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SmartVault Launches Version 3.3

New security and compliance features and enhancements further elevate ease-of-use

HOUSTON, TX – SmartVault,
a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) document storage and sharing
solutions, today announced the latest release of SmartVault—version 3.3.
The new release focuses on additional security and compliance features and streamlining
the user interface to enhance SmartVault’s foundation for providing an
easy-to-use solution for storing and sharing documents in the Cloud. Enhancements
are a direct result of customer feedback and suggestions.

SmartVault has built a reputation around its uniquely integrated plug-in for
QuickBooks, which offers customers a seamless experience for scanning, uploading,
and finding documents within a familiar application. In 2009, SmartVault expanded
its service offering beyond the QuickBooks user to provide file storage and
file sharing capabilities for all business documents—providing a single
solution to securely store, view, and exchange files. SmartVault v3.3 represents
an upgrade in the service’s proven functionality, while new security and
compliance features further streamline the user experience.

“With this release, we’ve taken customer feedback and applied what
we learned to elevate the system’s overall usability,” said Eric
Pulaski, founder and CEO of SmartVault. “Whether they are small changes
to the interface to improve usability or new features that enhance the service,
wehave a culture at SmartVault of iterating very quickly to improve the user
experience for our customers. We have to earn our customer’s business
every month, and it is our job to provide them ongoing value to the SmartVault
service.”

New and enhanced features in SmartVault v3.3 include:

  • User Activity Logs—Offers customers the ability
    to audit the access of documents stored in SmartVault. Activitylogs enable
    users to generate on-demand security and compliance reports, which provide
    an audit trail that shows what documents users uploaded, downloaded, or deleted,
    as well as what documents were changed and when. Users can filter data based
    on multiple criteria and export user activity logs to Excel or CSV files.
    NOTE: The User Activity Log feature will be available to SmartVault Professional
    Plan users only.
  • Copy Link Feature—Allows users to easily create
    a link to any file or folder in SmartVault and add it to their desktop, embed
    in a file, or paste into an outgoing email. This offers users the option to
    use their own email system to send a link to a file in SmartVault, rather
    than through the “Send Link” option in the SmartVault Portal.
  • Create a Vault from a SmartVault Mapped Drive—Enables
    users to create vaults (in addition to folders) directly from their SmartVault
    Drive. Previously, users could only create vaults from the SmartVault Portal.

This release also includes more than a dozen enhancements to existing SmartVault
features, such as making it easier to personalize email messages when sharing
documents and folders with existingusers and the ability to intuitively create
Desktop shortcuts for easy access to core service components.

SmartVault version 3.3 is available now. The new release will be delivered
to current SmartVault customers at no additional charge. For information on
plans and pricing or to start a free 30-day trial, visit www.smartvault.com.

About SmartVault
SmartVault, a leading provider of Software as a Service document storage and
sharing solutions, provides accounting professionals and businesses with an
easy and affordable solution for users to store, view, and share files securely
any time and from anywhere. SmartVault’s unique integration with popular
small- and medium-sized business applications such as QuickBooks creates a seamless
user experience for scanning, attaching, and finding documents within a familiar
application. With SmartVault’s web portal, users can securely view and
share files. SmartVault has earned top honors from Intuit as a QuickBooks Gold
Certified Developer, has won both a Readers’ Choice Award and a Technology
Innovation Award from The CPA Technology Advisor, and has earned Awesome Add-on
awards for QuickBooks from The Sleeter Group.