Today's Technology for Tomorrow's Firm.
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advertorial R ight Networks is the leading provider of hosted applications for small business accounting frms. Intuit and Thomson Reuters have unique, exclusive hosting relationships with Right Networks. Right Networks is the right choice to move your organization into the cloud easily, reliably, and securely. Question 1: Right Networks: The Right Way to the Cloud utilizes state of the art 24X7 security systems including biometric scanning, onsite security guards, camera systems as well as key shuffing systems. Each datacenter provides 911 services for its region and is protected by the National Guard during natural disasters and security threats. Right Networks takes all necessary steps to ensure data and applications could not be more secure. Question 3: What benefts do frms see when they move to Right Networks? Some of the greatest benefts that frms see when they move to Right Networks is the ability to collaborate with clients anytime, anywhere in a fully managed secure environment. It allows frms to increase their value to customers as they can effciently serve their clients with direct access to their fles from any internet enabled device. As a frm becomes more mobile and is able to service clients more effectively they become more productive and can focus on growing their business. Question 2: Question 5: Question 4: What misconceptions do people have about the cloud? Some of the largest misconceptions of the cloud center around security. How secure is the cloud? At Right Networks we offer banking level security to businesses of all sizes. Our security includes multiple SSAE16/SAS-70 locations, encrypted communication, frewalls, multilayer access controls, and encrypted backups. Right Networks has designed an infrastructure that includes end to end redundancy across the entire footprint of our hosting service. Our production networking equipment operate from within two tier IV carrier grade datacenters. Each datacenter 28 How can accounting frms leverage cloud technology to grow their business? Accounting frms can harness the power of the cloud to operate their business in a more productive and effcient manner by saving time and resources. They can also expand the services they offer to existing customers through additional applications and add-ons they can leverage via the cloud. Firms can add more customers and collaborate more effectively with the clients they currently have in a cloud based environment. of dollars in hardware, IT resources and offce space if they tried to construct their own environment. When you access the Cloud via Right Networks you know that you are accessing a fully managed environment where all updates, upgrades, maintenance, security, and a 90 day rolling backup are all being accomplished in the background, keeping the technology transparent to your frm and your clients. Why work with Right Networks instead of building my own cloud? Right Networks offers frms a fullymanaged end to end redundant enterprise class infrastructure. A frm would incur costs of tens of thousands September 2013 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com Right Netw rks® How easy is it to move to the cloud? Moving to the cloud is as easy as buying a book on Amazon. At Right Networks we can have you up and running in less than 24-hours. Most customers are up and running within an hour of signing up for the service. Once you are signed up, you have access to the desktop version of QuickBooks you are used to. No training or learning curve as you log in and get started. PHIL ROMINE Partner and Chief Technology Offcer Right Networks Phil has 20+ years of experience in operating systems architecture and distributed computing to develop an advanced, light-weight virtualization technology to provide end-to-end-redundant, on-demand computing reliably and effciently. Phil has worked for a variety of tech companies including Data General, Open Data and MangoSoft where he was co-inventor of the distributed virtual web cache system. Phil holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.