ANN ARBOR ? Nonprofit Enterprise At Work and Online Tech have announced they are continuing their partnership through 2013. Online Tech has been a Community Partner with NEW since 2007.
In the challenging environment that exists today individuals and businesses need to stretch resources and learn to do more with less. Nonprofits face these same challenges while at the same time demand for services from the nonprofit community has significantly increased.
The economy is not the only thing impacting the nonprofit community. All too often nonprofits do not have the funding or the equipment needed to operate effectively in a technology-driven business landscape. Many of them do not have access to the Internet, tech support, and basic office functions such as email, shared files, secure data backup and remote access.
NEW removes technology hurdles through npServ, a shared IT services program that helps nonprofits cut costs, operate more efficiently and stay focused on mission. Through a grant from Online Tech, a Managed Data Center Operator, npServ is able to leverage Online Tech?s data center services for the benefit of nonprofit clients in Michigan. These services include e-mail, data backup, and website hosting through Online Tech?s dedicated SAS70 certified servers and back-up services.
Recently NEW aided a Detroit-area nonprofit who had been without email for a week and had no access to their server. It had become nearly impossible for this organization to continue to serve their community without access to documents and email.
The npServ community is a group of nonprofit organizations that share technology infrastructure and support services. The npServ program is a combination of open source office technology (open source technologies allow a desktop to act as a portal to a central computer saving on energy use and prolonging the life of an otherwise obsolete computer) hosted at Online Tech?s data centers. With the npServ system, nonprofits don’t need to purchase an expensive computer for each desk. Small desktop devices replace the old desktop computer at a fraction of the cost. The npServ solution is simple to maintain and provides secure data backup through Online Tech?s service support, remote access, and email service.
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