Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) has become a popular SaaS offering from many hosting companies, and for good reason. WSS is a tool that anyone can benefit from. A central repository for documents, presentations, calendars, events, pictures, wiki, and so much more.

With free to inexpensive templates that further enhance the WSS experience, the potential benefits are limitless. Easy to learn and easy to use, a powerful “hosted” service (Saas).

Why hosted? For small to medium organizations the up front investment, security, backup, and life-cycle management are not justified. Monthly WSS hosting plans are affordable and typically scale based on storage needs. At 85under, plans start at $30.00 per month and support unlimited users.

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Server virtualization has been around a while now. It’s interesting how new technologies spawn new services and enable the expansion of industries. Server virtualization created a set of services commonly called Virtual Private Server (VPS) for the web hosting industry. By taking one set of hardware (server + storage) and implementing virtualization software, one server becomes many. Like pizza, the server can be served in slices. Each customer subscribes to their slice. Since some statistics show that server processor (cpu) load in the hosting industry averages less than 10 percent utilization, virtualization makes a lot of sense. Hosting companies benefit from economies of scale and the customers benefit from a low-cost private server offering.

In 2008, Microsoft entered the server virtualization market with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. With broad application support across the Windows Server software product line, Hyper-V is an option worth strong consideration for those considering virtualization. The benefits of Hyper-V and server virtualization go well beyond hardware consolidation. Application testing, load balancing, easy data migration using included tools, and disaster recovery to name a few.

Should you consider server virtualization? Possibly. There are a lot of benefits and long term capabilities inherent in this kind of technology. Individual organization needs will generally determine the answer. 85 Under would be happy to assist with more information and/or custom solution offerings.

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