A screenshot of Microsoft Hosted Exchange Services.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — CPA2Biz (www.cpa2biz.com), a Web-based solutions provider for CPAs, and business hosted services provider Apptix (www.apptix.com) announced on Wednesday that they have partnered to offer CPA firms a secure and reliable email platform to communicate with their colleagues and clients.
As part of the agreement, Apptix joins CPA2Biz’s suite of online solutions offered through its Trusted Business Advisor platform, expanding on the scope of the services offered to CPAs.
Free email solutions such as Gmail and Hotmail are hosted in enterprise class infrastructures, which offer limited functionality and data protection for end users in comparison to the capabilities provided by Microsoft Exchange and Outlook.
The Apptix-powered CPA2Biz Email Solutions provide CPA firms with many benefits over basic email services, including access email via Outlook, Entourage and Outlook Web Access, back up and secure email data, use built-in anti-spam and anti-virus protection, manage contact lists, and simplify scheduling with shared calendars.
Many of the basic email services tend ot lack full integration with Microsoft Office, which is widely used throughout the accounting profession and links the firm’s tax, audit, accounting and administrative applications.
Hosted Exchange allows firms to efficiently share information between programs.
“As a CPA, I know how essential email has become for doing business and communicating with clients,” says David Ehrhardt, CEO of Apptix. “Our solution offers firms more reliable and secure email and collaboration capabilities than a free Webmail service, and eliminates the hassle and expense of maintaining in-house hardware and software.”
The solution also includes live 24-hour US-based customer support, a simplified management portal where users can be added or deleted, the ability to receive email on mobile devices, and the use of SharePoint, Secure Instant Messenger and online data backup.
Apptix joins Bill.com, Capital Confirmation, Copanion, Intacct, Paychex and XCM Solutions as part of CPA2Biz’s Trusted Business Advisor Solutions platform.
