First Look Friday: Summit Hosting

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"The goal of every mountain climber is to ‘reach the summit’, it is the reward for having made the journey that is the climb. You stand at the top and take in what you have accomplished, the experience of it. That ‘first look’ from the Summit is worth it all."

Summit Hosting provides QuickBooks cloud hosting on dedicated servers to businesses across North America. Their QuickBooks cloud hosting delivers top tier customization, flexibility, remote access, performance and security with no shared resources. Overall, their hosting services are designed to make your life easier, save you time and minimize your IT and hardware costs while giving you remote access to QuickBooks on your internet-connected device from anywhere at an affordable price.

Now I told you that Summit hosts your QuickBooks on a ‘dedicated server’ and that’s different than a lot of other hosting companies that offer ‘QuickBooks hosting.’ A lot of QuickBooks hosting companies use ‘shared hosting’ in which multiple users (companies really) are all making use of the same server and its resources (disk space, memory bandwidth, etc.). This means that you are having to ‘wait your turn’ for resources… in some cases the lag may not be very perceivable, but in other cases you seem like you are waiting forever. But with Summit your QuickBooks is being hosted on a ‘dedicated server’ which means that it is on a server all by itself… your QuickBooks, your data, and your employees are the only consumers of the resources of that server and if for any reason you require more resources (as you grow for example) you can be easily up-sized since your server is only yours.

So, if you want the features of a QuickBooks Desktop product with the benefits of a dedicated server at an affordable price, QuickBooks cloud hosting is the way to go.  Summit can help you get the benefits of QuickBooks Desktop with hosting services. That includes providing QuickBooks Enterprise hosting, QuickBooks Pro hosting, and more – all on dedicated servers that secure your data and improve performance.

To learn more about Summit Hosting, make sure to register for our webinar, "How to work with remote clients using QuickBooks Desktop" on December 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You can register here.

With this type of QuickBooks hosting you will access your QuickBooks software from one of Summit's cloud servers, where all your data and files are safely stored and operated. You will still have your own unique username and password so you can log-in to your remote desktop from anywhere, access your data, and use the software just like you would from your local desktop.

Now let’s take a ‘first look’ at some of the real benefits of Hosted QuickBooks when using Summit Hosting:

  • Flexibility to Work from Anywhere: You won’t be tied to your desktop. QuickBooks cloud hosting lets you log-in and access your QuickBooks data remotely from anytime, from anywhere you have an internet connection. Your workforce can be working from home as a result of COVID-19, back at the office, or spread-out around the world, it doesn’t matter with Summit Hosting.
  • Flexible, Secure Cloud Workspace: Choose the type of workspace you and your employees need for their remote work. This allows you to incorporate the specific work solutions along with QuickBooks that each employee needs access to, for example an employee might need Word if they do billing, or Excel if they do reports, or if they are using QuickBooks Enterprise Diamond with Salesforce connectivity then they will need Salesforce access.
  • Use the Platform You Prefer: One big problem with QuickBooks Desktop is that it only runs in Windows (unless you run the Mac version and then it doesn’t have all the features). But hosted QuickBooks desktop overcomes that. You can use Apple, Windows, your Google smartphone, or anything that gives you internet access because Summit’s QuickBooks hosting service works perfectly no matter what platform you choose to use.
  • Better Performance: Summit Hosting’s dedicated servers (which I talked about just a few paragraphs prior) mean you never share computer resources with another company and so you are always experiencing the fastest speed possible.
  • Support When You Need It:  You won’t be waiting on hold to have a ‘chat-bot’ answer your questions. Summit Support is available to help you 24/7 via direct chat with U.S.-based specialists who are actual human beings, not chat-bots.
  • Low Costs, No Surprises: Summit’s QuickBooks cloud hosting has one low monthly fee with no hidden costs, they even publish their prices. But you may get a quote that’s even lower than the published price with special discounts available at the time you sign-up.
  • Simpler, Easier Upgrades: Your agreement with Summit can provide for additional user licenses or upgrades to the newest version of QuickBooks when you need them without you having to separately make a purchase from Intuit.
  • Reduced Expenses: As a general rule, most companies experience lower IT costs by replacing much of their on-premises tools/hardware with cloud hosting. They will also decrease their costs for expert technical support because the majority of their support is performed by Summit as part of their hosting services. (Note, a company may still have need of some on-site IT services for local hardware, software and internet connectivity issues outside the scope of Summit’s services.)

I know you are going to ask me, "is Summit Hosting approved by Intuit?" The answer is a big 'Yes', Summit Hosting is one of Intuit's Authorized Commercial Hosting Providers.

So, if the idea of 'hosted QuickBooks (desktop) software' has earned your interest now that you have heard about the services and features that Summit is offering, compared with some of the stories you have heard about in terms of other hosts, then head over to the Summit Hosting website for more details and to learn about all the benefits, as well as the offers and promotions they have available.

Who knows, you may just find yourself at the pinnacle of the Summit saying 'what an experience!'

To learn more about Summit Hosting, make sure to register for our webinar, "How to work with remote clients using QuickBooks Desktop" on December 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You can register here.

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