Since my earlier years on the IT profession I had the idea that more than 50% of IT knowledge is based on proper understanding and use of Acronyms — let’s share a few and keep here a record of those we are using throughout this web site — click on read more below for details
The whole idea behind OneBox project is driven by two main concepts “Simplifying through Integration” and “Avoiding the Problems”
I just wanted to provide a simple recipe for the path to achieve this goal — a three steps
Overview and Premises
SMB spends more on user’s PCs because usually cannot afford a Server
But the Sum of expending on those PCs is usually bigger than a fully featured Server
Why keep real value on the desktop if we can move it to the Server?
Why keep OS and applications on the desktop if we can move them to the Intranet – the Local Cloud?
1st Step: Move from Many to One
OneBox will include all currently spread information in One – secured and protected – Box
While keeping easy access and sharing for authorized users from anywhere
Desktop would be just Hardware, OS and Applications
2nd Step: Back to Many
Getting back the old Terminal concept, all users would share Server resources, data and applications
Dilute your user desktops into your local Server using disk-less PCs connected to a Terminal Server
Desktop would be just Hardware and network access, while OS and Applications move to the Server
3rd Step: Then to None
Upgrade the disk-less PCs to just a Web Browser Appliance and make your applications Web based (RA3D)
That’s the further step to the Local Cloud, moving your office to the Intranet
Well, edgeBox is probably the main course on this project, the entree on our menu, so let me briefly introduce it in just three quick steps:
As per Critical Links edgeBox web page “A Unified Communications Solution or “Office-in-a-box” that Provides All the Phone and Internet Communication Services a Small and Medium Size Business needs”
As per our appreciation is far more than that: IP-PBX and Internet services are still a good hook, but network data management, locally or remotely – secured access it’s what we like the most.
Now, let the BOX introduce itself through this short video clip
[this is still a work in progress, but I rather have it available even as a Draft, for our customers and prospects reference]
Unlike previous post about OneBox’s selling features, we are now focused on the negative approach: the PAIN suffered by many SMB customers because of their network/server infrastructure, lacking features and functionality.
Check this unsorted list (no priority) of most common Pains, all of them relieved with OneBox:
Ineffective Data Protection: no centralized backup , no centralized access to Internet , no recovery of accidentally deleted files , no security update management, no recovery plan
Inefficient Data Organization : documents and e-mails are stored on user’s computers, no user-password authentication – authorization, no shares for files and emails, no managed faxes
Productivity Loss: no shares for collaboration, no effective anti-spam means tons of unsolicited emails, no remote
Non-unified Communication: data and voice are on their own and usually unreachable when most you need them
No effective backup and restore: no automatic backup is meant to disaster, aggravated with no planned/tested recovery plan
your IT infrastructure in OneBox
administration, configuration, updates, backup: forget IT, instead of making IT easier for you, we'll do IT for you.
it4lease is a project supported by theXS dedicated to promote, deploy and support integrated IT solutions under a leasing model.
In other words, we are leasing IT remote managed services, all in One Box at your premises.