To remain competitive, increase efficiency, save money, and position themselves to move quickly into the new markets, many fleet organizations seek to use the most current information technology tools and systems. However, in many cases fleet organizations may not have the in-house expertise, personnel resources, physical assets, and investment capital to implement and maintain sophisticated software applications.

Mercury Associates recognized this market need and launched our application service provider (ASP) business in 2002 with the opening of our data center in Houston, Texas. We expanded our capacity to host the latest in fleet management applications in January 2006 when we opened our second data center in Seattle, Washington.

Like our Houston facility, the Seattle data center is in a Tier-1, Level (3) Communications facility. It offers our clients additional safeguards for their priceless company information, with real-time data replication and disaster recovery services.

We believe the low cost of an application hosting subscription allows many fleet organizations to begin using tools, such as a fleet information system, that would otherwise be inaccessible due to large, up-front project budgets. Also, the low-cost subscription fees allow Mercury clients to maintain low operating overhead by paying as they use the service.

Clients who use Mercury’s application hosting services can implement leading-edge business tools such as fleet information systems and ad hoc reporting without the upfront cost and time required to implement a system locally. A fixed monthly subscription fee gives our clients access to our IT resources while we take care of server replacements, application upgrades, security, and data backups.

We also host a wide range of other applications for clients including fleet and asset management systems, GPS solutions, parts catalogs and manuals, business productivity suites, and custom applications.

Our approach to providing hosting services is simple – we make the best products available and support them with the most qualified resources. We only utilize mainstream, proven technology from companies that have a history of quality, reliability, and a dedication to customer service.