June 3, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed email hosting provider Excedent Technologies (excedent.com) announced on Thursday that communications service provider A-Link Network Services (alink.net) has become a reseller of its hosted email services.
"Email has become a mission-critical business communication tool and companies are demanding superior services from their providers," says Patrick Matthews, CEO of Excedent Technologies. "Excedent helps A-Link to meet the demand for secure and reliable email hosting while allowing them to retain every aspect of their customer relationships. We bring to the table a continuously evolving email solution that enables A-Link to focus on their core competencies. As a channel partner, service providers like A-Link are able to turn the cost and resource burden of email hosting into a revenue and profit center."
Excedent email services include Webmail, spam and virus protection, guaranteed uptime and the use of a control panel. The company offers its channel partners an application programming interface that allows them to integrate the email system with in-house or third party software applications.
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