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How times change. Year after year of economic good times have, it seems, come to an abrupt end, with 2009 looking set to be a year of uncertainty.

Realising maximum value from every investment will be of key importance in the coming months. That makes this the ideal time to look at the many benefits offered by hosted IT services, including powerful collaboration tools, uniquely flexible licensing policies, significant tax efficiencies, and reductions in IT costs and management overheads.

Such benefits will be of increasing interest to businesses looking to streamline their operations during 2009. However, new technologies now promise even more. Among these are server virtualisation, on which more below, application 'mashing' and cloud technologies, all of which will deliver improved efficiencies and value from IT investment.

If you'd like to know how these technologies could strengthen your business, and help you survive and prosper during the difficult times ahead, please call Perceptive on 01635 234100 or email us.

Brian Parnham
Managing Director


Virtualisation comes of age

Recently launched by Microsoft, Hyper-V server virtualisation technology will be a key driver of new and improved hosted services during 2009.

Until now, server virtualisation technology has promised much, but never quite delivered, especially in the area of management tools. Hyper-V changes all that, for the first time making server virtualisation a practical proposition in the real world.

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Make the most of your customers

In challenging times, making the most of every customer is vitally important. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems are key tools in achieving that, but until recently have typically been a privilege reserved for large organisations.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 hosted by Perceptive Online has changed that, bringing enterprise-standard CRM within the reach of smaller businesses. This article tells you how.

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