Recently, Whetton made the decision to upgrade to meet growing demands for storage and e-mail. The company moved to Microsoft's Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition. As well as meetings its needs for increased functionality, Whetton said the new server had produced "huge savings" in time and staff costs.

"Now, delegates can sign up for conferences and seminars online which is a massive benefit," she said.

"Previously, there would have been five or six pages faxed in for each delegate, which then had to be entered into the system. Now, we have immediate access to all the information we need anywhere."