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QQube is a versatile business intelligence solution built for QuickBooks. It converts QuickBooks data into customizable reports and dashboards, providing businesses with valuable insights. However, as a desktop solution, its functionality is limited to the office location. Moreover, its performance is limited by the local workstation’s inability to scale.
QQube cloud hosting addresses these limitations by providing a secure, high-performance environment where QQube and QuickBooks can operate seamlessly together. It enables authorized users to access reports and business data remotely while reducing dependence on local IT infrastructure.
Let’s explore the key benefits that make QQube hosting a suitable choice for modern businesses.
1. Remote Operations
Since the pandemic, remote work has become a non-negotiable aspect for accountants. They want to work in suitable working conditions that reduce mental stress and enhance productivity. However, when QQube is installed in a local system, they must be present in the office to view necessary reports.
Hosting QQube along with QuickBooks on the cloud enables professionals to view reports and dashboards from any location at any time. Since applications and data are installed in cloud servers, they can use any internet connected devices, such as laptops, to access reports.
2. Data Sharing
QQube enables CPAs to create comprehensive reports from QuickBooks data. However, they have to share these reports with management, clients, and team members for planning, audits, and reviews. On a local IT setup, data sharing becomes cumbersome, especially when clients and other stakeholders are in different locations. CPAs must share reports over email, which leads to tedious threads and slow responses.
QQube hosting offers an online platform for firms where multiple users can access data simultaneously. Since all reports are available in the cloud, you can give stakeholders and clients access to review, edit, or download them in real time. QQube hosting eliminates the long email threads and streamlines collaboration.
Access reports securely from anywhere with high-performance cloud hosting, automatic backups, and 99.99% uptime.
3. On-demand Scalability
Scalability is the biggest challenge for legacy IT infrastructure. When procuring a local workstation for QuickBooks and QQube, you account for the current application and business requirements. However, as your process grows, your applications demand more processing power and data storage.
Because physical workstations have limited resources, they cannot meet these requirements. This leads to performance issues, such as application crashes, system shutdowns, and lag.
On the other hand, hosting QQube on the cloud offers a highly scalable solution. Since the applications are hosted on virtual desktops (or servers), you can configure them according to the business needs. However, as your process grows, these servers scale instantly to meet new requirements. Moreover, during peak periods, these servers can scale automatically to avoid performance issues.
4. Comprehensive Data Protection
There’s a cyberattack every 39 seconds. Be it insider threats, ransomware attacks, or social engineering, the threat landscape is evolving rapidly. Therefore, data protection is a top priority for any business dealing with critical accounting data.
QQube hosting providers implement a robust security posture with advanced protocols at the physical, network, and endpoint levels. Security features, such as multi-factor authentication, 256-bit data encryption (at rest and in transit), Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDPS), distributed firewalls, OS patching, and next-gen antivirus, ensure total data protection. In addition, you can deploy role-based access controls and customize permissions to prevent insider threats.
5. 24/7 Availability
In a local IT setup, issues are frequent. From hardware malfunction and power outages to network configuration errors, any issue can cause downtime. Any such disruption during data sync between QQube and QuickBooks can hamper data integrity. Moreover, major geographical events or security incidents can cause downtime for days, which can hamper your business’s reputation.
QQube hosting providers ensure 24/7 availability of QQube applications, reports, and data. They host your application in Tier-4 data centers with 2N+1 fault-tolerant systems and hardware redundancy. These data centers are equipped with fire suppression and flood detection systems to prevent accidents.
Moreover, the BCDR plan implemented by the provider ensures accessibility even during a natural disaster or major security event.
6. Superior Multi-User Performance
Modern accounting workflows require multiple users to access QQube reports simultaneously. However, in a local IT setup, it becomes challenging to provide application access to multiple users. Moreover, if professionals use VPN or remote desktop software, they often face lag or application crashes.
QQube hosting providers host QQube and data in a high-performance computing environment that ensures a desktop-like experience, even on remote devices and thin clients. In addition, any number of remote users can work simultaneously on QQube without any performance inconsistencies.
7. Compliance Assurance
Data compliance is a mandatory consideration for accounting. Firms must comply with multiple regulations, be it GDPR, CCPA, or IRS. For instance, the IRS Publication 4557 requires businesses to create a written information security plan, non-compliance with which can lead to penalties and fines. Creating and maintaining the required security protocols can be challenging for any business.
A hosting provider can support a firm’s compliance efforts by offering documented security controls, access logs, backups, encryption, monitoring, and relevant compliance reports or certifications. However, organizations remain responsible for their own policies, employee practices, access decisions, and overall compliance program.
8. Low TCO
Installing QQube with QuickBooks on local workstations means investing in procuring, setting up, and managing local workstations. It also leads to additional costs of power bills and renting server space. Moreover, as these applications evolve, you are caught up in hardware refresh cycles.
In addition, there are considerable costs associated with running an in-house IT team, which is available round the clock.
QQube hosting minimizes total cost of ownership. By outsourcing all IT requirements to a managed hosting provider, you eliminate hardware procurement and upgrade costs. Consequently, all operational costs, such as power bills, are also minimized. You can also work with a leaner team and save considerably.
9. Unlimited App Integrations
Along with QQube and QuickBooks, businesses need to integrate other third-party applications and add-ons for complementary tasks, such as e-commerce billing, invoicing, and customer management. However, due to resource constraints on the local workstation, every app integration degrades overall performance.
QQube cloud hosting providers offer unlimited app integrations with QQube and QuickBooks. The scalable cloud architecture enables you to create a comprehensive business application ecosystem, where all applications and every piece of data can be accessed on a unified platform.
10. No in-house IT Dependencies
Along with the associated costs, on-premises IT operations also demand full focus and utilization of the local IT team. They are responsible for hardware procurement, setup, and upgrades. Moreover, they must monitor systems 24/7 for any anomalies. Consequently, you have to hire an extensive team and invest in their salaries, benefits, and training.
With QQube hosting, the provider takes care of all hosting related-IT tasks, including monitoring, backup, security management, and scaling. As a result, it saves time from day-to-day repetitive tasks, enabling your IT team to focus on other core processes.
11. Unlimited Data Storage and Backup
Storing QQube reports and QB data locally leads to additional server procurement, which incurs significant expenses and server space. Moreover, a security incident in the office premises means your backup data is compromised, along with the entire office network.
QQube hosting providers offer you unlimited cloud storage (depends on the plan), relieving you from the costs and hassles of in-house database servers. Moreover, they implement an automated backup solution that automatically backs up the data in the background, ensuring protection against ransomware attacks, accidental deletions, and insider threats.
Boost performance, strengthen security, and simplify IT with a fully managed cloud environment.
Ready to Transition to QQube Hosting?
QQube hosting gives businesses secure, remote access to QuickBooks and QQube while reducing the cost and complexity of maintaining local IT infrastructure. It also provides access to scalable computing resources, automated backups, advanced security, and the latest technologies without requiring frequent hardware upgrades.
However, realizing these benefits depends on choosing the right cloud hosting provider. Before making a decision, evaluate the provider’s performance, security, support, scalability, and application compatibility. A free trial can also help you assess the platform firsthand.
Ace Cloud Hosting provides a customized cloud environment for hosting QuickBooks and QQube together. Businesses get dedicated resources, unlimited application integrations, 99.99% uptime, enterprise-grade security, regular backups, and 24/7/365 human support.
This enables accounting firms to access QuickBooks data through QQube more reliably, collaborate securely, and scale their infrastructure during demanding periods such as tax season.
Want to experience how QQube hosting works? Start your 7-day free trial or explore QuickBooks cloud hosting today.
