Comments on: SBS 2008 is too expensive. http://www.css-networks.com/2008/09/sbs-2008-is-too-expensive.html Carl's blog about stuff Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:32:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Hutchinson http://www.css-networks.com/2008/09/sbs-2008-is-too-expensive.html/comment-page-1#comment-853 Mark Hutchinson Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:16:14 +0000 http://www.css-networks.com/?p=292#comment-853 An ex collegue who works for Microsoft informed me that due to the competitive pressures of appliances and hosted SaaS solutions etc they are less interested in 'small customers' (Interesting positioning for a small business server solution) and becoming more focussed on higher value customers in the market sectors where they can differentiate themselves and generate acceptable margins. As a vendor of Linux Small Business Server Appliances SBS 2008 has been music to our ears as it made it an easy decision for end user clients and its helped us strengthen our reseller channel considerably. We've spent nearly two years developing what we believe is becoming the most comprehensive Linux based Small Business Server (55% Open Source, 15% Commercial Open Source & 30% Propriatary software). I'm not saying its right for every organisation, but we win more deals than we loose when competing against MS SBS, you may wish to take a look - http://www.sharptechnology.co.uk and give me a call (01242 516302) if you have any questions or wish to see an online demonstration. We also provide it on a white label basis for resellers and partners. An ex collegue who works for Microsoft informed me that due to the competitive pressures of appliances and hosted SaaS solutions etc they are less interested in ’small customers’ (Interesting positioning for a small business server solution) and becoming more focussed on higher value customers in the market sectors where they can differentiate themselves and generate acceptable margins.

As a vendor of Linux Small Business Server Appliances SBS 2008 has been music to our ears as it made it an easy decision for end user clients and its helped us strengthen our reseller channel considerably.

We’ve spent nearly two years developing what we believe is becoming the most comprehensive Linux based Small Business Server (55% Open Source, 15% Commercial Open Source & 30% Propriatary software).

I’m not saying its right for every organisation, but we win more deals than we loose when competing against MS SBS, you may wish to take a look – http://www.sharptechnology.co.uk and give me a call (01242 516302) if you have any questions or wish to see an online demonstration.

We also provide it on a white label basis for resellers and partners.

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