Top 10 Reasons to Host Microsoft Exchange With ABT

Mortgage businesses today rely on email as one of the most critical elements to their success. With this reliance comes an increased expectation of what a messaging system can do. Microsoft Exchange answers these expectations with powerful collaboration, calendaring and communication tools that increase business efficiency.

ABT offers a high-availability solution for your Microsoft Exchange email platform. If you are already using Microsoft Exchange or are thinking of taking advantage of Exchange’s powerful set of communication and collaboration tools, ABT is an obvious choice for quality hosting and managed services. Here are 10 reasons why:

Secure - ABT is a SAS70, Level 2-certified hosting organization meaning we have been audited by independent third-party security experts to ensure our practices and infrastructure meet stringent guidelines. We take data and communication security seriously. By providing this industry-best level of security for your mission-critical Exchange platform, we ensure that your information is safe and secure.

Reliable – Email messaging remains a mission-critical component for successful businesses. With that in mind, ABT provides 99.9% uptime for managed Exchange services. This means that whenever you need your email, it will be available for you.

Enterprise Infrastructure – We have chosen the same collocation facilities utilized by many fortune 50 companies in a large part because of the facility’s infrastructure and performance record. From hardened physical security to multiple layers of communication, power and environmental redundancy, our infrastructure is second to none. Add to that our highly-optimized servers and communication software and you have one serious messaging infrastructure.

No License Hassles – By hosting Exchange with ABT, you don’t have to deal with Exchange Server and user licensing. ABT takes care of that part with our Microsoft Partner Program licensing arrangement. Rather than purchasing an individual license for each of your workstations, you simply pay a small fee based on the number of users using the system in any given month. One more issue off your desk.

Out Of Mind – Speaking of issues off your desk: by taking advantage of ABT’s managed Exchange services, all of the ongoing issues with hosting an Exchange server are offloaded to our experienced network operations staff. Instead of thinking about backups and disaster recovery, you get to think about your core business.

MS Certified – The people responsible for your Exchange infrastructure at ABT are Microsoft-certified professionals. In addition ABT is a registered Microsoft Partner. This means we have the inside-track on Microsoft products and support. From advanced notice of upgrades and road-maps to special support access, ABT’s tight relationship with Microsoft results in greater uptime for your organization.

Proven Backup and Disaster Recovery – Through our rigorous Disaster Recovery policy reviews we prove on a regular basis that our infrastructure can respond to disasters and continue running in spite of great stress. With multiple data centers spread across the Western United States and highly-optimized redundancy practices, you can be assured that your information and messaging capabilities remain available.

Years of Expertise – ABT has over 7 years of hosting experience. From Mortgage Origination, Servicing and messaging applications to entire back-office outsourcing, our managed services platform is second to none. In addition, our well-seasoned support and network operations groups are the best in their field.

Integration – ABT hosts interfaces with numerous major mortgage industry marketing, CRM, origination and servicing applications. By hosting Exchange with ABT, the availability of these interfaces become immediately available. Having access to CRM and other capabilities via Exchange creates a very powerful platform for your organization

Spam and Virus Protection – Typical Exchange hosting at ABT includes Spam and Virus protection. The advanced techniques in use today by our Spam and Virus engines ensures that the mail you receive is the mail you want and that it is free of malicious or harmful code.

It All Adds Up – The thousands of clients that have adopted ABT’s hosted Exchange messaging platform proves that the hosted solution is a smart decision. Contact us today and let us show you how easy it is to adopt our platform.