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Tb eAppliance 2003
Network appliance for small companies.
Features
- Mail server - provides your employees with mail
- Network gateway - connects your LAN with Internet
- Router - provides connection parameters to all other servers
and workstations on your network
- Firewall - protects your network from network intruders
- Proxy Server - Internet cache
- File server - allows your employees to share information
- Web server - hosts you Web site
- eCommerce server (hosts applications for interaction with
your customers and suppliers)
- Virtual Private Network (allows your employees to connect to
the network and to use office resources while they are on business
trip or from home)
- Database server - for concurrent management of data
- Workstation -
Usage scenarios
Depending on number and type of users, number of nodes on the network
and other resources, functions of eAppliances can be divided between
several machines.
Typical configuration is system of two machines:
- External Server (router, gateway, firewall, Web server)
- Internal Server (file, printer, mail, database and application
server)
Why eAppliance?
Even if you are paying lowest possible prices for these services, you
can get better price and better quality of service. Let's compare cost of
eApplicances for office with 25 users with cost of one server with 25
workstations that use software of leading vendor:
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Leading
software vendor solution |
Cost $ |
eAppliance |
Cost $ |
| Server -
hardware (one server - 2 CPUs) |
10 000 |
10,000 |
10 000 |
10,000 |
OS
(25 client licenses) |
6
000
(per CPU) |
12,000 |
free |
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| Commercial
mail server of leading vendor |
6
000
(per CPU) |
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| or
alternatively |
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| usage of
mail services of ISP |
5/month/user
= 1200/yr |
1,200 |
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1,200 |
| Workstation
- hardware |
500 * 25 |
12,500 |
500 * 25 |
12,500 |
| Workstation
- OS |
125 * 25 |
3,125 |
free |
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| mail
client license |
125/yr *
25 |
3,125 |
free |
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| office
productivity software license |
125/yr *
25 |
3,125 |
free |
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| First
year |
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45,075 |
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23,700 |
| Following
years |
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10,575 |
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0 |
You will save $21,375 first year and $10,575 in following
years.
Service and Maintenance
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