QuickBooks® Hosting by Uni-Data

Uni-Data's QuickBooks Hosting and Cloud Computing expertise is based on a long history as an IT Solution Provider, keeping financial data secure and reliable at the enterprise level. Since 1989, Uni-Data has provided large scale IT Outsourcing support to the financial services industry, keeping many Fortune 100 business in New York and New Jersey running. At the enterprise level, server based finacial data management is the norm: security, reliability, and regulated accessibility across the enterprise are cornerstones of the IT support paradigm. As an Intuit Authorized Commercial Host, Uni-Data provides the same high degree of security and reliability to Small Business, Franchises and Accounting and Tax Professionals in a shared terminal server environment, drawing on the power of today's top cloud computing and virtualization technologies to make it all possible.

 

Cloud Computing: IT Outsourcing Solution for Small Business

 

For Small Business owners—whether independent or as part of a franchise—keeping important company files "in the cloud" makes financial and business management easier: it enables small business owners and their accountants to stay current with one another in real-time, enables direct communication between customer facing payment methods (credit card merchant service etc.) and the company cash flow, allows for integration with other important business technology (CRM, Point of Sale, Payroll), and enables the books and the bank account to work together in real-time. Moreover, implementing a shared server model such as Uni-Data's Cloud Computing reduces IT support costs and eliminates server maintenance.

 

Benefits of Uni-Data QuickBooks® Hosting and Cloud Computing

Simply put, Uni-Data QuickBooks Hosting & Cloud Computing allows small businesses to add functionality without acquiring additional IT support cost or pricey infrastructure. It enables a consistency of experience amongst users; it protects data, and encourages collaboration— delivering business technology advancements without entry-barring cost. Uni-Data's application hosting & Cloud Computing allows businesses to deliver the full power of desktop and server-based software to their employees, franchisees, and accounting clients in a monthly, per-seat Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

Right now, thousands of individual workers at thousands of small businesses and franchises do their day-to-day work on virtual desktops housed on servers in Uni-Data's multiple SAS 70 Type II data center facilities. Our engineers and 24 x7 Network Operations Center support them all with secure, discrete workspaces accessible from any internet-accessible computer or smart device. They share their files amongst their appropriately permissioned co-workers, without the need of a file server in their office. They use software that their company either already owned, or has leased from Uni-Data. Their productivity is assured because their workspace is completely supported and constantly available— from any desktop, laptop or smart device (phone or tablet)—with a Uni-Data Managed Services technician always just a call away to assist and guide them in all they do.

 

Uni-Data QuickBooks Hosting: Rock Solid Infrastructure

 

Uni-Data is an Intuit Authorized Commercial Host for QuickBooks® Pro, QuickBooks® Premier and QuickBooks® Enterprise. Uni-Data was one of the first companies to earn this distinction, having helped to shape the program at it's inception. This distinction indicates that Uni-Data has been thoroughly vetted by Intuit regarding security, infrastructure and expertise in financial data management. All client files are housed in a redundant data center configuration with Business Continuity—failover and back-up (full weekly back-up and daily incremental back-up, with back-ups stored for 30 day retrieval)—built in. Uni-Data's Data Centers are SAS 70 Type II certified, and clients are supported by a U.S. based 24 x 7 helpdesk located in our state-of-the-art Network Operations Center (NOC). Uni-Data's Small Business Managed Services capability also provides end users with IT support as well, with many issues resolved through remote remediation technologies we employ. Moreover, software is available as a subscription, so there is no large upfront licensing expense, while software is perpetually upgraded to the latest version.

QuickBooks Hosting: Increase effectiveness through powerful Add-ons & Attached Services

With Uni-Data's QuickBooks Hosting, the full power of Intuit's attached services (Intuit Point of Sale Solutions, Intuit Payroll, Intuit Merchant Services, AppCenter apps) and a bevy of additional third-party QuickBooks compatible add-on applications are at small business' fingertips. Uni-Data vetts all applications for compatibility and security prior to introduction to the shared environment, to assure reliability and Quality of Service. Uni-Data is a Qvinci partner, providing their business intelligence and analytics software, wholly certified for cloud deployment.

 

Uni-Data: a leader in Application Hosting & Cloud Computing Technology

 

Uni-Data achieves the highest degrees of authorized service provider certification for the technologies we support. Besides our status as Intuit Authorized Commercial Host for QuickBooks, Uni-Data is also an Intuit Solution Provider, with specialized knowledge in the implementation and ongoing support of Intuit's product line; Uni-Data is a Microsoft Gold Partner, with staff trained and certified in the proper provisioning of shared server environments; Uni-Data is a VMware Partner, with certifications in the latest virtualization technologies; Uni-Data is an IBM partner, utilizing the best, most powerful servers Big Blue has to offer.