Obviously your services need to compliment each other. I think a common mistake most small businesses make is trying to offer everything from fried chicken to live bait. Don’t be lured by the thought of making additional revenue just by offering more services. We have heard it before, more isn’t always better; however, quality always is.

SmartFile has worked with resellers such as, IT service, telecom, and software providers. We are now making a push into the hosting arena. We know this market is underserved from a FTP, and file sharing perspective. We will be offering a truly integrated product that will allow our fellow hosters to provide a great service at ridiculously low prices. Contact our sales staff (sales@smartfile.com) for a live webinar.

Most business do not derive revenue from IT, therefore in an effort to cut cost many businesses are trying to find ways to decrease their IT budgets. This even holds true for information technology businesses. Why allocate a server, Internet bandwidth, and a intellectual resource just to host a Microsoft Exchange Server for only 15 people? You can outsource this headache for just $8.00 a mailbox and never have to worry if some script kiddy is going try to take it down.

The same idea same holds true for FTP access. Why allocate a server, and tie up your Internet bandwidth to have a product that is not nearly as flexible as Smartfile. For just $9.95 a month you have a safe and secure off site back up and file access system that anyone can administer.

FTP programs allow us to move any size file, yes even Terabytes of data, and not having to worry about the browser timing out. FTP can be great if you drop your connection. It is intelligent enough to pick up where you upload/download left off. If you like speed, which I’m sure you do, you can’t beat the speed of a direct FTP connection to your files and directories. Best of all, you are not limited to the number of files you upload or download a time. So go ahead and move your 10,000 picture library with just a few clicks. Or you can always do the alternative of selecting 5 pictures at time just to wait for them to upload.

We have worked hard to incorporate FTP into the core of the SmartFile service. Just don’t let the fear of the unknown be the only thing slowing you down from speeding you up.