theXS (a.k.a. it4lease.ca)

Like a theatrical piece or a translating dialogue between what the IT guys like to say and what The User wants to hear
(this would work as a selling guide and a value proposal, but also as a deserved Customer appreciation act)

User: Company email boxes are in one location, while users would have secured access from anywhere
IT: IMAP mail boxes, NAC & AAA while connecting through LAN, WLAN or VPN,

User: Company data is secure hosted in the server and shared as needed among users and groups
IT: Firewall, SSH, NAC, windows SMB, shares, PDC support, quota, backup/restore

User: Reduce time navigating through unsolicited email, possible threats, malicious attacks and further damage control
IT: Anti-virus, anti-spam, email scan, closed firewall, filters, DoS protection

User: Reduce ongoing expenses on maintenance, repair, hydro, a/c, phone and fax bills
IT: 9-in-1 appliance, one leasing payment, remote managed services from one single source

User: Unified Data and Voice Communication on One shared and secured Box at your premises
IT: VoIP/IP-PBX, IVR, Follow me, QoS, Firewall, VPN, fax2mail, mail2fax

User: Voice access whenever you need it, wherever you are, no more missed calls and opportunities
IT: hunt/ring/queue groups, meet me, follow me, conference room, LD at local rates, DISA, voice2mail and more

User: Proactive plus Reactive IT approach, the best of both worlds at your hands
IT: no hassle edge technologies by default, IT guy over your shoulder and always on call

User: And a lot more features and benefits
IT: sure thing, instead of making it easier for you, we’ll do it for you

Well, this is kind of a personal project, in fact a two projects combination: (leasing and integrating) an office-network in a single package-solution.

The idea of leasing dated back in 2002 and was kept in the sandbox since then — One Box project started back in March 2007 exploring available projects at that time, among then I remember Office in a Box from EdgeBox and IT in a Box from EmergeCore, the latter was a simple and amazing box (now discontinued, AFAIK), the former was just an ISO to install at that time and it didn’t work with our server platforms.

After spending a few weeks collaborating with our partners in Panama (some Linux tech out there) we gave up buying and started developing our own OneBox (Office NEtwork in a Box) — it was ready for it360 show in Toronto last year — we are now providing this solution on different flavours, time will tell what’s the main course:

1. Our own OneBox — an all inclusive cabinet, featuring an Intel server and ubuntu
2. A simplified fork thin-client-network OneBox  — just a Linux Terminal Server serving Asus diskless PCs
3. Back on current EdgeBox SoHo/Office appliance — signing as their first VAR in Ontario
4. Also checking on Planet Unified Office Gateway — an all-inclusive appliance with a lot of potencial

On top of any of these solutions we are providing a leasing model 24/27 with or new partner National Leasing, so from now on our new clients will be paying a monthly and fair amount for their IT remotely managed platform.

That’s it — we are leasing IT remote managed services, all in One Box at your premises — and more to come.

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