Five benefits of hosted email for businesses

Given the abundance of providers who offer free email services, it might be tempting for companies to go this route and avoid paying for hosted email. However, doing so may put your security at risk and force you to deal with storage limitations.

The sending, receiving and storage of emails on a company's server is made possible with hosted email service providers, typically with the addition of additional functionality. Setting up email addresses on the domain of your website is one of the key advantages of hosted email.

Businesses of all sizes may rest easy knowing that their electronic communications are highly secure and reliable thanks to hosted email services. They can trust that their digital assets are secure and operating at optimum efficiency when using an outsourced solution. This is an affordable service that does away with the need for in-house servers and the IT staff needed to manage those servers.

Hosted email offers increased security

In the business world right now, online security is of the utmost importance. Corporate networks are more vulnerable to security threats due to the increase in endpoints. Endpoint security is therefore more crucial than ever. Securing emails is essential in this regard.

As opposed to the shared server model used by free services, email hosting services use private servers. This means that your emails won't be accessible to anyone else. Additionally, sophisticated spam and malware filtering are provided by hosted email solutions.

Your email servers are protected from cyber-attacks and your email correspondence is protected from being read by third parties. Your emails can be encrypted to make sure that only the intended recipient can view them.

Hosted email allows for more control and privacy

Businesses can set up accounts with email-only hosting to suit their needs and preferences, providing them more control over their data. This means email solutions tailor-made for the company in question.

Multiple email addresses can be managed using hosted email, and it is easy to integrate with other tools. As your business grows and evolves, hosting packages allow companies to create multiple email addresses while maintaining brand accessibility and consistency.

Hosted email guarantees increased reliability

Hosted email can guarantee more uptime for business services because it does not rely on a shared server (unlike free email services). As businesses do not have control over the security implementation on free email servers, cyber threats can present a bigger concern.

A successful business depends on uptime to provide seamless customer support and team communication. Downtime, which can result in missed communications, delays and errors, can be avoided with hosted email. Service interruptions, major financial losses and reputational harm may result from this.

Hosted email offers more storage space

Where free email services have a limited amount of storage, hosted services, depending on the package, offer up to unlimited space. As your business grows, you can add more storage for the inboxes used by your company.

The storage provided by hosted email negates the issue of a full inbox, eliminating the need to delete emails that may be needed in the future. This allows companies to store archives of important communications and data over extended periods of time.

Hosted email is more professional

Hosted email allows businesses to create addresses with their own domain names. This greatly contributes to upholding a professional image and building brand consistency. Businesses can enhance their brand and allow their customers to associate their products and services with the brand name by moving away from the generic email address provided by free services.

When a company uses email addresses that are aligned with its brand, it increases brand recognition and familiarity and allows customers to easily contact different departments in your organisation (for example, support@yourname.com or sales@yourname.com).

Phishing attacks are less likely when such professional email addresses are used. SEACOM Business provides hosted email services that deliver advanced threat detection, data leak prevention, archiving, continuity and more. This guarantees the security of your communications and allows for full data backup and recovery in the event of a disaster.

Using a premium service has several advantages

Scalability is an important feature of every aspect of your business. You can fulfil both your immediate and long-term needs with an email server. This could include dedicated customer support, increased storage capacity, or simply adding more addresses to your domain. It is the best option for your primary point of contact with your customer.

Our hosted email for enterprises is a service that delivers cloud-based email hosting. The solution is deployed on enterprise-grade infrastructure owned by SEACOM and offers a range of mailbox size options. We also cater for enterprise email hosting with a package that covers all the bases. For more information or to get a quote, email us at marketing@seacom.com or leave us a message.

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