October 17, 2006 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web hosting provider Intermedia.NET has been chosen to provide Microsoft Exchange to exhale - a spa chain currently with 8 stores and plans to add 20 more in cities such as US locations such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Dallas over the next 3 years.
According to the company, exhale’s move to outsource email will provide savings of 70% over the cost of an in-house email server and allow the company to focus on core activity, including expansion. “We love the features of Microsoft Exchange like group calendaring, contacts that are always synced and simple add-ons like BlackBerry service,” explained Stefani Gellman, VP Marketing at exhale. “And with exhale’s growth across the US, getting email that is always up-to-date on any PC, web browser or handheld is a fantastic benefit.”
“Managing a Microsoft Exchange server in-house is a very costly and time-consuming proposition,” explained Jeffrey Glazer of At1Security, in charge of exhale’s IT. “For a company like exhale, with fast growth and many locations, Exchange hosting services are a perfect option. With 24x7 monitoring and support, a tier-one Silicon Valley datacenter and unbeatable experience running Microsoft Exchange, Intermedia.NET was an obvious choice.”
“exhale is a great brand and a perfect example of how our Exchange hosting service can transform the IT options of small and medium businesses,” added Intermedia.NET CEO Serguei Sofinski. “In less than one day, we were able to deliver an enterprise-grade Microsoft Exchange infrastructure for exhale employees, at a start-up cost that was 95% less than if they had built the system in-house.”
