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  While both are online or cloud-based solutions, there is a distinct difference between having your emails hosted on a shared website hosting platform or using a fully-managed email service . This article makes a side-by-side comparison of the two services. We describe the typical differences a business/user will experience with these services. For purposes of this article Shared hosting refers to where an organization hosts their email on the same server as their website. However, this server is also shared with other organizations that are also using it for similar purposes. In most cases, the organization is expected to manage and support their own account. Additionally, the hosting is also only on one server and lacks redundancies. A fully-managed email service refers to a cloud-based email service where a third-party email service provider hosts your emails. Here, the service provider commits resources and expertise to manage and maintain email and collaboration infrastruct...

  In this article, we discuss the benefits cloud email hosting over running on-premise mail servers and shared hosting solutions. For most businesses, email is one of the primary services supported by IT. Traditionally, managing email on on-premise servers and shared hosting platforms have been the default choice for most organizations. While it is possible to run your own internal email server, it is often not the best option for many reasons. If you haven’t already read the reasons why, please see our article on the Challenges of Running On-Premise (Self-hosted) Email Hosting. In the past decade, there has been an upsurge of organizations moving to cloud-based email – as it should be. Businesses can derive many benefits by switching to cloud-based email services. Benefits of Cloud Email Hosting Now you probably know why you shouldn’t host your emails on-premise. Let us now discuss the benefits of the alternative, cloud-based email hosting. In a cloud environment, a third-party p...

  Email is at the very core of how businesses communicate today. Due to the availability and adoption of the internet in the corporate workplace, email has quickly risen to surpass written, telephone, and fax communication. It has become the primary mode of day-to-day and legally-binding business communication. This is why businesses need to ensure their email solution is efficient, optimal, reliable , and cost-effective. A frequently asked question around email management is, “Which solution is more reliable, cost effective and efficient between on-premise/self-hosted and third-party cloud-hosted email?” Businesses are often faced with a dilemma. This is whether to move their emails to the cloud or to host and manage them within their business premises. In this article, we share our first-hand experience with email management through our research. We have also interacted with hundreds of business owners, IT managers, consultants and employees. We found that many experience the fol...