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Hosted Collaboration Suite

As the original designer of multi-tenancy Exchange in 1999, CenterBeam is a thought leader in this space. And with Microsoft® as one of our technology partners, we're well-equipped to provide your company with high performance Microsoft Exchange messaging.

CenterBeam Differentiators

  • Predictable Costs: CenterBeam's services are deployed using a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud computing model which helps minimize additional capital investment and frees up IT resources to focus on the applications that drive your business.


  • SAS-70 Type II Certification: SAS-70 (Statement on Auditing Standards, number 70) Type I certifies that internal controls are documented, whereas a SAS-70 Type II is performed by certified third party auditors and includes a rigorous inspection of controls to ensure adherence. Typically, SAS-70 Type II audits are performed annually.

    CenterBeam as a service provider is SAS-70 Type II certified and renews every six months. CenterBeam's defined controls are based on the COSO framework, which is the same control framework that SOX compliance is based on.

    In addition to CenterBeam itself being SAS-70 Type II certified, CenterBeam's co-location partner is also SAS-70 Type II certified. Whereas most MSPs rely solely on their co-location partner's certification.


  • Enterprise-Class Security: CenterBeam's Hosted Exchange environment resides in a secure, redundant off-site datacenter. All data is encrypted, and all communications between the client and Exchange are encrypted. Malware protection is deployed via a multi-layered multi-engined anti-virus solution. This approach protects your users from propagating viruses or worms internally as well as from external threats. Included at no extra charge is our world-class anti-spam solution which protects your mailbox from unsolicited mail—before it hits your inbox.

    Security is embedded in all that we do. As one example, all employees go through extensive background checks prior to being hired, and CenterBeam's security framework is based on a "need-to-know" model that includes a "separation of duties" to restrict access.


  • True Single Sign-On: You don't need to supply your password every time you open Outlook. CenterBeam is the only managed service provider (MSP) that offers "true" Single Sign-On for Hosted Exchange utilizing patent-pending technology. This means when you login to your computer at the start of your day, you only need to provide your password one time. This allows CenterBeam's service to have the same look and feel as an on-premise solution.

    Other MSPs define "single sign-on" as "same password." This means that while you only have to remember one password, you will need to use it every time you open Outlook. CenterBeam has engineered a solution to remove this hassle factor.


  • Easy On-Boarding: As part of our standard on-boarding process, every email implementation with CenterBeam is customized to meet the particular requirements and culture of your organization.

We offer three integrated Hosted Collaboration solutions:

World Class Datacenter

CenterBeam's datacenter is co-located in a top tier facility with N+1 redundancy built throughout. Our facility is SAS-70 II certified and achieves the highest level of security, redundancy, and fault-tolerance so that your services are robust.

CenterBeam is SAS-70 Type II certified

SAS-70 Type II is one of the most stringent forms of certification which includes rigorous tests by an independent auditor in order to provide a measure of assurance on related control objectives for CenterBeam's environment and operation.

Availability & Performance

For the past 8 years, CenterBeam's actual uptime has exceeded 99.95% system availability.

  • Mail stores on fully redundant SANs (with fiber-channel disk arrays)
  • Redundant transaction logs on each server
  • Warm standby server for disaster recovery
  • Redundant OWA and SMTP servers
  • Redundant hardware within each server (power supplies, fans, disks, etc.)
  • Redundant network connections & infrastructure
  • Low utilization rate for our servers means having plenty of headroom to meet users ‘ computing needs even in the most demanding situations

Resiliency

CenterBeam’s investments and excecution of best-of-breed hardware and software mean that customers benefit from the Fortune 100 experience:

  • Quick response time & extremely high availability
  • Transparent security, protection, and backup

Comprehensive Security & Protection

Robust Anti-Virus Protection – included to protect your emails at all times with multiple different engines and through multiple layers to ensure a clean email environment.

World-class Anti-Spam Solution - included to ensure that your mailboxes are free of spam mail that would bog down productivity, and significantly increase storage space. Our Anti-Spam Solution by MessageLabs is in the "Leader Quadrant" for Email Security by the Gartner® Group.

Always-On

Single-Sign-On capability enabled by Active Directory configuration and integration allows customers to authenticate once and use subsequent applications & services achieving convenience and security for users. This true Single Sign-On capability is provided solely by CenterBeam.

Flexibility to send and receive messages anytime, anywhere (includes attachments up to 75 MB) utilizing Outlook Web Access (OWA), wireless e-mail synchronization to handheld devices and VPN services.

  • Blackberry service
  • Good Mobile service
  • ActiveSync service

24x7 monitoring and management of all messaging-related infrastructure. 

Solutions Overview

Hosted Collaboration

Hosted Microsoft Exchange

  • Multi-engine
  • Multi-layered anti-virus
  • Single mailbox recovery
  • Secure OWA web-based email
  • Secure Outlook anywhere

Wireless PDA Synchronization

  • Microsoft ActiveSync (Windows Mobile)
  • Good Mobile (Treo & Windows)
  • RIM (BES)
  • iPhone

Secure Instant Messaging (SIM)

  • Application and whiteboard sharing
  • File transfer
  • IM audio & video
  • Handwriting (ink support)
  • Public IM Federation

Optional Services

Additionally, the following add-on services for Hosted Messaging are available:

  • Wireless email services for any current device on the market utilizing all 3 standard technologies:
                   -  Blackberry®
                   -  Good Mobile (Goodlink®)
                   -  ActiveSync™
  • Secure Instant Messaging (pdf)
  • Internet Fax service
  • Hosted Voice over IP service
  • Email Compliance Services: for companies with stringent regulatory requirements or the need to comprehensively search inbound and outbound email messages for litigation or audit purposes.

For specific information on how CenterBeam's Hosted Collaboration Suite can assist your business, we invite you to contact us.