CenterBeam, Inc., a pioneer in delivering hosted IT services, has launched CenterBeam 365+, a hosted collaboration suite.

Officials with CenterBeam claimed that CenterBeam 365+ gives mid-sized enterprises best-in-class solutions with the functionality and familiarity of on-premise offerings and the convenience and cost-effectiveness of the cloud.

CenterBeam 365+ includes Microsoft (News - Alert) Office Web Apps, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Exchange.

Company officials said that CenterBeam 365+ delivers in the cloud 17 on-premise features of Exchange in the categories of administration, applications, client access, compliance/archiving, directory, security and voice mail.

Besides this, CenterBeam 365+ also delivers enhanced security and archiving, seamless integration into the user's existing environment, experienced implementation and single vendor accountability.

"CenterBeam truly understands our fundamental needs. We wanted to maintain our preferences and high level of security, but move to a cloud-based solution that delivers the flexibility we need in the most affordable way possible," said William Santille, vice president of technology and CTO at Advanced Equities Inc., in a statement.

"We chose CenterBeam 365+ because it enables us to continue providing our employees with the Microsoft tools they are comfortable with, yet we do not have to sacrifice on functionality, control, support and most importantly, security, as we move to the cloud," said Santille.

"Building on our experience as the first company to offer multi-tenant hosted Exchange in 1999, we saw a unique opportunity to meet a real need: giving mid-market enterprises the flexibility, economics and access of the cloud -- but with the look, functionality and high-level security of on-premise Exchange," said Dr. A. Kevin Francis, president and CEO of CenterBeam.

Dr. Francis said that with CenterBeam 365+, the customers don't have to compromise.

“They can move to the cloud, but with the assurance they'll still have the features, security or business policies to which they have been accustomed," he said.