DirectPointe Integrates Its Small Office Solution with Google Apps

Business Wire, Feb 22, 2007

LINDON, Utah -- DirectPointe, a leader in managed computing services, today announced it has joined the Google Enterprise Professional[TM] program to integrate Google Apps[TM] Premier Edition with the DirectPointe Small Office Solution[TM]. This combined solution provides small businesses and distributed offices with all their essential Networking, Server and Domain Management Services for an affordable monthly fee.

The integration makes it simple for organizations to add or manage employees. When a new user is added to the network, they are automatically provisioned with the same user name and password to Google Apps and have immediate access to their local domain as well as the collaboration tools in their Google Apps domain.

"Google is excited to have DirectPointe as a partner in the Google Enterprise Professional program," said Scott McMullan, Google Apps partner lead, Google Enterprise. "The same affordability and ease of use Google provides for collaboration is now extended to the entire IT environment with the integration with DirectPointe's Small Office Solution."

The DirectPointe Small Office Solution is a fully featured, enterprise-class networking solution for small businesses and large organizations with distributed environments. It provides all of the core server and networking hardware, software and services a small business needs in a single, plug-and-play device that resides at the customer location.

Google Apps[TM] brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations using their own domain name. With the Google Apps[TM] service, users can utilize tools like Gmail[TM], Google Calendar[TM], Google Talk[TM] and Google Docs & Spreadsheets[TM] on their own domain to stay connected and work together more effectively.

As a Google Apps Premier Edition partner offering managed IT services, DirectPointe facilitates the on-site deployment and setup of the Small Office Solution and Google Apps on the customer's own domain to eliminate disruptions to the business. Once the solution is set up, DirectPointe monitors, manages and protects the IT environment to ensure it is healthy and running smoothly. This is all backed by immediate 24/7 support from experienced technicians.

DirectPointe CEO Michael Proper said, "DirectPointe's partnership with Google is a natural fit in our goal to make IT simple, manageable and affordable. With a combined solution, we are able to provide small offices with a secure and standardized environment for their collaboration and networking needs."

DirectPointe's Small Office Solution is available starting at $350 per month per location. For more information on the Small Office Solution and Google Apps Premier Edition, please visit http://www.directpointe.com/google. For additional information on the Google Enterprise Professional Program, please visit http://www.google.com/enterprise/gep/.> The Small Office Solution is also available to potential partners interested in leveraging the solution to provide their own branded offering. More information is available at http://www.directpointe.com/partnercontact.> About DirectPointe

DirectPointe Inc., based in Lindon, Utah, provides managed computing services that make technology simple, manageable and affordable for small and midsize businesses. The company takes ownership of the entire computing lifecycle, including procurement, deployment, management, protection and support, so customers have one company to handle all their computing needs. Customers can deploy a complete solution to manage their entire environment or a subset of services to complement their existing infrastructure. DirectPointe solutions are delivered for one consistent monthly payment to ease budgeting and eliminate upfront costs. For more information about DirectPointe, visit www.directpointe.com or call (801) 805-9700.

Small Office Solution is a trademark of DirectPointe Inc. Google, Google Apps, Google Enterprise Professional Program, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs & Spreadsheets are trademarks of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.