If you are an Accountant, own your own business, have a company with multiple locations, or are anyone who would benefit from having access to your financial data from anywhere at anytime a QuickBooks Hosting solution is the answer for you. QuickBooks Hosting with Applications2U offers the same functionality as having a full blown installation right on your desktop. You will not have to worry about managing multiple versions; you will always have the latest features and upgrades and you will not be constrained by the speed of your desktop hardware as our installations are on faster, more powerful servers.
Benefits
Convenience – All of your data will be in a central location and all of your customers will be seeing the same up-to-date information. No more transferring of files to and from the customer.
Accessibility -- You and your customers will now have access to your financial data from anywhere at anytime provided you have an internet connection. This will allow you to save time and travel expenses and put more effort into your core business functions.
Collaboration – The Business owner and the Accountant will both have access to the same data. This provides the Business owner with more time to focus on their business and allows the Account better access to financial data saving time for both parties.
Support – You will have a 24/7 support staff that can assist in all your PC needs.
Management – You no longer have to manage multiple versions of QuickBooks on your PC, but you will have the ability to copy down your QuickBooks files from our systems to your PC if needed.
Security – All of your data will be stored on our servers in our ISO compliant Data Center. The connection to your data over the Internet will be on a secure, 128 bit encrypted connection powered by Citrix Secure Gateway.
Reliability – No more downtown because of PC failures. In our Data Center will have multiple server class computers running QuickBooks. In the event one of those computers has a problem or failure you will be redirected to another system that is running and fully functional.
Data Recovery – Are you sick of backing-up your data or are you not backing-up your data at all. Applications2U does nightly backups of all data and we move the back-ups to an off-site facility weekly.
Functionality – As opposed to web-based QuickBooks hosting we host the full version of QuickBooks. This is the same install and functionality as what you would have on your PC.
Frequently Asked Questions
What versions of QuickBooks are supported by Applications2u?
We currently host 2005 thru 2010 Pro, Premier, and Accountant Editions. If your version is not listed we host any other version that you provide the license for.
How is the data secured?
Citrix manages the security through a 128 bit encrypted connection from your computer to our server. There are two levels of security, a user ID and password to get into our systems and your user ID and password that you use to get into your QuickBooks file. Our servers are located in an ISO Complaint Data Center owned and operated by SunGard.
Do you back up my data?
Applications2U performs a daily backups of all data and we moved the backups to an off site location weekly.
How reliable is your service?
Our SLA provides you with 99.999% uptime.
What QuickBooks features are available through your service?
Applications2u provides you with the full version of any QuickBooks installation. It will give you the same functionality as if you would have installed it on your desktop.