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123Together.com Offers Customers Early Access To Microsoft “Titan” As A Hosted Service

October 30th, 2007

Burlington, MA, October 30, 2007 - 123Together.com, a leading hoster of enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, announced today that it is participating in Microsoft’s Early Adopter Program for the next generation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, version 4.0, code-named “Titan”, and selecting customers to receive early access to a hosted “Titan” solution.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a customer relationship management application which helps businesses increase sales, enhance their level of customer service, and improve corporate profitability.  123Together.com currently hosts services such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. It allows SMBs to take advantage of enterprises-class messaging and collaboration solutions at a cost they can afford and without the technical personnel needed to maintain the servers in house.

As part of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, 123Together.com has been given early access to “Titan”, and will be distributing it as a hosted service to a select group of customers on November 1, 2007.  

The most significant enhancement which 123Together.com customers will experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 as a hosted service is the ability for them to use the application immediately. Customers were previously required to purchase an additional server solely for the use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 and, as a result, incurred added costs and additional set up time. Utilizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 in a hosted environment allows customers to be up and running right away and is easily scalable as their company grows or needs change. This allows customers to pay for only the number of users they have, removes the requirement for dedicated hardware and eliminates the need for any long term contracts.  System availability, scalability, management, patching and monitoring concerns are also managed by 123Together.com allowing customers to focus on their core competencies and on growing their business.  

In addition, customers will be able to significantly increase their company’s productivity by utilizing preconfigured customizable templates designed for specific industries or by developing their own workflows within the application.  Whether it’s finance, medical, real estate, insurance or numerous other industries, customers will be able to gain additional insight into their customers’ behaviors, improve customer service and increase revenue.  Microsoft Corp. is currently offering preconfigured templates for the manufacturing industry and the public sector and will make additional templates available over the next few months.

“We are pleased to be able to make Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 available to our customers as a hosted service,” stated Ravi Agarwal, chief executive officer of 123Together.com. “With the addition of this service, our small and medium business customers will have access to a customizable, easy to use enterprise-class customer relationship management solution.”

Customers wishing to be considered for inclusion in 123Together.com’s Early Adopter Program for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 as a hosted service can receive further information at http://www.123together.com/crm/Microsoft-CRM.xhtml.

About 123Together.com
Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, 123Together.com, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is a leading hoster of enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions.  Its hosted services offering includes shared and dedicated Microsoft Exchange Server, shared and dedicated Windows SharePoint Services v3.0, full mobile availability for BlackBerry, Treo, PocketPC, SmartPhone and Windows Mobile handhelds; and the ability to resell the service completely white labeled.  123Together.com offers Exchange customers free Outlook 2007, live 24×7x365 U.S.-based phone and email support, advanced spam and virus filtering, and a 100 percent uptime guarantee for dedicated servers.  A 30-day no obligation trial is available.  Additional information can be found at www.123Together.com.

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The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Financial Institutions Struggle to Meet 2007 SEC Deadline for Archiving

October 9th, 2007

Burlington, MA, October 9, 2007 - 123Together.com, the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions such as Microsoft Exchange Hosting and Hosted SharePoint, offers a hosted archiving solution to allow financial institutions to comply with Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations associated with Rule 22c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Secure Message ArchivingRule 22c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 applies to the dissemination of shareholder identity and transaction information pursuant to shareholder information agreements. The deadline by which firms must be able to request and promptly receive shareholder information is October 16, 2007. In order to comply with the SEC regulations, investment firms must also revise their systems to accommodate the request, provisioning, and use of shareholder information.

123Together.com’s Hosted Exchange Server Archiving solution is designed to help financial institutions in their efforts to meet the regulatory demands placed on their electronic communications systems. At the same time delivering a security-enhanced and virtually tamperproof archiving solution for email, allowing companies regulated by the SEC to store and retrieve communications as they strive to comply with the data and transaction demands of this regulator.

This centralized multitasking mail repository is deployed in a hosted environment. Once archived, messaging can then be accessed through a security-enhanced, web-based interface. Flexible search queries can be used to locate messages quickly. Upon retrieval, users can conduct a variety of actions, including tag, file, export, forward via SMTP, and restore.

“Our hosted archiving solution provides financial institutions with a financially viable solution to meet the regulatory requirements of the SEC.  It eliminates up-front capital investment, frees up IT resources to focus on other tasks and allows them to quickly become compliant with SEC imposed deadlines,” said Ravi Agarwal, chief executive officer of 123Together.com.  “Companies may utilize our hosted Exchange solution but are not required to do so to take advantage of our archiving services.  They can leverage this service with their in-house Exchange server or with a POP3/SMTP setup - all without installing or managing any new hardware or software on their server.” 

About 123Together.com
123Together.com, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is a leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions including Microsoft Exchange Hosting.  Among its offerings are shared and dedicated Microsoft Exchange Servers, Windows SharePoint Services , and full support for mobile device integration services such as Blackberry Enterprise Server, Good Messaging and ActiveSync/Windows Mobile.  Customers also receive free Outlook 2007, live 24×7 U.S.-based phone and email support, advanced spam and virus filtering, and a 100% uptime guarantee for dedicated servers.  A 30-day no obligation trial is available.  Additional information can be found at http://www.123together.com/.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info:
Lisa Masiello
123Together.com
781-273-6245 x652
pr@123together.com

Compliance with SEC Rule 22c-2

September 25th, 2007

Are you a financial institution scrambling to comply with SEC Rule 22c-2 of the Investment Company Act by October 16, 2007?

The Investment Company Act of 1940 was designed to prevent fund firms from allowing favored clients to participate in market-timing by rapidly buying and selling funds to the detriment of long-term fund shareholders. In 1995 the Securities and Exchange Commission amended Rule 22c-2 which applies to the dissemination of shareholder identity and transaction information pursuant to shareholder information agreements. The deadline by which firms must be able to request and promptly receive shareholder information is October 16, 2007. In order to comply with the SEC regulations, investment firms must also revise their systems to accommodate the request, provisioning, and use of shareholder information.

123Together.com’s Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive solution is designed to help financial institutions in their efforts to meet these regulatory demands placed on their electronic communications systems. Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive helps deliver security-enhanced and virtually tamperproof archiving for email, allowing companies regulated by the SEC to store and retrieve communications as they strive to comply with the data and transaction demands of this regulator. In addition to comprehensive and security-enhanced message storage, Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive also provides an effective backup email environment and disaster recovery tool for email, in the event of a primary email system outage.

This centralized multitasking mail repository is deploy in a hosted environment which helps eliminate up-front capital investment, frees up IT resources to focus on value-producing initiatives, and mitigates messaging risks before they reach the corporate network. Once archived, messaging can then be accessed through a security-enhanced, web-based interface. Flexible search queries can be used to locate messages quickly. Upon retrieval, users can conduct a variety of actions, including tag, file, export, forward via SMTP, and restore.

Benefits:

  • Archiving captures messages in transit, after they’ve been filtered, helping to keep spam, viruses, and other unwanted content out of the archive.
  • Minimize up-front capital investment.
  • Integrate with existing email infrastructure.
  • Help free up administrator time to focus on other projects.
  • Familiar interface minimizes the need for user training.
  • Provide end users with continual access to their message store through a security-enhanced browser.
  • Indexed storage for fast retrieval of messages for legal discovery.
  • Easy-to-use evidentiary reports and monitoring features to help manage SEC compliance.
  • Backup mail system for real-time email continuity during an outage.

Hosted Services Benefits:

  • Lower total cost of ownership than on-premise solutions.
  • Offers a predictable subscription-based payment.
  • Simplifies IT environment by minimizing the need to deploy, configure, monitor, and update in-house email security servers and applications.
  • Helps increase available bandwidth.
  • Helps free up server resources and lower load on CPU.
  • Scales to meet the needs of virtually any enterprise.

Affiliate Contest

September 11th, 2007

Increase revenue and earn great prizes!

123Together.com announces an affiliate contest on the sale of shared and dedicated servers for its hosted Microsoft Exchange service. The contest is open to both existing and new affiliates and is in addition to standard affiliate payouts. Now you can increase revenue AND earn great prizes.

Shared Contest

Contest will run for the next 6 months from September 10, 2007 - March 10, 2008

Sales Level Prize
$2,000.00-$4,999.99 Home Theatre System
$5,000.00-$9,999.99 32″ LCD HDTV
$10,000.00-$19,999.99 50″ Plasma HDTV
$20,000.00+ 50″ Plasma HDTV plus Home Theatre System

Dedicated Contest

Contest will run from September 10, 2007 – November 30, 2007

Server Type Prize
Silver iPod Nano with video
Gold 42″ Plasma HDTV
Diamond 50″ Plasma HDTV
Platinum 50″ Plasma HDTV plus Home Theatre System

Terms & Conditions:

  • 123Together.com will only provide and ship prizes to affiliates in the continental United States. If the affiliate is located outside of the continental United States or if the prize is unavailable, 123Together.com has the right to provide a different prize of equal or greater value or provide the cash value of the prize.
  • We reserve the right to revoke your participation in the 123Together.com affiliate program if we determine that you are not participating in this promotion in good faith, are abusing it in any way, or are trying to manipulate this promotion.
  • Prizes will be awarded upon completion of the contest. Participants will be notified of their prizes 2-3 weeks after close of the contest.

Shared Contest:

  • Prizes for shared servers are based on revenues collected from new referred shared hosting customers between September 10, 2007 – March 10, 2008. At least two invoices must be paid one month apart for revenue from a specific customer to be deemed eligible. Invoices that are paid after March 10, 2008 or before September 10, 2007 are ineligible for this contest. Unpaid, cancelled, refunded or disputed invoices are ineligible for this contest.

Dedicated Contest:

  • Dedicated server revenue cannot be used towards shared server contest.
  • Prizes for dedicated server sales will be determined based upon the level of the first sale. All subsequent prizes will be awarded as cash value minus shipping and handling charges.
  • Dedicated server signed contracts and payments must be received prior to the close of contest to be eligible.

August Dedicated Exchange Server Specials

August 1st, 2007

Not sure if SharePoint or Blackberry Enterprise Server will work for your needs? Now is the time to see! We are giving credit vouchers for all new dedicated signups during the month of August.

You can use the voucher towards the monthly fees for: Blackberry Enterprise Server, Good Messaging, Postini, SharePoint, Archiving for Compliance, Extended Backup Options, or Hard Drive upgrades!*

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Requirements:
Contract and initial payment must be received no later than the close of business on August 31, 2007 to take part in this month’s special offerings.
Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount.

* The voucher cannot be used on setup fees for these services.

For more information contact sales@123Together.com

123Together.com In The News

June 26th, 2007

May 23, 2007: 123Together.com’s Automation Tools Enable Seamless Deployment and Usage of Hosted Microsoft Exchange. - Collaboration Loop.
123Together.com allows organizations to migrate their mailboxes and data as quickly or gradually as needed and provides customizable processes for both scenarios. 123Together.com has also developed its own Outlook Auto Setup Tool, which allows IT professionals to set up new employees with the most appropriate Microsoft Office Outlook and Exchange Server configuration for that desktop. By Collaboration Loop Staff.

May 23, 2007: 123Together Adds Automation Tools. - Web Host Industry Review.
The company’s new automation tools offer easier mailbox and data migration processes, bulk export and import, policy-based controls, password policies, backups and archiving and employee email setup.

April 11, 2007: 123Together Offers Exchange 2007. - Web Host Industry Review.
Designed to meet all of an organization’s unique messaging needs, Exchange Server 2007 is immediately available and accessible to small and medium businesses through a hosted environment.

123Together.com Offers Live 24×7x365 U.S.-Based Technical Support

June 25th, 2007

Burlington, MA, June 25, 2007 - 123Together.com, the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions such as hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 and Dynamics CRM, announced today that it is now offering 24×7x365 live U.S.-based phone, email and live chat technical support for all customers. 24x7 Live US Based Support

For today’s workforce, working from 9am-5pm is no longer the norm. In order to keep pace with the need for anytime access of their Mission Critical e-mail, 123Together.com now offers 24×7x365 live, U.S.-based phone, email and live chat technical support. Customers may contact 123Together.com’s team of technical specialists by phone at 1-800-9-MS-EXCH, by visiting www.123Together.com and initiating a live chat, or by e-mail.

123Together.com’s hosted solution offers small and mid-size businesses the same messaging and collaboration tools as those used by Fortune 500 companies but without the significant expenses of hardware, software and additional IT personnel. Companies for whom the use of Microsoft Exchange Server was a challenge can now opt for 123Together.com’s hosted solution and tap into the full capabilities of Exchange Server such as 15GB mailboxes and anywhere anytime access to their email, calendar’s and contacts whether from a mobile device such as a BlackBerry or from Microsoft Outlook or their web browser.

“We are the only hosted Microsoft Exchange provider to offer live 24×7 US-based support because we understand that e-mail is the most critical business application,” stated Ravi Agarwal, chief executive officer of 123Together.com. “Our customers can feel confident that we are available whenever they need us - whether it’s the middle of the night or Christmas day.”

About 123Together.com
Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, 123Together.com, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is a leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Among its offerings are shared and dedicated Microsoft Exchange Server hosting, shared and dedicated Windows SharePoint Services v3.0, full mobile availability for BlackBerry, Treo, PocketPC, SmartPhone and Windows Mobile handhelds; and the ability to resell the service completely white labeled. 123Together.com offers Exchange customers free Outlook 2007, 24×7x365 live U.S.-based technical support, advanced spam and virus filtering, and a 100 percent uptime guarantee for dedicated servers. A 30-day no obligation trial is available. Additional information can be found at www.123Together.com.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact Info:
Lisa Masiello
123Together.com
781-273-6245 x652
lmasiello@123together.com

Inbox unread messages

June 5th, 2007

Unread messages, by default, are highlighted with a bold font. You can easily change this to give it a completely different look by changing color, size, or font.
· First, select View -> Arrange By -> Current View -> Customize Current View from the menu bar.
· Choose Automatic Formatting.
· Select Unread Messages.
· Click on Font….
· Make all the changes to the font and color that you would like.
· Click OK.
Now, you will see that your unread messages all conform to what you just specified.

Setting up a distribution list

June 5th, 2007

Distribution lists help you easily send emails to a larger group of people without having to add individual email addresses. Set groups of friends and colleagues or create an all list that will mail to every email that you have.
To set up a mailing list in Outlook:

  • To begin select File -> New -> Distribution List
  • Type the desired name of your new list under Name (Such as Sales Team, New Project Team, or Friends)
  • You can add new members to the list immediately with the Add New… and Select Members… buttons.
  • Click Save and Close.

Now, when you add new recipients to your email list you will be able to choose your new distribution list rather than all the individuals that it contains.

Getting Outlook out of the task bar

June 5th, 2007

If you’re like most people you have Outlook open literally all day (and night).  There is no need to have Outlook take up space in your task bar when you aren’t using it – have it minimize to your system tray.

  • Click on the Outlook icon in the system tray (look in the bottom right part of your screen) with the right mouse button.
  • Select Hide When Minimized from the menu.

Now, when you minimize Outlook is will disappear from the task bar. To open Outlook again, double-click on the Outlook icon in the system tray.

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