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03Oct
Apptix Named #6 Fastest Growing Company by Washington Business Journal
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as AppRiver, Press Releases
Reliable Hosted IT Solutions and Outstanding Customer Service Credited with Latest Award Recognition
Herndon, VA – October 3, 2008 – Apptix (OSE: APP), the industry-leading provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange email, VoIP phone service, and SharePoint collaboration services for small and medium businesses (SMBs), today announced that it has been recognized on the Washington Business Journal’s 2008 list of the 50 “Fastest Growing Companies” in Greater Washington. Last night, Apptix was named the 6th fastest growing company at an awards ceremony to celebrate the local growth recipients, held atThe National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The list included local companies from all industries, demonstrating that Apptix’s growth is impressive irrespective of business sector.
“Apptix is proud to be ranked on the Washington Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Companies list, and share good company with the area’s leading businesses,” said David Ehrhardt, CEO of Apptix. “The Greater Washington region has a strong and steadily growing business base, as well as a highly skilled talent pool, both of which position Apptix for continued growth and success, locally and nationally.”
Apptix specializes in providing hosted MS Exchange email, hosted VoIP business phone service, and hosted MS SharePoint collaboration solutions to small and mid-sized companies worldwide, and has been servicing local and regional companies for more than a decade. Local demand for Apptix’s services is highest in the IT, nonprofit, legal, real estate, and financial sectors, with some area IT companies functioning as both customers and partners.
The annual “Fastest Growing Companies” list ranks 50 companies in Greater Washington—encompassing the District, Northern Virginia, and Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland—based on revenue growth. In addition to high-growth rates, companies must have realized 2005 revenue of more than $2 million and 2007 revenue of more than $10 million. The 2008 “Fastest Growing Companies” are profiled in the October 3 issue and special supplement of the weekly publication.
About Apptix
Apptix (OSE: APP) is the industry-leading provider of hosted email, voice, and collaboration services for small and medium-sized businesses, serving nearly 200,000 Exchange subscribers—and approximately 19,000 organizations—worldwide. Apptix offers hosted Microsoft Exchange, hosted VoIP, hosted Microsoft SharePoint, mobile messaging, and compliance and archiving, both directly and through its MailStreet subsidiary. Apptix provides the reliability and scalability of big business communications solutions at a small business price, freeing IT staff to focus on improving and innovating within their companies. Apptix is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Hosting and Application Services. The company is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with additional locations in Florida, Illinois, Texas, and India. Apptix is recognized as one of the CRN 2008 Fast Growth 100, Deloitte’s 2008 Virginia Technology Fast 50 and Washington Business Journal 2008 Fastest Growing Companies. For more information, visit www.apptix.com.
About Washington Business Journal
The Washington Business Journal has been Greater Washington’s leading source of business news and information for more than 20 years. Each week, over 150,000 business executives rely on the Business Journal for comprehensive news on local people and their companies. Providing more than just in-depth coverage, the Business Journal also delivers industry trends, tips and strategies, plus award-winning critical analysis. For more information, visit http://washington.bizjournals.com.
For further information:
Julie Buckley
703-879-1582
jbuckley@speakerboxpr.com
October 1, 2008 – Managed hosting provider Fpweb.net (www.fpweb.net) announced it has named Tom Brauch as the company’s new President.
Formerly Director of Web Services for Fpweb.net, Brauch will be taking over for Rob LaMear IV, who will remain CEO of Fpweb.net and take on a more evangelistic role for the company. As the President, Brauch will focus on company strategy, internal leadership and day-to-day business.
Brauch plans to take Fpweb.net from “good” to “great”, allowing them to stand with companies like Google, Toyota, 37Signals, Freshbooks and Netflix. “I lie awake at night, mostly due to my 11 month-old crying, but also identifying ways to shake up the way we do things around here,” he said. “I hate bureaucracy. I prefer to challenge prevailing assumptions by creating new practical ideas that simplify our processes and prove useful.”
First and foremost, Brauch intends to change the way Fpweb.net does business, by creating a stronger focus on customer service. “We simply must provide exceptional customer service, be honest and transparent, and treat our employees as we would our most valuable customers,” he stated. “In doing so, we plan to build a sturdy backbone of customer and employee loyalty upon which our business can grow.”
Brauch comes to the position with over 15 years of consumer Internet experience, with the bulk of his career spent in usability and project management fields. He brings with him the wealth of knowledge he gained while previously serving companies such as MasterCard Worldwide, The Federal Reserve Bank and Cox Health Systems.
Fpweb.net provides managed hosting services for SharePoint, Exchange, CRM, Project, PerformancePoint, Office Communications Server and SQL to customers around the world. Fpweb.net offers shared, semi-dedicated and dedicated server environments to cater to the client’s need for speed, security and control, while cutting IT costs 60%. All hosted services are housed in SAS 70 Type II data centers with PCI, SOX and HIPPA compliance to ensure the highest level of data security. Additionally, each solution is backed 24/7 by expert, U.S.-based service and support. With Fpweb.net’s rapid server deployment, clients can access the infrastructure they need today, without a significant up-front investment. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, they serve over 5,000 enterprise customers including the NY Yankees, U.S. Air Force and Dow Chemical.
01Oct
USA.NET LEADS HOSTED MICROSOFT EXCHANGE EMAIL MARKET ACCORDING TO THE RADICATI GROUP
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Email Hosting Leader Recognized for Market Share and Comprehensive Suite of Services
Denver, CO, Oct. 1, 2008 – USA.NET®, Inc. announced today that industry leading analyst firm, The Radicati Group, Inc., ranked it as the “Top Player” in their Hosted Microsoft® Exchange– 2008 Market Quadrant report. USA.NET was recognized for leading the market in terms of market share and for offering a highly comprehensive suite of messaging services at an affordable price that target a broad range of customer needs. USA.NET scored highest on functionality and market share as compared to other messaging providers.
“We are honored to be distinguished for the second time in a row by the Radicati Group as the market leader in the rapidly growing hosted business email and messaging market,” said Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer of its parent company, Perimeter eSecurity. “I am proud to say that it reflects our ongoing efforts and success in delivering the most reliable email service to businesses.”
The report cited the following “key strengths” for USA.NET:
* A highly scalable and customizable three tiered Hosted Microsoft Exchange solution that can be modified to fit a company’s needs.
* Dedicated technical account managers – a unique customer service not typically offered by competitors.
* Premium IT security services such as, anti-spam and anti-virus protection, content filtering, email encryption, eMessaging archiving, enforced TLS, other compliancy services, and disaster recovery.
* Optional solutions for all Hosted Microsoft Exchange packages that include a hosted Microsoft Windows SharePoint, and secure Instant Messaging, with archiving capabilities.
Last week USA.NET also announced that they won the MSExchange.org, Reader’s Choice Award for the best Microsoft® Exchange email hosting provider as ranked by their highly qualified readers for migration experience, tools, IT support, uptime and overall level of customer satisfaction. USA.NET led in this ranking by a 20% margin over the closest runner up.
USA.NET offers a wide range of customized business email hosting services including messaging, collaboration and security services that solve customer requirements regardless of size, geographic location or complexity of need. USA.NET services companies ranging in size from SMBs to the largest enterprises. Services offered include:
* Microsoft Exchange 2007
* Microsoft SharePoint
* Mobile Messaging
* Email Archiving
* Enhanced Messaging
* Advanced Security Services
USA.NET processes 38 million messages per day and manages 80 terabytes of data and over 1 million business mailboxes in 120 countries. USA.NET is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perimeter eSecurity, the only provider of complete security on demand, which offers more than 50 different on demand security services. Its nine geographically distributed technical offices and three Tier IV redundant data centers provide 24×7x365 monitoring and management along with dedicated account management.
About The Radicati Group, Inc.
The Radicati Group, Inc. is one of the most successful market research firms in the computer and telecommunications industry today. Started in 1993, with an initial focus on messaging & collaboration, the company has expanded today to cover all aspects of security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. For further information visit: http://www.radicati.com.
About USA.NET
USA.NET is a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter eSecurity, the industry’s leading provider of complete, on demand IT security. Cited as the “Top Player” for the hosted business email market by The Radicati Group, Inc., USA.NET, The Global Secure eMessaging Service Provider®, is the only hosting provider that is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. USA.NET eMessaging solutions are modular and infinitely scalable to ensure customers can grow their business without having to invest additional resources, time or capital into their mission-critical messaging infrastructure. For more information about USA.NET visit www.usa.net or call 800-653-0179.
CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Sara Radicati
President & CEO, The Radicati Group, Inc.
650-322-8059
sara@radicati.com
Cathy Clarke
CNC Associates for USA.NET
617-527-2089
cathy@cncassocs.com
01Oct
1&1 Internet US Data Center Goes Green
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as 1AND1, Press Releases
In cooperation with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), 1&1 is now proud to support renewable energy for its U.S. Data Center.
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) October 1, 2008 — 1&1 Internet Inc, the world’s largest web host by known servers, today announced the US data center is going green. 1&1 Internet is purchasing enough Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from the non-profit, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, to match 100% of the electricity used at the company’s data center. The majority of the RECs will be sourced from the Bowersock Mills and Power Company’s hydroelectric facility in Lawrence, Kansas. This hydroelectric facility is certified low impact by the Low Impact Hydro Institute (LIHI). 1&1’s renewable energy purchase for the Lenexa, Kansas-based facility is enough clean energy to power at least 300 U.S. homes for one year. With renewable resources 1&1 will save emissions of 30,000 tons of CO2 per year.
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
We are proud to now be the first big hosting company with all our data centers’ energy usage offset by renewable, clean energy. We believe this is an important step for every organization to take, and a contribution helping to save our planet. “1&1 Internet accepts the responsibility to become a green-powered company,” said Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1&1 Internet Inc. “We are proud to now be the first big hosting company with all our data centers’ energy usage offset by renewable, clean energy. We believe this is an important step for every organization to take, and a contribution helping to save our planet.”
BEF uses revenues generated from the sale of RECs to directly support new renewable energy projects and watershed ecosystem restoration. All of the RECs’ 1&1 will purchase from BEF will be certified under the Green-e® Energy program, the nation’s leading voluntary certification program for renewable energy. For over a decade, the Green-e® program, administered by the Center for Resource Solutions, has been certifying renewable energy that meets environmental and consumer protection standards that it developed in conjunction with leading environmental, energy and policy organizations.
Mauss added, “1&1 is proud that our worldwide customers are now part of our 1&1 green coalition, with all hosted websites contributing to offsetting carbon emissions through the support of renewable energy.”
For more information on 1&1 Internet Inc. visit the website at www.1and1.com
1&1 Internet Inc.:
1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $5 billion. 1&1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more than 10 million domain names, while more than 55,000 servers run on the company’s five state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1’s global community is over 7.7 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 1-877-461-2631.
29Sep
LiveOffice Launches Free Cloud-based Email Continuity Service
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as LiveOffice, Press Releases
New no-hardware service helps SMBs disaster-proof their internal mail servers
TORRANCE, Calif., September 29, 2008 — Recently, scores of businesses in the southeastern United States have experienced significant email downtime because of Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike. In an effort to help these and all businesses protect their email from the unexpected (as well as the expected), LiveOffice, a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS), email hosting, email archiving and email continuity solutions, today launched LiveOffice Mail Continuity as part of its fall LiveOffice Mail Archive release. This new service, which the company is offering at no charge, leverages LiveOffice’s cloud-computing infrastructure to provide free email continuity for Microsoft Exchange Server, keeping business email running during a primary mail server failure.
A September 2008 survey conducted by Osterman Research polled 165 IT managers and email administrators at midsize organizations nationwide. The findings reveal that 50 percent of respondents do not currently have an email continuity solution in place. Of those who say they do, nearly half are relying on tape backups. But tape backups fall short for email continuity in several aspects:
- Recovery can take hours, days or weeks.
- During downtime, users have no email service.
- Without business email service, users often resort to using personal email accounts during outages, exposing organizations to security risks, compliance violations and legal liability.
- All data is not recoverable—anything created after the last backup is permanently lost. For example, if backups happen daily, all data between the last day’s backup and the outage is unrecoverable.
“No matter the cause, email downtime is a serious problem for many businesses and impacts millions of users each day,” said Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research. “When an employee cannot communicate or share data via email either internally with co-workers or externally with customers, a company’s bottom line is severely jeopardized.”
Nick Mehta, CEO of LiveOffice concurs, “Historically, only the largest enterprises have been able to provide continuous email service, implementing expensive hardware-based replication and clustering solutions that cost thousands of dollars. The average SMB organization is left with nothing but AOL and Hotmail during email outages. With Mail Continuity, we are able to leverage our existing software-as-a-service infrastructure to protect clients’ email environments for free and help them take a ‘baby step’ toward a cloud-based email infrastructure.”
How Mail Continuity Works
Mail Continuity can be deployed in just days and requires no investment in hardware, software or ongoing maintenance. Since Mail Continuity leverages Microsoft Exchange Server’s existing journaling functionality, all administrators have to do is make a simple configuration change and route their messages through LiveOffice’s SAS-70 II-certified, Tier-4-compliant network.
When a company with Mail Continuity experiences a primary server failure, its IT administrator can immediately activate the service through a web-based interface or by contacting LiveOffice toll-free. Users can then access a seven-day rolling archive of their recent messages via a dedicated folder in Microsoft Outlook or remotely through a web-based, Microsoft Outlook-like interface. They also have the ability to compose, read, forward, reply to, spell check and format email during the downtime.
Since Mail Continuity leverages the same infrastructure as LiveOffice’s email archiving offering, clients using the free service can upgrade to the full Mail Archive solution with no additional deployment or configuration changes. With this version, they also benefit from Mail Archive’s robust mailbox management, e-discovery and compliance capabilities.
Introducing Unlimited Outlook
As part of the fall release, LiveOffice also announced the availability of Unlimited Outlook, a feature that tightens Mail Archive’s integration with Microsoft Outlook. These enhanced capabilities provide:
- Unlimited storage at a predictable, per-user-per-month price, eliminating the need to store emails and attachments locally as a means of circumventing mailbox quotas
- Direct access to messages from a web-based Outlook folder, allowing users to quickly and easily search, view and restore historical emails and attachments from their personal archives
- Centralized deployment of the Outlook web folder by administrators via LiveOffice’s CloudLink Console, a pure SaaS, non-stubbing approach to full Outlook integration that leaves zero footprint on client-side machines
Pricing & Availability
While this type of email continuity service has traditionally been offered for thousands of dollars, Mail Continuity is available now for free (purchase of Mail Archive is not required). Unlimited Outlook is available now as a part of the Mail Archive solution.
To signup for free Mail Continuity, please visit: http://www.liveoffice.com/archiving/email-continuity.asp.
About LiveOffice
LiveOffice is a leading provider of software-as-a-service email archiving and Hosted Exchange 2007 solutions, with more than 8,500 clients and a 99-percent client-retention rate. Founded in 1998 and backed by leading private-equity firm Summit Partners, the company has more than 100 employees with deep experience in messaging, including executives and board members from Symantec, Microsoft, FrontBridge and Postini. For more information, call 800.374.2032 or visit www.liveoffice.com. Visit the LiveOffice Blog at http://blog.liveoffice.com.
LiveOffice and its logo are trademarks of LiveOffice LLC. All other company names and products may be trademarks of their respective companies.
29Sep
USA.NET: Tech Data U.S. Adds Hosted Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and BlackBerry Services
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as Press Releases, USA.net
Delivers Secure, Device Agnostic Mobility Services To Enterprises On-Demand
CLEARWATER, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2008) – Tech Data Corporation today announced a distribution agreement with USA.NET, a leader in business e-mail hosting. Tech Data customers now have access to a broad suite of hosted services, including Microsoft Exchange 2007, Microsoft SharePoint 3.0, integrated support for BlackBerry and other mobile devices, and e-mail archiving and security. USA.NET services can all be branded as the reseller’s own and sold to their customers on a monthly subscription.
“Whether you’re a small business or a FORTUNE 500 company, robust, secure collaboration tools are essential,” said Tech Data Senior Vice President, U.S. Marketing Joe Quaglia. “USA.NET’s hosted SaaS offerings enable even the smallest businesses to take advantage of enterprise-class e-mail and other collaboration services with little or no investment in additional IT infrastructure or technical expertise. This represents an opportunity for resellers to offer their SMB customers advanced collaboration solutions as a managed service to generate valuable recurring revenue.”
“Our partnership with Tech Data enables us to engage their nationwide network of resellers, who are ideally suited to introduce USA.NET hosted e-mail services to small and medium sized businesses,” said Doug Howard, president, USA.NET. “The marketplace is at a tipping point where VARs are looking to distributors much more than ever before to help them enhance their portfolios with software-as-a-service offerings. This is driven in large part by a heightened demand for on-demand services such as secure hosted e-mail on the part of their end-user customers.”
USA.NET hosted services enable more efficient communication and information sharing between employees, customers and other stakeholders. Services available through Tech Data include:
* Microsoft Exchange 2007 – Provides full access to Microsoft Exchange 2007 e-mail, calendar, attachments, contacts and other collaboration capabilities
* Microsoft SharePoint – Boosts productivity through more efficient document sharing and task management from a secure central source
* Mobile Messaging – Enhances productivity and responsiveness with integrated support for ActiveSync, Good™ Mobile Messaging, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, iPhone and other mobile devices
* E-mail Archiving – Assists regulatory compliance, legal discovery, storage and business continuity
* Enhanced Messaging – Adds additional services to e-mail, including content filtering, encrypted e-mail, instant messaging and directory synchronization
* Advanced Security Services – Protect critical information assets from e-mail threats with virus protection, spam control and content filtering
“Selling hosted Microsoft solutions through USA.NET is an opportunity for our VAR partners to offer customers—ranging from small businesses to large enterprises—the most robust collaboration solutions available on the market today,” said Rob Moyer, director, U.S. Distribution, Microsoft Corp. “Additionally, doing so as a monthly subscription is a tremendous way for VARs to build profits and establish a managed services practice.”
USA.NET manages 80 terabytes of data and more than 1 million business mailboxes in 120 countries. Its nine geographically distributed operations centers and three redundant data centers provide 24×7 monitoring and management. USA.NET customers include Farmers Insurance Agencies, United Airlines and UPS Stores. To learn more about USA.NET hosted services available through Tech Data, call (800) 237-8931, ext. 82031, Option 7.
VARChoice—Tech Data Managed Services
Tech Data’s managed services strategy centers on the concept of VARChoice, bringing best-of-breed solutions to the channel so resellers can choose the managed services that best align with their go-to-market strategies and meet their customers’ needs. Tech Data’s partners include: remote monitoring and management service providers Advanced Technology Services, N-able Technologies and Zenith Infotech; managed print services application provider FMAudit; converged voice and data service providers Cbeyond Inc., Telovations Inc. and XO Communications; hosted e-mail provider USA.NET; and financial services provider IBM Global Financing.
About USA.NET
Cited as the “Top Player” for the hosted business email market by The Radicati Group, Inc., USA.NET, The Global Secure eMessaging Service Provider®, is the only hosting provider that is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. USA.NET eMessaging solutions are modular and infinitely scalable to ensure customers can grow their business without having to invest additional resources, time or capital into their mission-critical messaging infrastructure. USA.NET is a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter eSecurity. For more information about USA.NET visit www.usa.net.
About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ GS: TECD) is one of the world’s largest distributors of technology products from leading IT hardware and software producers. Tech Data serves more than 100,000 IT solution providers in over 100 countries. Every day, these value-added resellers depend on Tech Data to cost-effectively support the technology needs of end users, including small and medium businesses (SMB), large enterprises and government agencies. Ranked 105th on the FORTUNE 500(R), Tech Data generated $23.4 billion in net sales for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. To learn more, visit www.techdata.com.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jarred LeFebvre/Tech Data Corporation
(727) 539-7429, ext. 86261
jarred.lefebvre@techdata.com
26Sep
Apptix Ranked Number 17 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Program for Virginia
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as Apptix, Press Releases
Attributes Reliable Hosted Solutions and Outstanding Customer Service to its 1,052% Revenue Growth
Herndon, VA – September 26, 2008 – Apptix (OSE: APP), the industry-leading provider of hosted Exchange email, VoIP phone service, and SharePoint collaboration services for small and medium businesses (SMBs), has been named to Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Virginia, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2003–2007.
“Sustaining high revenue growth over five years is an exceptional accomplishment,” said Gary Tabach, Greater Washington Office Regional Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP. “We commend Apptix for making the commitment to technology and delivering on the promise of market longevity. We are proud to honor Apptix to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50.”
Apptix CEO David Ehrhardt credits reliable hosted solutions and outstanding customer service with the company’s 1,052 percent revenue growth from 2003–2007. Ehrhardt said, “We are honored to have our growth and success recognized by Deloitte, and to be ranked among Virginia’s most prominent technology firms. This award reinforces Apptix’s strategic direction, as well as our solid reputation as a provider of secure and cost-effective business communications hosting services for small to medium businesses throughout North America.”
To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2003 and $5,000,000 in 2007, be headquartered in Virginia, and be a company that owns proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company’s operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies’ technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify.
Companies from the nine regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America’s top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies. For more information on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.
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About Apptix
Apptix (OSE: APP) is the industry-leading provider of hosted email, voice, and collaboration services for small and medium-sized businesses, serving nearly 200,000 Exchange subscribers—and approximately 19,000 organizations—worldwide. Apptix offers hosted Microsoft Exchange, hosted VoIP, hosted Microsoft SharePoint, mobile messaging, and compliance and archiving, both directly and through its MailStreet subsidiary. Apptix provides the reliability and scalability of big business communications solutions at a small business price, freeing IT staff to focus on improving and innovating within their companies. Apptix is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Hosting and Application Services. The company is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with additional locations in Florida, Illinois, Texas, and India. Apptix is recognized as one of the CRN 2008 Fast Growth 100 and Washington Business Journal 2008 Fastest Growing Companies. For more information, visit www.apptix.com.
About Deloitte
Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other’s acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names “Deloitte”, “Deloitte & Touche”, “Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu” or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein.
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the US, services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.
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703-879-1582
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25Sep
HOSTED EXCHANGE PROVIDER USA.NET WINS MSEXCHANGE.ORG READERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as Press Releases, USA.net
Denver, CO, September 25, 2008 – Leading email-hosting company, USA.NET®, has been selected by Exchange administrators and specialists as the best Microsoft® Exchange email hosting provider. Through MSExchange.org, the leading Microsoft Exchange resource site, highly qualified readers weighed the migration experience, tools, IT support, uptime and overall level of customer satisfaction of different vendors in the market in voting for USA.NET as the best in the Microsoft Exchange Hosting category. USA.NET led in this ranking by a 20% margin over the next runner up.
Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer of the Parent company, Perimeter eSecurity, said, “It is extremely gratifying to receive this Reader’s Choice Award from MSExchange.org because the choice is based entirely on the votes of the thousands of experienced Microsoft Exchange email administrators who visit the MSExchange.org website. It is rewarding to see that our efforts and customer focus has been recognized by users who rank our email hosting services better than any other company. We thank all of the MSExchange.org readers for their vote of confidence.”
MSExchange.org attracts 350,000 Exchange administrators and specialists per month and conducts regular polls to discover which products and services are preferred by the readership. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes.
“Our Reader’s Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, MSExchange.org manager. “MSExchange.org users are specialists in the email hosting field who encounter various solutions for Exchange Server at the workplace. Their vote serves as a solid peer-to-peer recommendation of the winning product.”
USA.NET offers a wide range of customized business email hosting services including messaging, collaboration and security services that solve customer requirements regardless of size, geographic location or complexity of need. From its proprietary, Unix-based Commercial Messaging Solution (CMS) platform, to its Hosted Exchange platform, USA.NET services companies ranging in size from SMBs to the largest enterprises. Services offered include:
* Microsoft Exchange 2007 – Provides full access to Microsoft Exchange 2007 e-mail, calendar, attachments, contacts and other collaboration capabilities
* Microsoft SharePoint – Boosts productivity through more efficient document sharing and task managementfrom a secure central source
* Mobile Messaging – Enhances productivity and responsiveness with integrated support for ActiveSync, Good™ Mobile Messaging, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, iPhone and other mobile devices
* E-mail Archiving – Assists regulatory compliance, legal discovery, storage and business continuity
* Enhanced Messaging – Adds additional services to e-mail, including content filtering, encrypted e-mail, instant messaging and directory synchronization.
* Advanced Security Services – Protect critical information assets from e-mail threats with virus protection, spam control and content filtering
USA.NET processes 38 million messages per day and manages 80 terabytes of data and over 1 million business mailboxes in 120 countries. USA.NET is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perimeter eSecurity, the only provider of complete security on demand, which offers more than 50 different services on a subscription basis in the areas of: Vulnerability Defense, Intrusion Defense, Network Defense, Email Defense, System Defense, and User Defense. Its nine geographically distributed technical offices and three redundant data centers provide 24×7x365 monitoring and management along with dedicated account management. USA.NET is the only hosting provider that is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and the winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions.
About MSExchange.org
MSExchange.org (http://www.msexchange.org) is a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2003/2000 resource site. It is the leading Exchange site, attracting over 350,000 Exchange administrators and specialists a month. The site provides the latest Microsoft Exchange Server news, articles and tutorials by leading Exchange experts, message boards, software listings and product reviews. MSExchange.org forms part of a group of sites run by TechGenix Ltd., including http://www.windowsnetworking.com - a comprehensive Windows Networking resource site; http://www.isaserver.org, a Microsoft ISA Server resource site; http://www.windowsecurity.com, a Windows security resource site and http://www.msterminalservices.org, a Server Based Computing resource site.
About USA.NET
Cited as the “Top Player” for the hosted business email market by The Radicati Group, Inc., USA.NET, The Global Secure eMessaging Service Provider®, is the only hosting provider that is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. USA.NET eMessaging solutions are modular and infinitely scalable to ensure customers can grow their business without having to invest additional resources, time or capital into their mission-critical messaging infrastructure. USA.NET is a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter eSecurity. For more information about USA.NET visit www.usa.net.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
For Further Information Contact:
Cathy Clarke
CNC Associates
508-833-8533
cathy@cncassocs.com
For more information about MSExchange.org email info@msexchange.org
16Sep
Intermedia Helps Ike-Affected Businesses With Free Business Continuity Email Services
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as Intermedia, Press Releases
Six weeks of free business email services help businesses continue to operate while recovering affected on-premise servers
New York, NY (September 16, 2008) - Intermedia, the leading provider of business email and collaboration Software as a Service, today announced a special free business email program for businesses affected by Hurricane Ike. Designed to help those businesses whose offices and on-premise messaging solutions have been disrupted by the storm, Intermedia’s program enables them to continue critical communication with customers, vendors and partners in order to keep their businesses running. This free business email continuity program comes in addition to the donation Intermedia has already made to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund.
“Everyone is trying to help those impacted by the hurricane in Texas any way they can,” said Intermedia CEO Serguei Sofinski. “Intermedia can help the affected business community with free business email services that will help keep their business in operation, even if their work location has been damaged or destroyed.” According to Osterman Research, one in five organizations believes a single major email outage could result in revenue losses of up to $500,000. Management consulting firm Eagle Rock Alliance estimates that a as many as 40 percent of companies that go more than 24 hours without access to their data go out of business. Intermedia hopes it can reduce or eliminate this threat for many businesses affected by the hurricane.
Intermedia is offering small business and enterprise versions of its Microsoft Exchange 2007-based hosted email solution for free to businesses affected by the hurricane. Businesses can use these fully functional, robust email systems that all Intermedia customers enjoy with their own, existing domains, free of charge, from now through October 31. All users need is an Internet connection and a Web browser. Businesses can learn more about the program, including qualification requirements, and sign up at www.intermedia.net/ike
16Sep
SMS Email Archive Hosting Released With Prices Slashed!
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as Press Releases, Simply Mail Solutions
Essential business tool now feasible for every heavy email user.
Warrington, Tuesday September16th, 2008. ?Simply Mail Solutions, leading email hosting company, has launched a very competitive archiving solution for users of its MS Exchange email service. SMS has recently signed up its 2000th customer and has over 100 servers installed to provide its range of services.
Archiving is not just about being able to find copies of email if a company is being sued!! It is about creating a central file of email that cannot be tampered with and where management and employees can easily find details of contracts, negotiations, quotes - in fact everything that email is used for nowadays.
Commented Colin Smith ?We have launched an archiving product for MS Exchange that we hope is priced such that all our customers who rely heavily on email can benefit from. For only ?9 per month per mailbox users can get a mailbox with archiving compared with competitors who are offering just mailboxes for ?12 and archiving for a further ?20! ?
For more details of SMS see:
www.simplymailsolutions.com
10Sep
Intermedia - Email Addiction Getting Worse: 62% of Office Workers Now Check Work Email from Their Personal Devices
Posted by Exchange Hosting Reviews as Intermedia, Press Releases
Intermedia Mobile Device and Business Email Survey Highlights Blurring of Work & Play
New York, NY (September 10, 2008) - Intermedia, the worldwide leader in business email services and Web hosting for small to midsized businesses, today announced the results of a survey that assess enterprise mobile email practices. According to the more than 300 Intermedia user survey respondents:
92% of end-users access business email on their mobile devices
Only 30% are using a company-provided device
Blackberry and iPhone at near parity for business email – 38% use BlackBerry, 34% use an iPhone
47% responded that their companies do not manage security for employee devices; employees are responsible for any lost or stolen data
A further 33% responded they were unsure of their companies’ mobile email security policies
The survey findings illustrate the blurring of work and play as employees use personally purchased and managed mobile devices as enterprise tools. A further example of this can be seen in the rise of the iPhone, a ubiquitous consumer device, as an enterprise device nearly on par with the BlackBerry.
Additionally, with 47% of respondents stating their company does not manage the security for their mobile devices, despite its use for corporate information, the survey also sheds light on the need for clear mobile email security practices at the enterprise level. These findings give further weight to ongoing industry concern about the possibility of “rogue” mobile devices – devices that are lost or fall into the wrong hands, becoming easy entry-points for hackers or competitors to access confidential enterprise data.
For solution providers, the survey offers a roadmap to tap into the enterprise mobile opportunity: email security and mobile device management. Successful Intermedia partners have leveraged Intermedia’s Exchange hosted email platform to meet user demands and to best position users to overcome security challenges. For example, iPhone users, with Intermedia’s cost effective hosting services, are able to access all of Microsoft Exchange’s productivity-enhancing and secure features through their devices. By accessing corporate email via Exchange through ActiveSync capability, enterprises are assured that their information is synced securely. In addition, ActiveSync enables remote wiping, which allows the administrator to remotely erase all corporate email or data should the device be lost or stolen. All this functionality comes in a cost-effective, secure, easy to manage software as a service (Saas) delivery model.
“This new survey data confirms that enterprises do not have homogeneous mobile device or mobile platform landscapes,” said Danny Essner, Director of Marketing, Intermedia. “Intermedia recognizes that the demand for secure mobile email services across devices and platforms will only continue to grow. As with our BlackBerry and iPhone offerings, we will continue to enhance our solutions to best meet the needs of customers and partners, regardless of whether they are in an office or remote.”
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