IRIS, the UK’s largest privately owned software business, has officially launched IRIS Exchequer Hosted, the latest technological advancement of its award-winning accounting product.

Cost-effective, secure and scalable, IRIS Exchequer Hosted enables businesses to free up their time and focus on growing their core business, whilst reducing their IT costs and associated risks.

IRIS Exchequer’s hosted service brings together the multi-award winning IRIS Exchequer accounting and finance solution, as well as other business and desktop applications, such as Microsoft Office and Microsoft Exchange, hosted on dedicated servers in IRIS’ secure Data Centre.

The new managed hosted service from IRIS enables organisations to reduce their IT costs and associated risks, and remove upfront capital investment costs, such as expensive servers. Using IRIS Exchequer’s Hosted Solution, organisations can access their trusted accounting and financial software solution 24/7, from anywhere in the world – all that’s needed to access their system is an internet connection.

Users will benefit from the knowledge that their IT systems, financial data and software applications are physically secure, protected from external threats such as viruses and hackers, with state-of-the-art security systems.  Furthermore, regular backups, planned maintenance releases and disaster recovery plans are also available to ensure downtime is dramatically reduced, system performance is enhanced and productivity maximised.

Businesses no longer have to manage multiple software and hardware vendors and licences, and can relax safe in the knowledge that their software and hardware will always be up to date with the latest legislation and technological advances.

Paul Sparkes, Product Director, IRIS Accounting & Business Solutions, said: “Our new hosted solution combines our leading IRIS Exchequer software solution with proven secure managed hosting services, giving our customers even greater flexibility to choose the best IT infrastructure and cost model to suit their individual business requirements.”

Paul added: “Users can access their IRIS Exchequer solution, plus all their other business systems, for a single monthly fee per user, enabling both small and large organisations to budget more easily. Since you only pay for what you need, organisations can simply add additional users as their business grows, offering even greater flexibility than ever before."


IRIS Exchequer Hosted was launched at Softworld Autumn, 18 – 19 October 2011, at ExCel, London.