What Customers and Resellers are saying about the

"I thank you very much for everything. Your technical support team is outstanding. Always ready to help.

With its security features, The IT-100 will help Electronic Return Originators comply with the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLB). The law requires financial institutions, including tax preparation businesses, to protect their customer information and records from theft, damage, unauthorized access or use and from alteration. The IT-100 is the best solution for tax professionals to protect their customers data at the lowest cost"

Phares Duverne
COO Tax Microsystems Corp
phares_duverne@taxmicrosystems.com
www.taxmicrosystems.com

I appreciate you keeping an eye on me and my favorite IT-100. Just thought I would tell you that we installed it a few weeks ago and everything is going well.

We converted just under 50 clients from various flavors of Microsoft Outlook to the Mozilla Thunderbird email client and imported all the old Outlook Mail folders. This allowed us to resolve some issues with older versions of Outlook and avoid being an easy target for Microsoft directed viruses and mailware. I know Thunderbird is relatively new, but most liked it better than Eudora, so we went with it.

I wasn't able to install the IT-100 as the gateway device, however, because we have an existing SSL VPN for remote support and were not successful talking the service provider into helping configure the IT-100 to be the endpoint. I configured the IT-100 to be the mail server on the internal LAN, with port forwarding for SMTP and remote administration to its WAN address. This works fine and also solved another minor issue in that we didn't want all employees to have internet access anyway.

We are on the latest version of the EmergeCore CoreVista Web® having upgraded Saturday before we began loading it with email clients.

Thanks again for your help and let Dan and Mitch know how much I appreciate the support I received from each of you. It is nice to know that both Tech-II Business Services in Saratoga NY and EmergeCore Networks are there when I need support.

Remind me how my tech support block of time works so I can plan some coordination with Tech-II down the road. I have plans to make it the gateway as soon as I can figure out the SSL issue and will want some help.

Thanks!

Rob Tiller
rob@csanetwork.com

"IT IN A BOX"® Stocks the IT Arsenal for Small Real Estate Firm

MarkPorter.Net is a national real-estate training and consulting firm in Texas. Mark Porter knows important technology when he sees it. In fact, for more than a decade, he has conducted real estate training and technology seminars in more than 40 states for thousands of REALTORS over the past 11 years.

Recently, Porter got his hands on the "IT IN A BOX®", IT-100 from EmergeCore Networks. The IT-100 is an all-in-one solution that provides the IT services and functionality required for small businesses and branch offices.

The IT-100 incorporates a router, four-port switch, firewall, Wi-Fi wireless access point, FTP server, multiple domain support, e-mail server, Website building tool, VPN services and much more into a single device that's not much bigger than a laptop computer.

"I have been using the IT-100 for more than 6 months now" Porter said. "It is simply the most awesome piece of technology in my arsenal!"

Porter first got wind of the IT-100 when it acquired the endorsement of the Council of Residential Specialists (CRS) with the industry-recognized CRS Quality Tested Seal. The CRS conducts a rigorous, independent review process for the products they are considering for the Quality Tested Seal. During the testing, they ask whether the product would be helpful to a REALTOR, whether it can save them money, and if it is easy to use. The IT-100 came through the CRS review process with flying colors.

Location, Location, Location

In his training seminars, Porter teaches real estate agents how to more effectively use technology to generate more business and he is intimately aware of the budget and time limitations faced by real estate agents and small business owners. This philosophy was put to the test as he implemented the IT-100 in his office.

"The first thing I wanted to do with the IT-100 was connect the six computers in the office to the Internet. Since many of our staff are constantly in and out of the office, a solid wireless infrastructure was extremely important," he said. "The 802.11g wireless network is working flawlessly with every brand of wireless network card we tried, even obscure off brands."

Share and Share Alike

Next came file sharing. Porter and his team use the IT-100 to automatically synchronize with the "My Documents" file on each team member's PC.

Usually, when a small business needs to set up a file server for sharing files across a network to employ very expensive server licensing, software, additional hardware, a network switch, or network attached storage, it can be cost prohibitive. The "IT IN A BOX" provides all of this in one place for one small price.

The power to have file sharing is very cool; "it makes me feel secure to know that my notebook computer is backed up every time I log off or on," Porter said.

To Email or Not to Email

Although EmergeCore has jam-packed the "IT IN A BOX" with a plethora of IT services and functionality, the reality is that not everyone will use (or need) everything the "IT IN A BOX" offers-but it sure is nice to be able to draw on a particular feature when it suddenly becomes required.

"I never thought I needed the e-mail services until recently I sent a mass e-mail as I have done every month and I found out the hard way that my local internet service provider decided to implement a 500 identical message limit and shut me down for 48 hours," Porter said. "I recalled the e-mail services feature in the IT-100,walked through the wizard setting up my account and sent out a mass e-mail to over 16,000 in 10% of the time it used to take my ISP."

The complete customization offered by the "IT IN A BOX" provides small businesses such as Mark Porter's the ability to have the exact IT services they need to simply get to work and drive success.

"All I can say is Wow! Thanks EmergeCore for inventing the IT IN A BOX." Porter said, "This is the coolest little invention I've seen in a long time!"

Mark Porter, CRS, e-Pro, GRI, ITI
MarkPorter.Net
Carrollton, Texas

"We have a four-attorney law practice. For our seven employees, we can't justify a dedicated IT person. So prior to purchasing the IT-100, our IT functions fell entirely to me. Needless to say, at $175 per billable hour, it only takes a few hours of my time saved to justify this $1,395 price. In addition to eliminating the firm's need for its former hodge-podge of equipment, the instructions for the IT-100 were simple enough that anyone could manage it. Within a few minutes, from my home, I was able to set up VPN services that now allow any of the attorneys to securely access client records and conduct work from the road or from their homes."

"We'll be able to recognize a substantial increase in our billings as well as a big reduction in our stress factors as a result of this purchase."

Stephen Nipper, Partner
Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP
Boise, Idaho

"I wish I would've known about the IT-100 sooner. I recently sold a friend a $10,000.00 server solution for her small business. I could've offered her the IT-100 access server for $1,395.00 instead, and had her up and running in a matter of minutes. This is a phenomenal solution!"

Karen Kalantzis
IT Solutions Provider for SMB Market
Corporate Network Services, Inc.
Washington, D.C.

"As a small business, we are continually striving to minimize our costs and gain a competitive advantage. With IT-in-a-Box, we now have the capability to host our own website, as well as multiple domain names. While reducing our overhead, we have increased our overall market exposure. With a minimal investment, IT-in-a-Box has become a valuable asset to our business."

Mitch Thomas, President
Custom Image
Boise, Idaho

"A key business development area for Advanced Cyber Solutions has been in providing quality solutions for our small business clients. The EmergeCore Networks IT-100 is just what our clients have been looking for. The easy installation procedure, the GUI menus, and all of the capabilities of the box have been well received by our customers. Coupling the IT-100 solution with our wireless high-speed Internet offering has proven to be a real winner for us."

"Probably the biggest surprise of all has been the price. At a retail price of under $1,400, the IT-100 is by far the best product on the marketplace. To provide our clients with many of the capabilities offered by the IT-100, a priced solution from Advanced Cyber Solutions, Inc., would have run well over $5,000."

"All of us here, at Advanced Cyber Solutions, are very pleased to be working with EmergeCore Networks. As an added-value reseller, we believe the IT-100 product to be the right solution for clients."

James J. Ratigan, President
Advanced Cyber Solutions
North Las Vegas, Nevada

"As an ISP, we are always looking for technologies that help create additional revenue streams, expand our markets, and improve customer satisfaction. As we strive to differentiate our services, we try to be at the forefront when it comes to offering compelling business solutions to new and existing customers."

"The EmergeCore IT-100 solution for the SMB space helps our sales team provide a suite of IT services required in today's small office environment at a fraction of the traditional costs. When we install and configure an IT-100 solution with a DSL connection we offer the customer a set of services that benefit both of us. We can remotely manage the IT-100 or give that responsibility to the SMB owner or share it with him."

"Our customer is able to take advantage of wireless connectivity, VPN and Firewall services, FTP and support multiple domains, at a very attractive price point; the IT-100 also opens up more services to us as an ISP that bring us more than the connectivity revenue, including VPN, Backup, Remote Management, etc. Prior to your offering, our customer would be required to have several expensive components to duplicate the IT-100 services. This was not cost effective and it was a technology burden to the SMB. The IT-100 provides a bonus, the management tools, specifically the statistics and remote monitoring that provide both the customer and our technicians a view into their system. This allows us to be proactive when servicing the customer."

"The ability to host multiple domains at the customer site on the IT-100, gives the customer the option to manage those domains, thus lowering the cost of those domains; or he has the option of allowing us to provide the service and manage those domains remotely on his box. Customers like the flexibility this solution provides. No one is delivering these features at this price point in such an easy to use box."

"We have found the IT -100 to be very easy to install with the express setup module; and it's truly a reliable solution for the SMB customer. I am excited to be moving forward with your system as a core component of our service offering. Not only does it bring attractive value to our customers, but also it adds new sources of revenue for us!"

Murray Owen
Solution-Pro ISP
Boise, Idaho

"The IT-100 makes great sense in our Multi-Tenant Units (MTU's). With one pipe (Internet connection) coming in, we can separate and share that connection among the tenants with the routing capabilities of the IT-100."

"With just one IT-100 on the property, every tenant can have its own web site, email, and FTP server; and a firewall for the entire building comes with the unit. What I like best is the GUI (graphical user interface); it's logical, quick to set-up and easy to maintain and expand."

"The web stats feature allows network administrators an easy interface to monitor, track and evaluate the LAN all via the IT-100. For smaller MTUs we use the built-in IT-100 wi-fi; and for the larger MTUs we install our own multiple access-point system and plug it into one of the Ethernet ports of the IT-100."

"The IT-100 retails for $1,395, which makes this an inexpensive solution for any MTU trying to generate higher occupancy rates."

Chris Adams
Zial Networks, Inc.
Boise, Idaho