In this economy companies are looking for ways to get "more bang for the buck". That is to say, leverage as much as they can, for every dollar spent. This is especially true of companies that have chosen a Hybrid Email hosting account for their domain.

The benefits, of using an email hosting service, are no cost of ownership for the hardware, software and ongoing maintenance needed to implement and maintain an on-premises email server. Conversely, the cost of using an email hosting account is fixed and paid in monthly, quarterly, semi annual or annual increments. You pay for the service and the provider does everything else, from ensuring resiliency and redundancy, to keeping systems and software up to date, to filtering out any spam and virus.

What is a Hybird Email Hosting account? Hybrid email hosting is a combination of a few Microsoft Exchange accounts setup for some users and the rest of the end-users setup to access with IMAP or POP3 accounts. A Microsoft Exchange account, which costs on average between $10 and $15 per month, provides email, calendar and contact synchronization and sharing. The costs go up exponentially depending on the amount of storage required. Whereas IMAP provides only email syncing, so therefore costs associated with this type of account is on average $1 to $3 per month.

Why are some companies feeling as though they may have compromised their organizations productivity? The answer is simple; it is the methods through which we can communicate. In order to communicate with one another we no longer need the same microprocessor, operating system or even sit at a desktop computer for that matter. In February of this year, Gartner Group published a report that said "Smartphones accounted for 17.3 per cent of all mobile handset sales in the first quarter of 2010, up from 13.6 per cent in the same period in 2009." Factor in the iPad and we have many platforms upon which we can do more.

Is there any way to give all end-users the means to share email accounts, calendars and contacts and at the same time keep costs manageable? The solution is an alternative. Hosted Kerio Connect can provide that alternative. With Kerio Connect you can synchronize email across multiple operating system platforms. End-users can share email, calendar and contact items. Smartphones and iPad users can stay in sync wireless. In addition, Kerio Connect makes it simple to set up resource calendars for scheduling coordination, mailing lists and groups. Companies can manage more efficiently and effectively, which means, "more bang for the buck".