowledge.”  Once again, we had a great Q&A session at the end of Bill’s presentation.

For those of you who missed the beginning of the webinar, or simply want to enjoy the information again, you can download the PowerPoint presentation from this blog.

Mike Sowada is honored to be a panelist on a new forum making the Minnesota rounds. IssuesLive is the first comprehensive dialogue with the microbusiness community and its stakeholders about microbusiness issues and solutions. The events focus on small and microbusiness owners (businesses with ten or fewer people) who discuss issues and challenges related to operating and growing businesses.

Mike will be an expert panelist at the Duluth forum on March 26, 2008. This IssuesLive event kicks off the 4th Annual Duluth Business-to-Business Expo.

“Entrepreneur is a part of who I am and what drives me,” said Mike. “Entrepreneurship is where a lot of these microbusinesses and start-up companies are coming from. I’m excited to offer any advice I can.”

Registration is still open for the Duluth event and other IssuesLive forums on their website. Jason Baker will be an expert panelist from VISI at the May 2 panel at the University of St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus.

We had such a great turnout on Thursday at the webinar about Hosted Exchange 2007 - thanks to all who attended.

If you were not there, Bill Hagestad, who conducted the webinar, wrote up a great blog post detailing the cost effectiveness of using VISI’s Hosted Exchange 2007, rather than doing it in-house. Also, you can download the entire PowerPoint presentation right from this blog.

Download the Presentation.

Find out more at the Hosted Exchange 2007 page on our site.

Good day!

The following post is about the cost effectiveness of VISI’s Hosted Exchange 2007 for your organization’s e-mail and communication needs.

Looking at the figures below, you’ll note that the sunk and recurring costs associated with attempting an in-house or ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Exchange 2007 project can be very expensive.

The software needed for your Exchange 2007 project as an initial investment can easily top $4,900. Hardware and installation run approximately $12,000; all in a non-redundant environment - meaning there are many single points of failure.

Finally, the administration costs, which include system administration and technical support, can easily cost $120,000 or more annually.

So far, the total sunk and recurring costs of an in-house Exchange 2007 project top out at over $137,000!

With VISI’s Hosted Exchange 2007 product, all of the administration and maintenance are taken care of for you.

In fact, based upon a 15 user scenario over one year using our Exchange 2007 product, your cost would only be $2,340 - a savings of over $135,000.00!

The icing on the cake is that VISI also provides complimentary Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v 3.0 - a unique collaborative communication tool. (Keep an eye for more posts about this product.)

Ciao!

I was proud to announce Monday that VISI acquired the employees and customers of Infinity AccessNET. Every CEO loves to see their companies succeed and grow.

I made a comment to the staff at VISI that it’s been a lot of work getting to this point. The good news/bad news is that the hardest part for ME is over, but the work for most of the VISI team has just begun.

Our goal for the transition is simple: to combine the best of both companies while maintaining and improving the level of customer service we provide.

We’ve added seven talented employees from Infinity AccessNET to the VISI team. We’ve already picked up some great ideas and look forward to leveraging their knowledge to release a product line around VMware virtualization.

And talk about fate? Their offices were only a few blocks away from our new Eden Prairie headquarters — so, the move couldn’t be easier. They are truly joining us at an exciting time.

Enjoy the last of the winter days!