Exabytes, Southeast Asia’s leading All-in-one Business Cloud, Digital and eCommerce solutions provider has successfully completed the “SMARTRETAIL-Retail Transformation On-ground Forum” with Exabytes 2022 campaign with an astonishing outcome.
SMART RETAIL – Retail Transformation On-Ground Forum
The objective of this event was:
to committed to connecting retailers with the digital ecosystem, helping retailers understand digital transformation, and then promoting retail growth
to create a comprehensive optimization for retailers to enhance existing store operations through digital technology to meet the upcoming retail challenges.
to share the operations, trends, and opportunities of retail transformation, and guide retailers to start the journey of retail transformation
The event mentioned above was held in Exabytes’ Event Hall at Setiawalk, Puchong on 4 August 2022 and gathered dozens of Malaysian retailers and representatives from well-known Brands together in person to learn the knowledge of OMO (Online-Merge-Offline) smart retail transformation.
The Smart Retail forum kicked off with a sharing by Mr. Simon Wong, Assistant General Manager of MRCA, reflecting on the current situation of the retail industry, and the way to turn the crisis into opportunity.
He also advised the retailers to offer multi-channel distribution instead of relying solely on physical stores.
The forum continues with an insightful panel dialogue session featuring Mr. Martin Soong, CMO of Purple Cane and Mr. Gavin Lew, Enterprise Resource Planning Consultant, Flexsoft Technology Sdn. Bhd.
The dialogue session which was moderated by Mr. Wong, CEO Coach, Vistage Malaysia, touched on common challenges faced by the retailers and featured a myriad of solutions on how to solve them.
Key discussion areas include practical steps of turning retail transformation project into a reality, navigating barriers of POS and membership system adoption, and re-emphasized key building blocks to achieve this through examples like Digital Marketing Funnel, E-Commerce Funnel, as well as the importance of a well established Customer Relationship Management system.
Mr. Lee Wei Hong, VP of Merchants Success, 91APP took over the stage to share knowledge of OMO New Retail solution and how 91APP helps to leverage the business revenue significantly while enhancing the shopping experience and increasing customers lifetime value.
The event ended with a networking session where the business owners had the chance to have personal one-on-one consultation with the speakers to explore their retail transformation journey & challenges.
Through this insightful event, the participants are now aware that Retail transformation is not simply expanding online business or operating a pure e-commerce platform.
More importantly, retail transformation can improve internal operational performance and enhance the external customer experience.
Exabytes is committed to promote the digitalization of retailers and the whole ecosystem.
Hence, we will continue to organize more events in future to educate and nurture our retail industry towards the era of smart retail.
91APP OMO Solutions Accelerate Brand Transformation and Produce Great Results
91APP‘s complete OMO retail solution enables brands to fully tap into the power of eCommerce and accelerate brands’ omnichannel transformation.
It has been adopted by many well-known, leading brands. 91APP provides a complete system and connectivity, OMO coaching, thereby reducing the cost of entry.
If you wish to know how OMO’s solution benefits your business expansion and wish to be an outstanding retailer too, book a free consultation with us by filling the form below.
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Early this month, we’ve teamed up with the multinational technology corporation Huawei Cloud and is honoured to be appointed as its Tier-1 distributor to bring our enterprise customers another advanced cloud-smart solution to accelerate their digital transformation journey in the digital age.
KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Web hosting and cloud service provider Exabytes Capital Sdn Bhd has partnered with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd to expand its offering to include Huawei Malaysia’s cloud-first smart solutions, as the group aims to boost the digital transformation journey for its enterprise customers in the post-pandemic scene.
Under this partnership with Huawei Malaysia, Exabytes will expand its offering to include cloud infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) systems as well as enable access to other business applications such as smart building, smart city, smart traffic, smart agriculture, smart healthcare, smart logistic and other smart solutions that are driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), the company said in a statement on Monday (July 25).
The government-linked private equity firm Ekuiti Nasional Bhd owns a 45.4% stake in Exabytes.
In the statement, Exabytes group chief executive officer Chan Kee Siak said cloud infrastructure alone will not drive business growth, as it has to be supported with business applications in order to achieve the desired business outcomes.
Meanwhile, Exabytes executive vice president and head of enterprise business Eric Foo believes that this partnership with Huawei Malaysia to use its cloud platform and solutions partner ecosystem will be the catalyst in driving the cloud-first digital transformation journey for businesses in Malaysia and beyond.
“We want to leverage the capabilities of digital technology to gain a better competitive advantage as well as other business values for our joint customers,” Foo added.
Chan said the support from Huawei’s cloud platform and Exabytes’ partner ecosystem will be the enabler of innovation when matched with Exabytes’ cloud-first smart solutions.
“Now more than ever, SMEs and large enterprises need to prioritise on ways to increase their online presence in order to stay competitive. With the cloud-first strategy, businesses can leverage the benefits of utilising cloud platforms such as having agility, scalability, security and speed to market.
“With that taken care of, companies can now focus on business applications, data analytics and automation in order to achieve the targeted outcomes and business imperatives such as improved user experience, increased productivity, cost optimisation, enhanced process efficiency and innovation.
“As more businesses are beginning to emphasise the adoption of digital solutions in many of their processes, research analysts believe that since the pandemic drastically changed how we live and work, more than 80% of IT operations will be hosted off-premises,” said Exabytes.
Meanwhile, Huawei Malaysia vice president of cloud and AI business group Lim Chee Siong said moving forward, partnerships are crucial and key to building a robust ecosystem in Malaysia for all businesses to scale.
As the all-in-one business cloud, digital, and e-commerce solutions provider, Exabytes plans to expand its partner ecosystem by bringing more regional and global cloud solution partners into Malaysia.
Exabytes is also planning to leverage its presence in Indonesia to promote Huawei cloud services and partner ecosystem solutions and services in this high potential and fast-growing market.
As a leading global ICT solutions provider, Huawei Cloud & Exabytes work closely with customers and partners to create open, collaborative and win-win conditions to build an industry ecosystem to accelerate ICT transformation.
Therefore, together, we co-organise the Business Connect Series event to give opportunities for businesses to learn and understand the importance of cloud-first strategy in every business.
Check out the Huawei Cloud | Exabytes: Business Connect Series HERE.
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Over the last decade, accelerated digital transformation has altered the way of doing business.
Enterprises are going digital to keep up with the rapid technological change.
Digital transformation in Malaysia is an emerging industrial phenomenon where the needs of customers through various digital platforms are taken care of.
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is the lead agency that works towards promoting and sustaining the digital transformation of Malaysia’s objective.
A 5-year plan (2021-2025) as an initiative has been launched to unlock the drivers of digital transformation by securing quality investments.
With the digital change continuously building the future, the industry 4.0 Malaysia revolution focusses on the manufacturing and agriculture sectors.
Journey of Digital Transformation with 4 Pillars
The journey to digital transformation outlines four pillars that every SME should know as a key to accelerating their business performance.
1. Integration of Digital Technology
Integration of technology with the enterprise is the first pillar to start the journey of digital transformation.
To be a part of Industry 4.0 Malaysia, the integration of several technologies and platforms such as ITSM, DevOps, and Agile are essential for real-time data processing and metric optimization.
To successfully adopt and implement solutions for digital transformation, a strong support system of tools for cloud backup and disaster recovery management along with its planning is critical.
Need for Acronis Cloud Backup
The enterprise’s digital journey as part of industry 4.0 Malaysia should include Acronis cloud backup for file backups and instant recovery of data.
Having a proper back-up system right from the start is as important as your software set-up to lead you through undisturbed digital transformation.
One can purchase Acronis cloud backup at an attractive price of RM382.99/month/license at Exabytes.
Use Veeam Disaster Recovery
Businesses can face potential disasters when undergoing any digitization for which it is always beneficial to take preventive measures before commencing the journey towards industry 4.0 Malaysia digitization.
At the time of digital transformation, businesses face outages like technology disruption and failures.
At this time, a strong service is required to handle the vulnerabilities effectively.
Veeam disaster recovery backed by Exabytes fulfills the exact requirement here and ensures data protection and recovery at the time of digitization.
Disaster recovery management takes place when the entire data and network crashes.
Exabytes Malaysia strongly recommends that businesses conduct a thorough review of every disaster recovery scenario and tool before embarking on the journey of digital transformation.
Digital transformation commences with development of digital identity for the enterprise.
A true digital identity is the collection of enterprise data to provide internet users with a physical identity.
Stored attributes such as company name, operations, scope, and management are essential for digital identity development.
Cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) provide digital ID systems to store data for secure and instant processing.
Exabytes understands the importance of digital transformation and enables managing customer identities, employees, partners and optimization control from time to time as part of its Amazon Web Services plans.
Why Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
Time-management
Expert-skills
Affordable
Amazon Web Services helps a corporate grow and scale their enterprise to another level with a digital identity.
Handling database storage, computation of power and content delivery can be overwhelming for the business during transformation with industry 4.0 Malaysia for which a solutions like Amazon Web Services can help businesses secure their digital identity through digital transformation.
This pillar aims to optimize and simplify the enterprise’s journey through digital transformation.
Some of the digital tools such as IoT, 5G, and AI are in use to optimize the performance through Amazon Web Services.
Digital transformation requires operation tools that solve business problems and serve customers efficiently.
This is a fundamental pillar in industry 4.0 Malaysia that protects the digital identity of businesses through digital operation tools such as secure website security.
Integration of digital technology, development of digital identity and optimization of digital tools leads to pursuing the last digital marketing pillar i.e. digital marketing solutions.
This pillar’s focus is to market the brand and increase visibility in industry 4.0 Malaysia.
There is an increasing need for increasing the reach of enterprises through Omni channel presence which is possible with the help of digital marketing solutions as below.
Building brand awareness to enhance the focus on your enterprise for industry 4.0 Malaysia
Use of artificial intelligence to create contacts and have access to the customer database through Amazon Web Service.
Identification of critical customer behaviors during digital transformation Malaysia
Monitoring the return on marketing investments
Creating campaigns in digital marketplaces for digital transformation
Reduction of customer acquisition costs
Implementing digital marketing using secure and protective business solutions and initiating improved services for your customers is possible when one relies on quality investments and disaster recovery management solution.
This helps in huge spikes of the returns during digital transformation.
Businesses wanting to start or progress in their digital transformation journey to enter the industry 4.0, Malaysia should look at embracing tools which provide cyber security, backup and disaster recovery cover.
Exabytes offers some of the best solutions for these like:
Google Workspace (formerly known as “G Suite”) is the new set of tools for business collaboration from Google. It is subscription-based, with different pricing plans that offer varying sets of features tailored to different types of organizations.
By using Google Workspace, team collaboration will become much simpler and easier thanks to effective collaboration and seamless work delivery.
Today, Google Suite’s online collaboration tools – Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Meet, and Google Slides – are popular with business people.
It is used by countless companies all over the world.
Google Workspace is a suite of software and cloud computing, productivity, and collaboration tools put together and provided to businesses as a whole.
Most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) use GWS to create, share, and build their businesses from scratch.
These online collaboration tools have the power to simplify your business requirements.
With G Suite, you have access to business solutions and tools that let you work with other users on multiple projects and get all of your work done.
In 2020, GWS was installed 3.8 million times. In the following year (2021), that number rose to 4.8 billion, a significant growth in the number of users.
The new version of G Suite is known for its flexible pricing plans, which start as low as S$6.00 per user per month.
Exabytes Malaysia offers these online collaboration tools at a competitive price (also comes with a free domain and backup).
Understanding the Key Differences Between G Suite vs. Google Workspace
Features
GSuite Free
Google Workspace
Branding and
Marketing
No professional email available, all emails are @gmail.com
Option for a professional email with custom company or business domain such as @companyZ.com, serving as an affordable branding tool
Business
Administration
– Single user login with one password
– User who logs in has full access to all data
– No ability to create separate user accounts
– Easy creation and management of users, with individual accounts and passwords for each user
– Ability to set tiered access rights and access management
– Ability to create a company address book and shared mail groups
Storage
15GB (not pooled)
30GB to 2TB per user, pooled storage
Collaboration
– Limited to single user access, resulting in no shared drives or calendars
– Lack of capability to track edits made by multiple users
– Maximum of 300 users allowed
– Real-time collaboration with easy tracking of edits among users
– Ability to schedule meetings, book facilities/devices, and collaborate on shared drives and calendars
Information
Security
– Single log-in with one password for all accounts
– Lacks a mobile access management system
– Unable to set external sharing restrictions
– Multi-user login with individual passwords for each user
– Ability to set password and mobile device management policies for some packages
– Capable of creating external sharing and access restrictions
– Provides access and activity logs for each user
Support
– Lack of support
– Unable to manage multiple domains
– Round-the-clock technical support
– Seamless management of multiple domains
Google Workspace Tools Application List
Whether you have a small business, a medium-sized business, or a large business, Google Workspace helps enhance your collaboration teamwork by using online collaboration tools.
The collaboration tools include custom business email for your business and collaboration teamwork tools like Google Meet, Google Chat, Google Docs, Gmail for Business, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Forms, Google Drive, Google Hangouts, Google Keep, Google Currents, Google Vault, Google Admin, Jamboard and Google Workspace Marketplace.
The Common Features of the Google Workspace Applications Shouldn’t Be Missed
Why Businesses Should Use Collaboration Tools?
Affordable cloud based collaboration solutions
With Google Suite, you and your team can work together in real-time
Integration of Google Workspace with CRM and third-party such as FreshSales CRM
Administrator benefits and admin console
Keep your business records safe
1. Share and Create
Google Workspace allows you to work with multiple users at a time.
You can share and co-create with other users and ensure team collaboration without having to sign in to a Google account.
Follow these four steps to work together:
Create a file through the drive or add any documents you already have.
In your Google Suite, click “Share” and invite the people using the address of the project group.
Grant different access to different team members: comment, edit, or view only.
Click ‘Done‘.
By using Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and Google Docs, you can share and create effectively.
2. Application Control
The Google Suite tools are safe for business use because each application’s privacy can be controlled. In Google Workspace, you can change the permission settings for each app on its own.
With multiple users on the team working on the system, it is important to control the app’s security.
With Google Suite application, there are no worries. It allows you to give specific users permission in just four easy steps:
Visit “Google Groups” and sign in.
“Click” the name of the group and go to “settings“.
Find each candidate’s permission settings and give them the permission they need to use Google Suite apps.
Just click “save changes.“
This helps make sure that the settings are customized so that only the right people can access the applications.
3. Voice Typing
Google Workspace lets people talk to each other instead of typing for hours. Google Docs allows you to dictate your voice in more than 60 different languages.
This online collaboration tool from the Google Suite helps its users be more efficient and productive.
Google Workspace can also help you speed things up by helping you with punctuation, commands, and layouts.
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4. Effective Translations
With the help of these powerful collaboration tools, businesses that wish to expand overseas don’t have to worry about cultural barriers.
This is because Google Suite can translate to over 100 languages, making it easier to get past language barriers.
This has helped teams from all over the world work together better and overcome cultural differences.
To get started, go to Add-ons > Translate > Choose Languages in your Google Workspace Console.
5. Personalization
It doesn’t matter if you run a large business or a small to medium-sized business (SMB), personalization is always a must.
With Google Suite, you can achieve personalization easily.
Google Workspace Pricing and Plans (Save 50% for First Sign Up)
Google Workspace Business Starter
Google Workspace Business Standard
Google Workspace Business Plus
Business Starter is the best Google Suite pricing plan for new businesses that require a free domain and a free 50GB backup.
Business Standard is for medium-sized businesses with a rewarding turnover and requires more storage and team collaboration – it comes with a free domain and a free 50GB backup.
Business Plus is best for large-scale enterprises that require a secure vault to keep their business data – it comes with a free domain and a free 50GB backup.
30GB cloud storage per user in the G suite.
2TB per user cloud storage
5TB cloud storage in Google Suite
100+ users
150+ users
500+ users
Available at just RM11.99/user/month. It is the lowest and most valued G suite pack.
Available at just RM23.99/user/month. Economical Google Workspace for business use.
Available at RM71.99/user/month only. Get advanced solutions for your reputable business.
How Can I Buy Google Workspace Collaboration Tools?
To find a Google Workspace business plan, click “View Plans“.
Read the details of each package pricing plans and then click “Order Now“.
Contact our team if you have more questions about the online collaboration tools.
The Comprehensive Guide to Utilizing Google Workspace Applications in Your Field
Follow our guide on how to make optimal use of Google Workspace tools, tailored to meet the specific requirements or obstacles encountered by people or organizations in a particular geographic location or area of expertise.
#1 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Google Workspace
Google Workspace offers everything a company needs to be successful. All of the productivity software is included: Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and many others.
However, improper or inadequate use of Google Workspace might prevent the company from operating to its full potential.
25 Google Workspace Tips & Tricks You Must Know
Here are some useful tips for maximizing company workflow with the power of Google Workspace.
1. Customize the email address
Use Google Workspace to maintain brand consistency across email addresses. Give your office personnel access to their own domain-based business email addresses.
Moreover, Google Workplace offers seamless interaction between applications.
3. Get you agenda sent to you
To make sure one doesn’t miss a meeting, Google Calendar can be used to blast out daily agendas every morning.
If you want a more organised approach, go to event notifications in the calendar settings to have the daily schedule sent to you by email each morning along with the Google Tools features.
4. Make changes in the documents in shared location
In Google Docs, a file can be edited by up to 10 individuals at once, and up to 200 people can view it.
The version history feature, which is included in earlier versions of the G Suite products, allows users to go back to the previous material if an inappropriate update was made.
The updated file could also have a new name.
5. Keep your activity confidential
With the use of its Activity dashboard, Google Workspace makes it possible to monitor user visits and activity on programs like Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
To turn off the view history for a specific document or for every visit to Google Workspace, go to the activity dashboard privacy settings if you prefer not to have your activity tracked.
For instance, a manager or supervisor might want to monitor a team member’s behaviour without others knowing about his visit and intention.
With Google Workspace, it is possible to keep the guest list private with just an admin view when necessary.
8. Use confidential mode
Users of Gmail can enable the “confidential mode” function in the Google Admin console to protect the privacy of their emails.
For instance, confidential mode is activated if confidential material is given.
This prevents employees from forwarding, copying, downloading, and printing the same.
9. Get a read receipt
Receiving a read notification after a recipient has received a time-sensitive email is beneficial.
This function is included in Google Workspace and may be used by selecting “Request read receipt” in the program that was formerly known as Google Business Suite.
10. Undo email send
In the event of any errors, such as failing to include an attachment, sending the incorrect content, or sending it to the wrong list, Gmail users have a fixed time limit (30 seconds after sending the email) to recall it.
11. Survey the staff
Want to gauge your staff’s opinions on new ideas or business directions?
Drive can be used to send email attachments of 25 Mb or above. When composing an email, save the file in Drive and choose it using the Drive button to send attachments up to 10 GB in size.
13. Dial in to meetings
Even if users do not have an internet connection, Google Meet from Google Workspace. With a Google Meet shared link, joining a video conference is simple.
In addition, if there is no internet, select the “Use a phone for audio option” option when selecting the dial-in phone option.
14. Save time typing
Use Google’s Smart Compose and Smart Reply tools from the Google business suite or Google Workspace while writing emails in Gmail for word and phrase suggestions.
Typos will be decreased by the built-in spelling and grammar check.
15. Get staff usage data
When a user is new to Google Workspace, Insights can offer helpful analytics about staff utilisation.
If an employer or IT manager wants to find out how the staff members are making the best use of the features, they can use this function.
16. Mute conversations
Gmail users have the option to mute a chain of emails that may not be helpful to the end user and simply been marked in a chain of emails.
17. Protect your data
Google Endpoint comes with vital security management for all staff devices to ensure no data loss in the event of a phone loss.
For example, if an employee has misplaced or lost his phone and the phone has Google Workspace with all critical data, the IT manager can quickly disable Google Workspace on the mentioned phone with the help of Endpoint to ensure data security.
18. Use social media
Currents, a staff social media platform offered by Google Workspace, allows workers to collaborate and interact with one another to boost morale.
19. Create Chat rooms
Users can create their own channels in Google Chat based on topics or teams, with admins having the power to send invitations and impose entry restrictions.
For instance, a channel might be made exclusively for the accounting department or for the topic of tax submission.
20. Compile audit reports
Vault, a unique tool that comes with Google Workspace, is utilised to adhere to the data regulations.
Vault assists in setting user access restrictions, defining data retention timeframes, and compiling audit reports.
21. Use chat in Gmail
The Google business suite’s chat feature is practical and accessible from within Gmail.
One can use the chat feature within Gmail itself, keeping all communications in one window, rather than having to enter a Google App.
For example, a manager who has to urgently reach an employee who may always be online might simply send a text message on Google Chat.
22. Use shortcuts
To make using newer versions of G Suite products like Gmail and Calendar easier and faster, use the keyboard shortcuts that are included with them.
For instance, on Google Calendar, users can hit W for week view, D for day view, and C for a new event.
23. Create groups
Save time by sending one email to several recipients at once rather than sending one email to each recipient individually.
To use this function of Google Workspace, go to the contacts list, choose the necessary contacts, and then save the group as a label.
Let’s say you want to send the same email to 10 people. You might choose every recipient from the contacts list, save the list as a group with a list name, and then send the email draft to this group rather than to each of them individually.
24. Create Heatmaps
Use the Heatmaps feature in Google Workspace “Sheets” for a more visible context of the data.
Users just need to identify the desired range and choose “Color Scale” from the conditional formatting options under the format menu.
25. Create shared folders
Businesses can use Google Drive’s shared folders, for which an administrator can grant or deny access to specific users or groups.
For instance, there is marketing-related content in a folder, and the human resources team is denied access to the same group by the admin.
However, all marketing team members are able to access it.
Find out more!
Connect with Exabytes to find out more. Our friendly and professional consultants are pleased to assist you in fully tapping into the power of G Suite products and growing your business at the speed of light.
Google Workspace is the ultimate productivity suite that offers enhanced versions of G Suite’s tools like Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Calendar.
The curated plans come with custom email for businesses, and with the rise of remote work, collaboration is made seamless with tools like Google Meet, Chat, and Docs.
Join the millions who rely on Google Workspace for teamwork and productivity in the cloud.
Google Calendar is a powerful tool that comes with Google Workspace, and it can greatly enhance teamwork and collaboration in any organization.
With Google Calendar, users can easily organize their day-to-day routine by setting reminders for various tasks and meetings.
This can help individuals and teams stay on track and ensure that deadlines are met.
One of the most useful features of Google Calendar is its support for sharing.
Users can share their calendars with others, making it easy to schedule meetings and organize events.
This is particularly useful for teams that need to coordinate their schedules and work together on projects.
In addition to sharing, Google Calendar also integrates seamlessly with other Google Workspace tools, such as Gmail and Google Meet.
This allows users to easily schedule meetings, send invitations, and join video calls directly from their calendar.
Overall, Google Calendar is an essential tool for any organization that wants to improve teamwork and collaboration.
By helping individuals and teams stay organized and on schedule, it can greatly enhance productivity and efficiency.
How to Share a Calendar?
Click the ‘Options’ button (three dots) to the right of the relevant calendar in the main list. Select ‘Settings and Sharing’.
On the next page, scroll down to ‘Share with specific people’
Click ‘Add people’ and then enter the person’s email address.
Choose ‘Permissions’ dropdown box and pick the privilege you want to allow. One can also change this later in the same section of the settings.
Click ‘Send’
One can share their calendar using a link. On the same calendar ‘Settings’ page, scroll down to ‘Integrate calendar’.
A public URL and secret URL is created and this generated URL is sent to colleagues or friends.
Exabytes has a super tech savy support team who are always eager to help customers with any tech issues they might encounter.
Google Meet
Google Meet is a video conferencing tool that is part of Google Workspace.
It allows teams to hold virtual meetings and collaborate in real-time up to 250 participants per call, no matter where they are located.
Google Meet makes it easy to join and host virtual meetings with just a few clicks.
It offers various features such as screen sharing, live captions, recording, and a chat function that can be used to share links, notes, or files.
This tool is particularly useful for remote teams or those who work in different locations, as it allows for face-to-face interaction and effective communication without the need for physical presence.
By using Google Meet, team members can stay connected, share their work, and collaborate more effectively.
Overall, Google Meet is a powerful tool for better teamwork, enabling teams to stay connected and collaborate in real-time, regardless of their location.
Google Meet is very easy to use. To start or join a meeting, one needs to just go to the website, click ‘Start a meeting’ or ‘Enter meeting code’ to join.
Google Hangouts or Google Chat
Google Hangouts, now known as Google Chat, is a messaging platform included in the Google Workspace suite of tools.
It is designed to help teams communicate and collaborate more effectively.
With Google Chat, users can send direct messages to individuals or groups, create chat rooms for team discussions, and even make audio or video calls.
Google Chat supports a wide range of features that are helpful for team communication.
For example, users can easily attach files and documents to messages, search for specific messages within a chat, and set reminders for themselves or other team members.
Additionally, Google Chat integrates with other Google Workspace tools, making it easy to switch between different apps and share information across platforms.
One of the key advantages of Google Chat is its ability to improve productivity and teamwork.
By enabling teams to communicate quickly and easily, Google Chat helps ensure that everyone is on the same page and can work together effectively.
This can lead to faster decision-making, better collaboration, and ultimately more successful outcomes for your projects or initiatives.
Google Sheets
Google Sheets is a powerful collaboration tool offered by Google Workspace (formerly known as G Suite) that allows team members to work on spreadsheets simultaneously.
With Google Sheets, team members can view and edit the same sheet in real-time, making it easier to track changes and collaborate effectively.
One of the most significant advantages of Google Sheets is that it eliminates the need for sending spreadsheets back and forth via email.
This helps avoid confusion and ensures that everyone is working on the same version of the document.
Team members can also leave comments and discuss changes in real-time, making communication much easier and more efficient.
Another benefit of Google Sheets is that it offers numerous templates to help with different types of tasks, such as project management, budgeting, and data analysis.
These templates can save time and provide a good starting point for teams looking to organize their data and track their progress.
Furthermore, Google Sheets can be integrated with other Google Workspace tools such as Google Forms, which can be used to collect data, and Google Data Studio, which can be used to create visualizations and reports based on the data collected.
Overall, Google Sheets is an excellent collaboration tool for teams that need to work on spreadsheets together.
Its real-time collaboration features and templates make it easier for teams to manage and organize their data, while its integration with other Google Workspace tools adds even more functionality to help teams be more productive.
How to Share the Spreadsheet?
Click ‘Share button’ on the upper right in GWS Google Spreadsheet.
Add email addresses of the people you want to access the spreadsheet.
Click the ‘Pencil’ icon and specify who can view the sheet, edit or comment on it.
One can use ’Get a shareable link’ option and send the link manually. Choose viewing and editing permissions and massage or email the link to the team.
Click ‘Done’ once finished.
With Google Sheets, work from home is no longer a challenge as you can easily connect with your colleagues real-time and work together on a document.
Want to send a notification to a collaborator in the sheet? Just right-click the cell in your sheet and pick ’Comment’.
Type a plus sign followed by the collaborator to send a notification to their email address.
Google Docs
Google Docs is a web-based word processor that is included in Google Workspace.
It allows multiple users to edit and collaborate on documents in real-time, which makes it an essential tool for effective teamwork.
With Google Docs, team members can create and edit documents simultaneously, and changes made by one person are instantly visible to everyone else working on the document.
This not only improves collaboration and communication but also saves time and increases productivity.
Google Docs also provides easy access to version history, allowing team members to view and restore previous versions of a document.
Additionally, comments and suggestions can be added, making it easy for team members to provide feedback and collaborate on improvements.
Overall, Google Docs is a powerful tool that can streamline team workflows and enhance productivity.
One can use the shareable link in the corner of the sharing box, or follow certain advanced settings step as below.
Click ‘Share’ button on the top right.
Click ‘Advanced’ in the pop up window to see the link to share with those who have an access and invite those who have access or invite more people.
Under ‘Owner settings’ one can check boxes for those additional options and prevent editors from changing access or adding others. There is also a disable option for commenters and viewers to download, print, or copy it.
Pay attention to the colorful, flag-like icons with people’s names while looking at the document to learn who’s making the changes.
Google Slides
Google Slides is a web-based presentation software offered by Google Workspace that is designed to create and share presentations collaboratively.
It is a powerful tool for remote teams that need to work together to create high-quality and visually appealing presentations.
With Google Slides, teams can collaborate in real-time, share ideas, and make changes to a presentation simultaneously.
One of the significant advantages of Google Slides is its cloud-based storage, which allows team members to access the presentation from anywhere, at any time, as long as they have an internet connection.
This feature is especially helpful for remote teams, as it eliminates the need to send files back and forth via email or other file-sharing services.
Google Slides also offers a range of templates, themes, and fonts that can be customized to create presentations that are both professional and visually appealing.
Additionally, the software allows team members to add comments, suggest changes, and respond to comments in real-time, which makes collaboration more efficient.
Furthermore, Google Slides is integrated with other Google Workspace applications, such as Google Docs and Google Sheets, making it easy to import and export data and content between different apps.
In summary, Google Slides is an essential tool for effective teamwork as it enables team members to create, edit, and share presentations seamlessly, irrespective of their location, and collaborate effectively in real-time.
Gmail
Gmail is one of the most commonly used collaboration tools for email that comes with 15 GB of storage space per account.
Within Google Workspace, Gmail is one of the most popular collaboration tools as it enables delegation as an option.
When an individual is nominated as a delegate, they can read and send email on behalf of the email owner while accessing the account.
This feature of GWS makes it very useful
How to Set Up Gmail?
Click the ‘Settings button (gear icon)’ in Google Workspace. Click ‘Choose’
Select ‘Accounts and Import’ tab at the top.
Scroll down to ‘Grant access to your account’.
Make the selections for ‘Mark as read’ and ‘Sender information’
Click ‘Add another account’, enter Gmail address of the person you are delegating to, and click ‘Next Step’.
Confirm the email address and click ‘Send email to grant access.’
Google Keep
Google Keep is a note-taking app that comes with Google Workspace, and it can be an effective tool for teamwork.
It allows team members to create and share notes, checklists, and reminders.
The app is available on mobile devices and can be accessed from any web browser.
With Google Keep, team members can collaborate on notes in real-time, add comments and labels, and set reminders for important tasks.
This can help keep the team organized and ensure that everyone is on the same page.
In addition, Google Keep integrates with other Google Workspace apps like Google Docs and Google Sheets, making it easy to access notes and ideas while working on collaborative documents.
Overall, Google Keep can be a useful tool for effective teamwork by providing a central place for note-taking and task management, promoting collaboration and communication, and integrating with other Google Workspace apps.
Click the ‘Collaborator icon’ at the bottom of the note.
Enter the person’s name or type in email address.
Click Save.
Google Workspace Online Collaboration Tools
Exabytes Malaysia consults and offers Google Workspace (GWS) as a product along with essential services and support.
Connect with our team to learn more about the collaboration tools.
In the modern world, every business is adopting tools and measures to optimize workforce efficiency.
While there are several productivity tools available in the market, Google Workspace is amongst the most popular.
Since its inception, more than 5 million paying businesses are paying for google workspace or g suite products as their preferred online collaboration tools to improve the performance of the business and increase productivity.
Formerly known as G Suite, Google Workspace (GWS) helps enterprise businesses of all sizes meet their goals with various productivity tools under its umbrella like Gmail, Google Meet, Google Drive, Google Calendar and more.
How do these productivity tools help?
The Google Suite or G Suite apps play an important role in effective communication and strong collaboration.
The online collaboration tools provided by Google Workspace enable businesses to position, market, and operate anytime and anywhere.
The Google Workspace tool set stimulates your business’ productivity with shared apps like shared drive, 5TB cloud storage, vault, custom business mail and more.
Top 8 Google Workspace Productivity Tools for Enterprise Businesses.
Gmail
As part of online collaboration tools, Google Workspace offers business email to connect with the team members.
As the business scales, the requirement for business email increases as well.
Using the G Suite business email feature, a business can engage actively with their audience and stimulate participation.
30GB of space for your emails, documents, and other files
Customized business email
Time-saving functionality
Smart Reply and Compose
High-priority Emails
Email Nudges
Premium online collaboration tools like Gmail (Google Mail) in google workspace are beneficial for a business to induce productivity and help employees manage their work seamlessly.
Google Calendar
The Google Workspace Calendar is one of the best productivity tools out there.
Google Keep is a core service from G Suite that helps in capturing instant ideas.
This Google Suite feature encourages brainstorming by making it easy using Google Keep from Google Workspace.
In addition, employees can filter their notes to get ideas from their past notes.
Using Google Keep of Google Workspace, employees find suitable options to take down meeting notes. Using the checked list feature, the organizer can set an agenda as well.
Google Form
The Google Workspace suite includes Google forms which is part of online collaborative tools to collect crucial data.
A Google form is available through GWSto analyze surveys and conduct quizzes.
Using Google forms of the upgraded version of formerly known G Suite, one can receive opinions, feedback, and ideas from employees for specific projects.
One can use Google Forms to make it easy for businesses to reach large audiences, to drive opinion polls and other such activities.
Enterprise businesses use Google forms in their Google Workspace package to ease the work process.
Use Google Forms (Google Workspace tool) in just 3 Steps:
Step: 1 Go to Google forms through GWS– forms.google.com
Step: 2 Set up a new form and edit it by business with Google Workspace.
Step: 3 Send out the link of the form to your employees/customers and collect their responses.
Google Drive
Google Drive is a collaborative tool within Google Workspace that helps in cloud-based team collaboration for businesses.
Google drive is free with your Gmail account, however, a premium version is offered with higher g suite plans like Business and Enterprise of google workspace.
Google Drive is one of the best online collaboration tools.
The Google Workspace suite offers productivity tools like Google Drive to store information through documents, sheets, slides, forms, and basic graphics.
Google drive includes features of collaborative folders through G Suite to continue working on several projects at the same time.
Faster creation and access to information are one of the core benefits of using Google Drive in Google Workspace.
Google Meet
The best part of Google Workspace offerings is Google Meet which is a video-communication service.
Google Meet is the combined benefit of two G Suite apps – Google Chat and Google Hangouts which have been replaced by Google Meet.
A business can run real-time meetings using such online collaboration tools of GWS and schedule presentations, meetings and other interactive sessions with internal teams, external partners and clients.
Anyone with a Google Account with Google Workspace can schedule a meeting using Google Meet and invite up to 100 participants with the free version.
If the business requirement is more than 100 participants, one could go for Business Standard and Business Plus Plan from the GWS.
Online collaboration tools of Google Workspace such as Google Sheets, Google Slides and Google Docs can be used together to create slides, spreadsheets, and documents.
Working with Google’s productivity tools streamlines the process to share resources, edit documents, and create presentations to achieve the organization’s goal.
Use Google Sheets to create:
Web-based spreadsheets for a team project.
Online slide shows and presentations for a business meeting.
And collaborate on a single idea with different members.
Productivity tools from Google accelerate business processes help reach the goal faster.
Google Vault
Google Vault is one of the productivity tools of Google Workspace for eDiscovery that can retain, search and store data from Gmail, Google sheets etc.
Vault is present in the Business and Enterprise edition of Google Workspace.
Be it an online business, a product website, or a company about to undertake digital transformation, the most common question in the mind of SMEs, start-ups, and pretty much every business owner is:
What is the difference between Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace?
Like any other set of tools which compete with each other, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 have some similarities and differences in terms of their offerings, price, plans, customer support, productivity and more.
Exabytes Malaysia offers Google Suites as well as Microsoft 365 for customers to choose from.
Read more to understand the details of Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
Both Google Workspace and Microsoft 365are powerful and reliable suites that boost productivity and entail businesses to perform with flexibility.
They provide data protection and are reliable cloud platforms with a 99.9% uptime guarantee.
With very close similarities and differences, it becomes difficult to evaluate each suite and decide which one to opt for.
Be it Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) and Microsoft 365 (MS office) – the product base is very strong given that they have been developed and serviced by Google and Microsoft – the world’s biggest tech companies.
Each online collaboration toolset has its own following and are quite popular.
What’s in Microsoft 365?
Formerly Office 365 and now Microsoft 365, it has enhanced its productivity by developing concrete plans for businesses.
The Microsoft 365 suite include apps and services like chat, emails, web and mobile applications, cloud storage, security, and phone support.
The Microsoft 365 pricing depends on the package one opts for.
As a product, Microsoft 365 has three plan variants called “basic”, “standard” and “premium”.
Apps and services included are MS office (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook), Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Access, and Teams.
What’s in Google Workspace (GWS)?
Known as G Suite in its earlier avatar, Google Workspace enhances productivity and the creation of business teams using flexible and innovative solutions.
The GWS suite plans are “starter”, “standard” and offers a separate dedicated enterprise package.
The Google Workspace tools basket includes apps and services from Gmail, Drive, Meet, Chat, Jamboard, Calendar, Keep, Forms, Sites, Docs, and Sheets.
At Exabytes both the suites are offered with the best of packages.
An experienced sales and customer service team is available for consultation to help make the best purchase decision.
What are the offerings of Google Workspace and Microsoft 365?
Business Emails
Maintaining Schedules via Calendars
Creation of spreadsheets, documents, and presentations
Instant Chat
Video Conferencing
Team Collaboration
Project Storage & File Management
Both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace are one-stop shop for businesses which helps small to medium enterprises improve their efficiency and productivity.
This allows the SMEs to save their time that can be used in other critical tasks.
Product Comparison – Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365
The Google Workspace or G Suite brings in cost-effective solutions
A Microsoft 365 or MS office subscriptions brings along predictable spending with secured cloud storage.
While Microsoft 365 promotes centralised collaboration, google workspace promotes anytime and anywhere accessibility.
The Google Workspace or GWS Suite comes with industry-leading enterprise security whereas Microsoft 365 or MS office comes with standard threat protection.
Full Installations for Microsoft 365 applications.
Business Applications & Tools
Gmail
Google Drive
Google Docs
Google Sheets
Google Meet
Google Slides
Google Keep
MS office Exchange
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft Access
Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Corporate Communication Tools
Google Chat for Instant Messaging
Google Voice for real-time communication
Google Meet for video conferencing
Teams for video conferencing
Yammer for social networking.
Outlook for email and calendars.
SharePoint to learn and collaborate using Microsoft 365 features.
Collaboration & Productivity
Google Meet supports 250 participants
Supports advanced features in premium plans
Microsoft Teams supports 300 people.
Initiates collaboration to access meetings, apps, chats, and files.
Security
Two-step verification
Detects phishing, spam, and unusual activities.
Standard support for data loss
Google cloud protection
Data Encryption
Multi-factor authentication
Web and Phone support
Prevention and backup for data loss
Detection of spam and malware
Data Encryption
Accelerate Digitalization with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
With Google Workspace, SMEs can promote team development and boost productivity by adopting cloud-basedsolutions.
Digitalization using Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace will help your organization to gain more control.
As industry leaders, both MS office and Google Suite aim to become the single solution for your businesses to enrich your business with productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Gmail vs Outlook
If you want a clean and strong interface, Gmail is the right choice for you in Google Suite.
However, if you are looking for a feature-rich email client you should opt for Outlook.
Google Meet vs Microsoft Teams
Google Meet limits its use to video conferencing whereas, Microsoft teams is an all-in-one application that collaborates video meetings with other Microsoft 365 features such as MS Office.
The Microsoft 365 suite includes Teams features like screen sharing, 250+ app integrations, cloud storage, collaboration tools, customizable backgrounds, and easy guest access.
Google Keep vs Microsoft OneNote
Google Keep is a note-keeping app available to G Suite users that includes texts, voice, images, checklists, drawing notes and themes.
OneNote by Microsoft 365 is an enriched version of Google Keep that includes web clipper, text, sketch, pictures, note-taking, password protection, etc.
Should You Go for Google Workspace or Microsoft 365?
As seen, both the suites have a lot of similarities and offer similar benefits for a business. However, the key deciding factor could be that
The Google Workspace suite has no installable desktop version, whereas Microsoft 365 is available for both web and desktop.
Microsoft 365 or MS office comes at lower price than Google Workspace.
Microsoft 365 or MS office is sophisticated with powerful features which might take time to learn while google workspace (g suite) is easy to learn with simpler functionalities.
Businesses must consider threat from unknown sources. Both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace provide adequate data protection from software failure, natural disasters, power outages, phishing, and malware attacks, protecting your organization’s critical data.
Feature/Product
Pros
Cons
Microsoft 365
Multiple apps in one
Well used by enterprises with rich features
Some plans only provide desktop apps
Mobile apps significantly less feature-rich than desktop apps
Cannot edit GWS documents
All features are only available for usage on Windows devices
Google Workspace
Mobile-first and collaboration-first
Simple UX/UI
Can edit both M365 and GWS docs
Can be used on a mix of devices/OS
without the need to download software
-Lower storage on Business Starter
Higher storage on other plans
No desktop apps
If you are confused or unsure of what suite would be right for your business, connect with Exabytes to consult and select the right product.
At Exabytes Malaysia – we are available 24x7x365 for tech support and readily available in business hours for any sales and customer service consultation.
A dedicated server hosting provider would always offer two different flavors to choose from – Windows dedicated server and Linux based servers.
While both are similar in nature, their usage could be vastly different.
A Windows dedicated server specs is priced a little higher than a Linux server as the Windows operating system license is chargeable.
Apart from that, there could be differences in how the server is configured and tuned to work with the different applications, software, control panels and services installed.
What are the features of a Windows Dedicated Server?
1. Compatibility with services and applications
A windows dedicated server works with a majority of open-source systems and software. However, the reverse is not true with Linux based servers.
For example – Linux is incompatible with MS-SQL and .NET, it likes MySQL, Perl etc.
A windows dedicated server hosting plan allows a webmaster to work with open source as well as licensed software.
A windows dedicated server specs allows hosting of MySQL and MS-SQL; it accepts PHP and .NET equally well.
Be it an ecommerce business, a product website or an online store – there could be times when a website has to be built using different languages and components.
A windows operating system helps achieve this – irrespective of whether it is an instant dedicated server, a cheap dedicated server, or an affordable server with dedicated hosting.
2. Plesk Control Panel
Be it server Malaysia, cheap dedicated server Singapore, a server hosting plan with windows enables webmasters to use Plesk as a hosting control panel on their server.
A windows dedicated server is the most compatible hosting platform for Plesk control panel. Installing Plesk and working with it gives peace of mind to webmasters and consumers both.
Options like Plesk mobile center (for easy access via Android and iOS), cloud backup, a WordPress toolkit, docker support and a wide variety of other features – the combination of windows dedicated server and Plesk control panel makes life easy for businesses.
3. Active Directory
Businesses – big and small, especially those with a need to have enterprise grade domain administration and directory service almost always use Active Directory.
A windows dedicated server with its dedicated server specs and server hosting is the best fit for Active directory installation and usage.
By design, Active directory is very structured as a data store service with defined user roles, permissions and hierarchy.
Also – the windows operating system and Active Directory are Microsoft products.
When it comes to user level permissions, SMBs and enterprises both like Active Directory for the level of security and ease of use it provides.
A windows dedicated server is the preferred choice to install Active directory along with dedicated server specs.
4. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
The RDP protocol developed by Microsoft is a very user-friendly remote login tool which helps system admins to login to a windows server.
RDP has a simple User Interface (UI) with icons and images.
Performing windows dedicated server actions like application publishing, managing remote applications etc. can be done in seconds with RDP.
Such a tool is not yet available with dedicated server specs on Linux.
5. Microsoft Office or Office 365
Most big businesses and an increasing number of SMEs, SMBs and entities are looking to adapt Office 365 from Microsoft.
Office 365 for business brings together Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams and One Drive for all users.
A combination of a windows dedicated server with its set of dedicated server specs and an Office 365 for business subscription from a server Malaysia CSP is an unmatched package.
Customers get the benefit of getting a dedicated server with Windows as well as Office 365 suite for enhanced productivity which works best on a windows dedicated server platform.
6. Internet Information Services (IIS)
A recent survey suggests that about 32% or every 3rd website hosted on a dedicated server uses IIS as its web server software.
Be it cheap dedicated server Singapore, server Malaysia, or any other server hosting – a dedicated server specs with windows OS is a pre-requisite for installing and configuring IIS services.
Given that IIS is a light software, instant dedicated servers, cheap dedicated server and affordable server specs can easily run a windows server with IIS.
7. Microsoft Exchange
In the modern economy where email communications, instant emails and business emails are almost taken for granted, Microsoft Exchange is a popular choice as an email service platform.
With advanced security settings and tweaking for high performance, a windows dedicated server with Microsoft Exchange installed on it is an unbeatable combination and tool for businesses heavily dependent on dedicated server hosting to operate their ecommerce website and business email.
A server hosting plan which includes a windows dedicated server with Microsoft Exchange brings onboard Exchange Active Sync enables customers to securely synchronize mail, contacts and other data directly with an Exchange server and has become a popular mobile access standard for businesses.
8. Hyper-V
A virtualization software helps to create partitions on a dedicated server, each such partition functions like a server on its own.
Microsoft Hyper-V is a native hypervisor which works best with windows dedicated server.
A server hosting plan with windows also includes a Hyper-V license free of cost! Creating a free VPS becomes very easy with Hyper-V.
Like the windows operating system, Hyper-V also allows webmasters to create Linux based virtual server on a Windows 2012 and above operating system.
This ability to host virtual servers of both flavors make Hyper-V a good choice for virtualization.
A dedicated server specs with windows OS and Plesk control panel along with all the features above makes a windows dedicated server an easy, friendly and simple server hosting plan to work with.
VPS, also known as virtual private server or private server is an artificial or virtual partition created on one host.
However, each virtual server is independent of each other and function almost like a dedicated server.
A virtual server is superior to a shared hosting plan in terms of software and their availability of resources like memory, computing power, running CPU, or graphics-intensive software or modules.
A virtual server also provides a guarantee for resources that a client could use. This is a feature not offered on most cPanel hosting plans.
What is a Dedicated Server?
A dedicated server is typically owned by a single entity who have the liberty to use it in any way that suits the business.
From hosting a single high traffic website to putting up multiple domains owned by a business – a dedicated server can be put to any kind of use.
Sometimes also called as server hosting – the new age dedicated server specs are massive!
Some of these servers go up to 64 GB memory and 10 TB disk space, 100Mbps bandwidth, dedicated IPs and DDoS mitigation.
7 Specification of VPS and Dedicated Server
1. Pricing
A virtual server costs a fraction compared to a dedicated server.
However, a virtual server delivers output which is just below the performance levels of a full-fledged dedicated server specs.
Even an entry level instant dedicated servers start at three times the monthly rental price of the average virtual server or virtual private server.
A virtual server is easier to scale than a dedicated server hosting.
Given that a private server is a virtual partition, adding resources like memory, space and CPU is simple and quick.
This is also why a free VPS provided by a server hosting provider for testing, can be upgraded to a paid virtual server with the same IP address.
A dedicated server provides client access to the full resource base of the hardware.
Increasing resources on a dedicating hosting plan depends on the dedicated server specs taken up.
It is possible to add memory and disk space on a dedicated server provided the hardware has slots in it.
In general, a virtual server is much more scalable compared to a dedicated server.
What’s more, a virtual server can be upgraded or downgraded without downtime which is not possible in a dedicated server.
3. Resources
Big companies, or companies that specifically need confidentiality and security look for a dedicated server to take advantage of its high-powered configurations.
No virtual server can match a dedicated server specs in terms of CPU availability and memory capacity.
This is why running resource intensive services or applications is always a challenge.
4. Security
A dedicated server hosting solution is safer than a virtual server.
Companies that deal with critical data and have to protect themselves from external threats like DDoS and malicious attacks prefer a dedicated server.
Even a mid range affordable server can be configured with a dedicated firewall and load balancers to split different kind of website and traffic requests.
Exabytes is one of the leading server company in Malaysia, dealing with Linux dedicated server as well as windows dedicated server.
5. Speed
A dedicated server could offer faster processing speeds compared to a virtual server.
A dedicated server specs enables faster data processing, combined with 100Mbps network speed, there is almost no latency observed.
These together result in faster site load times and much better user experience while browsing websites.
A virtual server can compete on the speed, but when it comes to memory and processing power, a dedicated server could be better when it comes to website performance purely because of the dedicated server specs.
6. Configuration & Customization
A dedicated server gives full freedom to a web mater to configure it in whichever way required.
A virtual server might have some limitation on how it could be used because of the resource limitations on it.
Installing very heavy software packages may be a challenge on a virtual server.
7. Management
For reconfiguration or maintenance, a dedicated server hosting environment proves to be more efficient as a service.
Pro of VPS hosting vs Dedicated hosting
In short, pros of VPS hosting and dedicated hosting:
VPS
Dedicated hosting
More affordable than dedicated hosting
Full control over your server’s software and physical hardware
Easily scalable without downtime.
The site is physically isolated from other accounts because it’s on its own physical server whereas the site is only virtually isolated with a virtual private server
Cons of VPS hosting vs Dedicated hosting
In short, cons of VPS and dedicated hosting:
VPS Hosting
Dedicated hosting
You don’t have full control of the virtual private server physical hardware.
Tough to accurately assess the resources needed
Can be expensive
Scalability is dependent on dedicated server specs and hardware build.
Choosing between a Virtual Server and a Dedicated Server
Choosing between the two servers depends on the specific criteria and specifications and what the nature of business is and what is requires.
Small to medium businesses don’t have much need nor the finances to go for full scale of resources. Such companies can go for virtual private server.
Growing companies with a steady stream of web traffic would prefer virtual server where they can continuously take or give up space as and when there is a fluctuation in the upward or downward manner in a business traffic and growth.
Managed hosting may cost more than traditional hosting, but it can improve your efficiency within the VPS environment to the level of a dedicated server.
One needs to consider the future growth of the website and the scalability plans.
A virtual server help more in scalability compared to fixed space of a dedicated server.
With a dedicated server, the space volume always remains constant, which means one pays for the same volume of resources resulting in money wastage.
Final Word: VPS vs Dedicated
The server world keeps changing and is continuously evolving with technology enhancements along with the parallel increase of security threats.
The server type one chooses becomes the primary backbone of the digital operations, and hence is recommended to evaluate well before deciding what works best for you.
Exabytes is a leading server company in Malaysia as well as Singapore trusted by several thousands of customers.
Contact us today for an evaluation of your business requirements and help you with the right server type for your business.
