Email is the most critical communication tool for today's businesses. This increased reliance on email has escalated the volume of messages sent and received, and even the speed of business. Amidst this change, the workforce expectations have also evolved - today, employees seek efficient and rich access to email, online calendars, attachments, and contacts, regardless of where they are and what type of device they're using.

Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007 was specifically designed to rise to the challenge of addressing different needs within the same messaging system. New capabilities in MS Exchange 2007 provide improved protection, along with the access your employees want, and the efficiency IT wants.

The Internet technology professional has the task of providing a messaging system that satisfies these needs yet is balanced in security and cost. As the use and volume of email has increased, security requirements have become more complex. Today's IT staff must counter a wide range of email security threats, spam and viruses, and risks to noncompliance and tampering in addition to the threat of disasters. Although security is a top priority, Internet technology staff is always aware of the need to manage costs, working within constraints of time, money, and resources. This causes IT staff to seek a messaging system that satisfies enterprise and employee requirements yet is efficiently deployed and managed.

Protection, Built-in

Exchange Server 2007 provides built-in protection technology, reducing viruses and spam, enabling private communications, and helping your business attain compliance.

Key Benefits:

* Safeguards users and data from harmful spam and viruses

* Simplified compliance while satisfying the needs of compliance managers, employees, and messaging administrators

* Automatically provides secure communication within the company without added complexity or cost

* Keeps email communication flowing with enterprise-class reliability and availability

Anywhere Access

Employees can access their email, voice mail, calendar and contacts from a variety of devices and clients. Anywhere access requires an Internet connection, and Outlook Voice Access requires a phone connection.

Key Benefits:

* Quickly delivers a seamless and familiar Outlook experience from different devices without additional software

* Enables improved collaboration, making it simpler to find and share documents, data, and schedules

* Increases overall productivity among today's workforce, who require the ability to respond from work, home, or on the road

* Provides employees with a single inbox, the source of all important communication - including voice mail, email, and fax

Efficient Operations

New levels of efficiency are possible through optimizations hardware and networking features, helping administrators become more productive.

Key Benefits:

* Improved administrator productivity, making it simple to locate and repair problems and automate tasks

* Simple integration of Exchange Server data with third-party solutions and line-of-business applications, made possible by Exchange Web Services

* Delivers more from your hardware and network investments via powerful x64 computing and bandwidth optimization

* Efficient deployment with roles-based server architecture, automatic client connections, and improved monitoring and diagnostics

In addition, Exchange Server 2007 offers capabilities and benefits with the best integration and broadest client range. MS Exchange Server supports the Outlook experience, from the desktop, to Web Access, Mobile, and now with Outlook Voice Access. Exchange Server 2007 also can be integrated with MS Windows SharePoint Services and other MS Office applications, along with third-party devices and systems.