Client Testimonials

"We are a small public relations and marketing communications firm specializing in home fashions, home furnishings and lifestyle clients.  We have only 2 employees and five affiliates (independent contractors) working for us. For our small company, I happen to be the one in charge of  IT, which is scary, because my background is not in IT at all.

Our affiliates are located in different parts of the country, and we all travel a lot, so sharing information was a challenge until recently. We needed the ability to quickly and easily share visual information with our affiliates without having to duplicate all files on everyone’s PC and using up all the space on everyone’s hard drive. We needed a solution that wouldn’t require IT knowledge and would meet our storage and pricing requirements.  

We started using 123Together.com’s hosted Windows SharePoint Services. It is a perfect solution for us, as it allows us to easily share files online.  And while we began using it simply to share images we began to find other uses. 

Each month we assemble a report of all activities undertaken on behalf of our clients.  It is a collaborative document we used to manually assemble from each individual’s report.  That report was then “bicycled” around for final approval – a lengthy and needlessly complex procedure. SharePoint has greatly simplified the process.  The report is now posted on line and each affiliate can add to it as the month progresses. No need to wait for someone to finish their work before the next person can begin.   The check-in and check-out functionality helps us avoid version conflicts; and the SharePoint version control functionality assures us everyone is looking at the same information.

We are continually finding more way to take advantage of all the features of SharePoint.  For example, we started creating workspaces for events and special projects we create for our clients.

123Together.com’s SharePoint application helped us resolve our file sharing and collaboration challenges, and our experience with the service has been very positive – especially for a guy with no IT training but all the IT responsibility!"

"I am an independent consultant, and many people in my industry use POP3 email; however, I needed a solution that allowed better flexibility for my virtual team. With 123Together.com, my messages are on a server, so my subcontractors and I can access email using Outlook Web Access from any computer. When I purchased a new computer, all I had to do is set up Exchange, and all my emails and calendar just appeared. I have two computers, and since my emails are synchronized with the server I don’t have to worry about where everything is.
In addition, I am based in California, and I have a virtual assistant who is in London. 123Together.com’s hosted Microsoft Exchange server helps my assistant work as if she is right next door. I set her up as a delegate, so when I am not in the office, she can manage my calendar, respond to emails and schedule meetings on my behalf – which makes our work very easy.
And one of the best features is that when I send emails from my iPhone, they show up in my Sent folder on my laptops! With 123Together.com, I can be sure that my email is synchronized and looks the same no matter where I am or which computer/device I use."

Karilee Wirthlin, Managing Principal
KL Consulting

"I would like to thank the staff at 123Together.com for the outstanding technical support we received on our Windows SharePoint Services hosting. Your staff was able to provision and set up SharePoint hosting faster than we could have gotten the equipment delivered to do it ourselves and at a fraction of the cost. Needless to say, we look forward to using 123Together.com for all of our future Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint projects."

Eric Rima
Integra Systems