Laying the foundation for Effective Technology Solutions

Effective use of technology can increase productivity while decreasing costs. Having the right technology in place is critical to streamlining your operations, maintaining compliance and ensuring your business is poised for growth. How do you know if you have the right technology
in place today?

Firm Foundation provides its members with a comprehensive technology assessment to identify any gaps, vulnerability or redundancy, and recommend solutions. Through strategic partnerships with the accounting industry’s leading technology providers, members benefit from a coordinated approach to the evaluation, analysis, selection, set-up, configuration and maintenance of technology resources. In addition, best practices and training will ensure that your employees are able to interface with and utilize the technology adopted to its fullest potential, resulting in increased efficiencies and cost-savings for your firm.

Xcentric
Firm Foundation has established a strategic partnership with Xcentric. Xcentric provides peace of mind to CPA firms by bridging gaps and building a solid technology infrastructure. Xcentric is the leading provider of technology-driven results for CPA firms nationwide. Its sole focus is on partnering with CPA firms to share knowledge and expertise, allowing you to focus on running and growing your practice.

Managed services
We understand the importance of maintaining a reliable network. Our intimate understanding of your business environment from a network hardware and software perspective allows us to provide you with the support you are seeking. Through achieving economies of scale, we are able to track changes and identify trends to help you maximize efficiency and decrease downtime.

Networks (deployment services)
We deploy robust, reliable network infrastructures that provide the computing power and compatibility necessary to run all of your firm’s applications. We have relationships with all the major CPA-specific software vendors, allowing for a network that is completely reliable and compatible with your business practices.

Data network outsourcing
Sometimes the best network is no network at all. Instead of building and maintaining a sophisticated data network at your location, we store your information and software applications in an ultra-secure data center. You receive all the benefits of multi-million dollar network technology without the upkeep or the expense. And you’ll never have to buy another server again.

Online backup
Today’s CPA firm depends on reliable backup and recovery systems. The inherent risk of tapes being corrupted, misplaced, damaged, stolen, or not stored offsite is significant. Eliminate these risks by automating the offsite storage solution with state-of-the-art backup, security and datacenter technologies.

Best practice sharing
Through our strategic partnerships and member network, Firm Foundation provides you with access to the industry’s most advanced technology-related information, tools and best practices that can help you run a more productive and efficient business. By leveraging the relationships with our alliance partners and observing industry best practices, your firm can turn technology into a cornerstone for future growth, efficiencies and success.