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XpressHost - Hosted ERP Solutions

Business Need for Hosted ERP….

In an fast & ever changing business world where business models are changing rapidly, Every business needs to manage its accounts, and every accountant, controller, and financial officer wants access to the tools that will enable them to maintain those accounts most effectively. Most of small to midsize businesses lack the IT resources to support the more sophisticated financial and supply chain & ERP management tools that management might want to use, which limits their ability to manage their accounts as well as they would like.

Compared with the cost of building and maintaining software and hardware infrastructures, buying and upgrading expensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) software licenses and spending weeks—or months—on lengthy implementation projects, renting software from an Hosted Application Service Provider appears to make a lot of sense for an increasing number of companies.

This is the key challenge Oriensoft XpressHost addresses. A Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner based in Mumbai India, Oriensoft XpressHost supports small and midsize businesses by delivering the Microsoft Dynamics Navision, AXAPTA™, Great Plains, SAP Business One, SAP All in One & other customized ERP solutions which offer integrated, adaptable business management solutions on an outsourced (hosted model) monthly subscription basis. By delivering these applications on a software as a service (SaaS) basis, XpressHost makes it possible for small to midsize businesses to take advantage of the functionality afforded by the solutions in the hosted environment.

Hosted ERP Advantage….

In a recent research note, Gartner Group predicts that outsourcing will become the preferred sourcing choice for hosting your applications.

“Through 2007, co-location and web-hosting services will offer more efficiencies, reliability and range of services when compared to in-house hosting for all but the minority of enterprises, those with complex integration or innovative applications. Therefore, the majority of enterprises should outsource their external web presence through these types of services.”

Gartner’s analysis of the approximate costs of in-house versus outsourced hosting is a strong reference point when comparing solutions. It expects cost savings of 32% or more from external hosting as well as other advantages.

“Judicious use of web-hosting services should enable an enterprise to free up investment and skills to focus on areas that will deliver greater business impacts.”

The following chart compares your in-house on premise hosted model vis-à-vis Oriensoft XpressHost Hosted ERP model expectations with comparable low and mid-priced XpressHost On-Demand Hosted ERP Solutions. Both XpressHost offerings provide significant cost savings and service benefits and drive value to its customers.

Category

XpressHost Hosted ERP Advantage

In-House Considerations (On Premise Hosting)

Cost

• Monthly OPEX Model
• No initial Capital Expenditures (CAPEX)

• High Capital Expenditure CAPEX Model
• Is an in-house capital investment the best way to grow your core business?
• Best time-to-market & time-to-value ?

Hardware

• Hosting on high availability branded hardware.
• Full management including component

monitoring and replacement with 1 hour Hardware turnaround SLA.

• On-site hot spares and inventory.

• Do you have a parts inventory and strong vendor support?

• Can you return or exchange equipment as it becomes obsolete?
• Do you have resources for managed multiple IT Vendor and can IT Vendors support you 24 x 7.

Traffic

• Comparable, depends on site design and configuration.
• Scaleable Infrastructure & Architecture for your On Demand business requirements.

• Does your site have the right architecture and database design to manage traffic?

• Can I scale up immediately as your business grows.

Bandwidth

and Network

Facilities

• Burstable bandwidth & Robust Network

• 99.99% Uptime Guarantee.

• Shared Hardware Load Balancer.

• Dedicated LAN (VLAN).

• Redundant bandwidth.

• Multiple redundant Cisco Core, Border & Distribution routers.

• How much more will it cost to purchase connectivity from multiple providers?

• How long does it take to add more bandwidth?

• Do you have fail-over routers for the event of component failure?

Facilities

• N+1 generators and fuel tanks.

• N+N power distribution units (PDU) and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS).

• Server-friendly fire suppression systems.

• Multiple cooling systems.

• Segregated server farms.

• Have you invested in multiple generators, PDUs, UPS, and cooling systems?

• Do you have multiple fuel tanks with contracts for refueling in the event of a long-term electrical outage?

• Do you have a fire suppression system that will not damage server hardware?

Support

• Pre-sales Consulting and site engineer

Support.

• Automated daily backup and long-term storage.

• 24x7x365 Support, Reporting, Monitoring,

and administration.

• Escalation to expert engineering talent for problem resolution

• On-site vendor support including Cisco, HP, Intel & Microsoft etc.

• Single point of contact for all your needs.

• Enhanced reporting.

• Resource and Scalability Planning.

• Can you support your solution around the clock with only three people?

• Do you have expertise in all areas including web software, databases, load balancing, caching, security and more?

• How will staff turnover affect your solution’s stability?

• Is your IT training budget adequate to keep staff current?

Security

• Fully managed enterprise firewall with IDS / IPS.

• Dedicated, experienced security group.

• Hardened operating system and application builds .

• Secure facilities (5-level physical and electronic security including biometrics, card-key, key-pad

and surveillance protection).

• Aggressive tracking of hacker activity sites and vendor supplied security patches.

• Periodic Security Scan and Vulnerability Audit.

• How strong is your physical, logical, and overall network security?

• Who is trained to configure and maintain your firewall?

• Will you have adequate security personnel onsite to monitor, test and install patches before the associated software weaknesses are publicized?

• Do you continuously monitor hacker activity to detect vulnerabilities in your site?