Experience and Capabilities You Can Trust

When you look for a company to design and deploy something as critical as messaging, you need a partner you can trust. SIGMAnet brings a combination of expertise and operational excellence that is hard to match. Our proven system engineering excellence and our portfolio of infrastructure and Microsoft application services offer you a variety of IT services.

If you are still on Exchange 5.5, you know that you will need to upgrade soon. If concerns about the complexity of migrating to Active Directory have held you back, turn to SIGMAnet's messaging team. We can design an Active Directory solution for you and move you smoothly to Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003.

We can also assist with cross-platform migrations, such as from Lotus Domino to Microsoft Exchange. While many providers are specialists in just one platform, we have extensive expertise in both to help ensure that your migration is trouble-free.

Because our messaging specialists design Exchange solutions and plan migrations all of the time, we can help you avoid costly pitfalls and design issues that might prevent you from achieving the reliability and security that you require.

When you choose SIGMAnet to plan, build, and deploy your Exchange environment, your organization's email and collaborative infrastructure is supported by our expert Microsoft messaging team. Most importantly, SIGMAnet has the expertise to design and architect the full flexibility and functionality of Exchange in a secure and reliable environment.

• Installation and configuration of Exchange servers
  (Hardware, OS, and application software)
• Tier 2 and 3 support, available 8x5
• User and server administration (adds, changes, deletes)
• Backup and disaster recovery
• Server and email virus protection, dedicated firewall, and VPN

We understand that every organization has different needs. Our professional services team can work with you to customize your Exchange solution to match your business requirements. Whether it's integration of wireless technology or instant messaging, enhanced workflow applications, or specialized security needs, we can tailor your messaging infrastructure to match your goals - and deliver it as an outsourced solution for a predictable monthly cost.

The newest releases of the Microsoft Exchange include compelling benefits: better administrative tools, more efficient bandwidth use, enhanced collaborative capabilities, and more. But taking advantage of them requires a complex migration of server and client software and messaging data - a process that touches every user and every aspect of your organization. Even with the available software tools, mail migration requires careful planning and coordinated execution. The price of failure: email downtime, lost data, and damaged relationships with customers and partners. How do you weigh the benefits of new capabilities against the costs of getting there?

If you want to take advantage of the power of Exchange 2003 or Domino 6, but are concerned about the potential costs and pitfalls of migration - training, IT resource deployment, downtime, lost data - it's time to turn to SIGMAnet's messaging specialists.

If your messaging environment is moving to a new platform, the transition is even more challenging. Most organizations have IT staff skilled in one environment but lacking experience with the other technology. With expertise in Exchange, and other messaging technologies, SIGMAnet can fill the gap.

For most organizations, mail migrations are an occasional occurrence. For SIGMAnet's technical team, it's an everyday event. We understand the process, we know the pitfalls, and we've learned to perform the work as quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably as possible. The bottom line for you - a faster, smoother migration that gives you the benefits of a new platform, at a predictable price, for a faster return on your migration investment

Upgrades, Platform Changes, Hybrid Environments, Consolidation

In this era of mergers, acquisitions, and legacy systems, your mail system may not be as simple as you'd like. SIGMAnet has worked with a wide range of clients - from a single-location business moving to a new version of Exchange, to merged companies struggling to rationalize different platforms and versions into an effective messaging solution.

Our migration capabilities include:

• Moving your organization from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 or 2003, including your Active Directory migration
• Helping you transition from Notes to Exchange
• Creating a hybrid environment of Notes applications and Exchange email messaging
• Consolidating multiple Exchange platforms into a single solution
• Upgrading from single POP or web mail to a cost-effective Exchange solution
• Moving from legacy platforms such as GroupWise to Exchange
  
  

Comprehensive Planning and Execution

At SIGMAnet, mail migration means more than just installing new versions of software. A SIGMAnet migration doesn't just move you to the latest messaging platform; it helps you move to a messaging solution that scales to your needs, maximizes efficiency, and reduces costs - whether you are moving to an in-house solution or one hosted in a state-of-the-art SIGMAnet data center.
We begin your migration by analyzing your current platform and your needs for the post-migration solution. Depending on your number of users, locations, remote access needs, desired level of disaster recovery and failover, and anticipated message volume, we work with you to determine the optimal solution.

We then create a detailed migration plan that defines how upgrades will take place, how messaging data will be moved to the new system, and the methodology for upgrading user client software. We'll address issues such as server security, sign-on to email and Windows domains, mobile access, and wireless connectivity through PDA’s and Blackberry RIM devices.

Once the plan is completed, we'll perform you migration, including complete testing to ensure that everything is working as planned. For your users, this means access to the latest messaging technology without unexpected downtime or loss of data. For your IT staff, it means a smooth process guided by messaging experts that doesn't interfere with other mission-critical IT projects.

When It's Time to Migrate, Choose the Simple Path

When you're ready to take advantage of the power of Exchange 2003 or Domino 6, make sure that the transition is smooth. SIGMAnet's migration specialists will help you move to a collaborative infrastructure that serves your business needs, avoids unexpected expenses, and maximizes your technology investment.