CPAASP Success Story: Practice Gets in Sync with Client Data

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Dewar Meeks and Ekrem PC is a full-service accounting and consulting firm that also provides a variety of Internet-delivered bookkeeping services. These allow them to proactively act as the client's controller or CFO.

Challenge

When DME first began their online bookkeeping service in 2003, the partner who was already maintaining their network discovered how challenging it can be to host and maintain software and data. When he moved to Arizona for half the year, the problem grew worse. The option of hiring an IT professional was cost-prohibitive.

Solution

InsynQ set up DME with a system of Virtual Desktops to access client and firm data via the Internet. Software and data is hosted at a secure server facility, with virus protection, nightly backup, ongoing maintenance, and 24/7 technical support. Beyond bookkeeping applications (e.g. QuickBooks®), DME has their office productivity and tax software on the system so staff members can work from home or a client's office, thereby increasing productivity.

"With InsynQ, DME has flat-lined IT costs and gained access to state-of-the-art servers and network software. Their qualified staff is responsive to our needs and those of our clients. We now concentrate on our core services of tax preparation, financial accounting, and business consulting, and thus are more productive." - Michael Meeks, Partner Read the complete success story here.

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