Hosted CRM Software
There are many things you need to consider when thinking of going for a HOSTED CRM Software. So as always I’m going to explain some clear points about this sort of hosted CRM solutions .
When you have a CRM software you really want to understand that having a problem, or a bug, can destroy the way your business goes. Now, this is the most important point, when you decided to go for a hosted CRM software, then you need to really be able to control and understand what hosting is all about. This means that you need to be able to have direct access to that hosting services.
Potentially already that may already scared you, but what I need to explain is that hosted CRM software usually come with a very complicated backend, this means that you are the one in charge of watching over your own database and be sure you are doing everything ok, to prevent that database from getting corrupted.
Like in any other hosted application, once you are dealing with a live environment, you need to be very careful regarding how you treat your application.
Here are some quick advices about how to deal with hosted CRM Software applications
1. If you decided that the hosted CRM software is the right application for you, use a proper hosting. YOu really need to consider if you are better by hosting it with a hosting reseller or to hosted in house. My advice is to let the experts deal with hosting. So hire a professional hosting virtual server.
2. Backup, backup, backup. Do it all the time, have a regular discipline of backing up, this will help you to avoid dramas and future problems.
3. Have a production server and a little server in standby . I usually have 2 servers, sometimes one smaller and cheaper to rent (shared hosting) for my hosted CRM software applications, so in case things go to hell with one, in less than 3 to 4 hours I can have small server running.