Patrick Sullivan, COO and Co-Founder of 2600Hz discusses the technology and architecture that has allowed 2600Hz to grow rapidly into one of the leading suppliers of white-label solutions to the hosted telephony industry with Don Witt of The Channel Daily News from Telecom Reseller. Taking advantage of the individual restrictions of the hosted PBX and restrictions on the individual switching technology, 2600Hz delivers a clustered solution called Kazoo that allows for complete redundancy and massive scalability instantly.
Providing a highly reliable network has enabled them to grow behind the scenes. They are now making the move to become more visible to other Resellers, MSPs, and Carriers that are looking for a better way to deliver the quality service needed in today’s race to zero market.
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CompTIA; An Influential Resource
by Gary Audin
You may know CompTIA for its educational resources. CompTIA also has councils: Vendor, Partner, and Distributor. These are for the benefit if the IT and telecom industries. What you may not know is that there is End User Commission the “voice of the client,” business in this industry. The commission is influencing the other councils. One influences the change in branding. A vendor brand name no longer has the client penetration it used to have. Solutions are important, solutions that are usually from a group of partners, not a single vendor. 75% of businesses are looking for solutions find them on line. 25% require the higher touch from a vendor.
Annette Taber, VP for Industry Strategies at CompTIA www.comptia.org and Gary Audin recorded this podcast the Channel Partners conference. Annette discussed the influence of CompTIA and its membership on the IT and telecom industries . She points out that there is a wealth of vendor neutral information on their website. Go to www.comptia.org and sign in as a user for access.
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) www.comptia.org is a non-profit trade association serving as the voice of the information technology industry. With approximately 2,000 member companies, 3,000 academic and training partners, 80,000 registered users and more than two million IT certifications issued, CompTIA is dedicated to advancing industry growth through educational programs, market research, networking events, professional certifications and public policy advocacy.
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Channel Shows Grow
by Gary Audin
Looking for more revenue? Looking for new partners? Want to meet with you present partners? Get educated on new opportunities? These are the reasons to attend the Channel Partners Evolution conference and show with 150+ candidates for new business relationships.
Rick Reed, SVP of U.S. Sales for Channel Partners www.channelpartnersonline.com and Gary Audin recorded this podcast at the Channel Partners conference. They discuss what Rick calls the “art of the possible.” Attendees learn through five educational tracks and network efficiently during the conference. A mythical IoT apparel company was created and used as the theme to educate the attendees in the possibilities of moving into IoT. The next show/conference is in Las Vegas, April 20-13, 2017.
For more than two decades, Channel Partners has been the leader in providing news and analysis to indirect sales channels serving the information technology and communications industry. It is the resource for resellers, aggregators, agents, brokers, VARs, systems integrators, interconnects, and dealers that provide network-based communications and computing services, associated CPE and applications as well as managed and professional services. Their live events (Channel Partners Conference & Expo and Channel Partners Evolution) are the place to be for innovative MSPs, VARs, agents, systems integrators and other channel pros from around the country. Solutions providers turn to their shows for networking opportunities, education sessions and access to top vendors so they can deliver the IT and telecom solutions their customers are demanding.
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West UC Helps Customers Navigate Cisco Customers Through Skype Challenges, Opportunities
Future business and technology historians may well view our times as being defined as period of a tectonic clash between technology giants Cisco and Microsoft. Cisco' recent offering that promises interoperability between Cisco collaboration solutions and Microsoft’s popular Skype for Business are big stories. But for those who manage and guide enterprise networks, there remains the task of coming up with the best game plan available, to navigate these changes while offering the best of both worlds for their respective network and end users. West Unified Communications sits dead center in all the excitement as both a Cisco and Microsoft partner. In this podcast Executive Vice President, Global Product and Marketing at West Unified Communications walks us through the challenges and the opportunities facing UC and UCasS netowrk managers and how West is helping customers make choices that work.
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Windstream applies to bring its Kinetic TV service to North Carolina
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications, submitted a formal bid on a cable TV franchise agreement with the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State to bring its Kinetic television service to more than 50,000 homes, primarily across 13 North Carolina communities. The bid is part of Windstream’s ongoing effort to introduce faster Internet speeds and new technologies to customers. Leveraging a 100 percent fiber-backed network, the total entertainment option will give users a wide array of features and the highest quality video entertainment. The more than 50,000 eligible residents will span communities that include Albemarle, Badin, China Grove, Concord, Harrisburg, Hemby Bridge, Indian Trail, Kannapolis, Matthews, Mooresville, Mt. Pleasant, New London and Oakboro. Powered by the Ericsson Mediaroom platform, Kinetic delivers an innovative user experience by coupling fast, high-quality, interactive television with highly desirable features including: High Definition (HD) at no additional charge: Get the TV you love on the stations you know, many included in HD;Free Whole Home DVR: Watch and record up to four shows at once. Pause & play live TV;Wireless Set Top Box: Watch TV in any room without worrying about cable ports;Video On-Demand: Watch shows and movies from an extensive library of on-demand programming;Instant Channel Change: Surf channels with no lag between channel changes;Kinetic On The Go: Watch your favorite shows from anywhere using your computer, tablet, laptop or smartphone.North Carolina, which includes the 13 communities that will have access to the service, will be the fourth Kinetic market following successful launches over the last two years in Lincoln, Neb.; Lexington, Ky., and Sugar Land, Texas. For more information, visit Windstream.com/KineticLaunch. About WindstreamWindstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions for consumers, small businesses, enterprise organizations and carrier partners across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled services, including broadband, security solutions, voice and digital TV to consumers. The company also provides data, cloud solutions, unified communications and managed services to business and enterprise clients. The company supplies core transport solutions on a local and long-haul fiber-optic network spanning approximately 125,000 miles. Additional information is available at windstream.com. Please visit our newsroom at news.windstream.com or follow us on Twitter at @Windstream.CONTACT: Windstream contact
Scott Morris, 501-748-5342
scott.l.morris@windstream.com
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The Desk Phone has Life
by Gary Audin
Don’t believe those who predict the desk phone is dead. The market is still strong. The use of DECT phones in a business setting is growing. DECT allows for mobile phone use up to 300 feet and does not compete with Wi-Fi or cell service for bandwidth. There are even cordless DECT conferencing microphones. Even though businesses are moving to the cloud, the softphone is not the phone of choice for many situations outside the contact center.
Graham Williams, VP of Business Phones Division of VTech http://businessphones.vtech.com/, and Gary Audin recorded this podcast at the Channel Partners Conference. Graham discusses the VTech phone catalog of business phones. He mentions that about 12% of the on-premises PBX market is moving to the cloud. This movement still retains the use of desk phones.
VTech provides a diverse collection of telecommunication products that elevate the business consumer experience through state-of-the-art technology and design. The Group’s business phones scale from small operations to enterprise-level corporations. They are sold through a wide network of trusted partners and are backed by industry-leading warranties and U.S.-based training and support.
VTech is the world’s largest manufacturer of cordless phones and the global leader in electronic learning products from infancy through toddler and preschool. VTech’s mission is to design, manufacture, and supply innovative and high-quality products in a manner that minimizes any impact on the environment, while creating sustainable value for its stakeholders and the community.
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No Single Vendor/Provider Does Everything
by Gary Audin
The Alliance Partners www.thealliancepartners.com, originally the Agent Alliance, is a powerful voice in the channel, dedicated to the best business outcomes for the channel and its providers. It is a forum for education, collaboration, and information-sharing, aimed at helping channel partners evolve their practices to remain competitive. The Alliance is more than a master agent.
Bill Power, CEO of The Alliance Partners www.thealliancepartners.com, and Gary Audin recorded this podcast at the Channel Partners conference. Bill stated that the Alliance is a form mutual organization. The partners are all owners. The partners reduce negotiation costs while improving contract efficiency. They share intelligence. The end result is greater negotiation leverage. Membership is by invitation.
The Alliance is a channel partner industry consortium that brings together agents, VARs, managed service providers, IT consultants, and cloud specialists. The Alliance is able to leverage the unique and diverse expertise of its formidable member roster to put knowledge into practice in highly pragmatic ways to create an environment of continuous growth and improvement, which benefits partners, providers, and clients alike. The 17 of Alliance’s member agencies collectively have offices in 30 U.S. and international cities; priority access to 11,000+ subagents, direct sales resources and 450+ direct staff; and more than 250,000 existing clients—all resulting in a collective, mature Alliance sales engine that books in excess of $2 million in new revenue per month.
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5 Ways to Increase Customer Loyalty
by Gary Audin
Without the customer you have nothing. Customer loyalty is the key to success. Customer churn is a cost and re-marketing the customer back is more expensive than working to retain that customer. If you want to grow your business, you need to increase the number of loyal customers. You need an integrated set of tools to ensure revenue growth, continued profits, and prevent reputation damage.
In this EDUcast, recorded with Stephen Wingfield, Telecom Sales Expert at Bicom Systems www.bicomsystems.com and Gary Audin, they discuss the problems and solutions encountered when selling and supporting customers. Stephen points out that the customer relationship is a long term and continuous effort. Listening to your customers and positively responding goes a long way towards customer retention.
What you will learn in this EDUcast:
The Importance of Customer Loyalty
Consequences of Customer Churn
How to Increase Customer Loyalty
Bicom Systems www.bicomsystems.com has been researching and integrating innovative Open Source Telephony Projects to commercialize by unifying with its suite of Telecoms Management Software. Bicom Systems launched its PBXware software in 2004 and became the first company to deliver an Open Standards Turnkey Telephony System. The concept of “Professional Open Standards Telephony” was born.
By unifying the best of open standards telephony and its own proprietary software, Bicom Systems provides SMBs, Enterprises, and Governments worldwide with turnkey solutions that respond to clients’ exact needs within a very cost-effective framework.
This mix takes the best of royalty-free software, vibrant open source communities, available custom development backed up by accountable, professional support services brought together with commercially coded management tools.
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Enablement is More Successful than Fulfillment
by Gary Audin
Wouldn’t it be better to work with an organization that provides enablement as a service than just getting you orders fulfilled? VARs, resellers, MSPs, and providers are being forced to evolve from the traditional CAPEX model to a recurring revenue model. The channel should be a thought leader not just a seller. You need to go-to-market in a new way.
Drew Lydecker, President and co-founder of AVANT and Gary Audin recorded this podcast at the Channel Partners conference. Drew discusses BattleApp http://www.avantcommunications.net/Partner-Portal their proprietary partner portal. The portal is a central place where channel partners can go to learn, research, qualify, register, and close opportunities. BattleApp contains our Cloud Academy, IQ Forms, Datacenter and Fiber Locator tools, Battle Cards, Registration tool and much more. The BattleApp gives partners the tools and resources they need to be successful selling cloud, colocation, and connectivity.
As the nation’s premier distributor and channel sales enablement company for next-generation technologies, AVANT www.avantcommunications.net adds unique value with its focus and expertise in channel sales assistance, sales training, sales guidance, and sales tools to fuel IT services business growth. From complex cloud designs, to global wide-area network deployments, AVANT sets the industry standard in enabling its partners and clients to make more intelligent decisions about services, technology, and cost-efficient communications.
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Enghouse delivers critical tool for carrier customers
Earlier this summer, Enghouse Networks announced Analysis V8. According to the product's announcement notice, the newest version fully supports growing subscriber self-service trends, enabling them to resolve their own billing enquiries and minimizes the work load on the operators’ call centers and customer service staff. It underpins the customer experience commitments of operators and helps save time on customer support and billing print fulfillment costs. In this podcast Amanda Pearson, Analysis and SmartDiscover Product Manager at Enghouse, takes us through the release, and how the revised product enables service providers to deliver a valuable service to their customers.
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Tricks for validating MPLS Queueing Configurations
Tim Titus, CTO, PathSolutions thinks that QoS matters and that we can tackle the challenge of providing consistent QoS even with the giant challenges facing today's networks. In this special educational podcast, Titus offers readers and listeners "tech tips and tricks" for validating MPLS queueing configurations. Titus takes us through methods of discovering network problems and weaknesses and offers some remedies. PathSolutions TotalView for Networks looks at device health and configuration across a network to quickly identify trouble spots. Everyone with a network should 'give a listen' to this short tech tips podcast.
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Network Architecture and PBX designed for maximum reliability to the enterprise customers is now being offered to the Reseller/white-label community
Don Witt of The Channel Daily News from Telecom Reseller speaks with Dayton Turner, the CEO and co-founder of Voxter about the high availability of service from their worldwide network providing access to their network from any customer anywhere in the world through one of their 10 data centers and providing an SLA to their customers where most of the competition will utilize one or two data centers where the second is generally a failover location to the first.
Voxter provides an onsite device/router to help monitor the last mile to the customer where most of the problems. They also provide support 24 by 7. They have been white-labeling service for large enterprise for years and now offer the same service with a billing package to resellers that want to establish their own brand.
Voxter is a North America-wide Unified Communications VoIP (Voice over IP) provider based in Vancouver, British Columbia with more than 100 clients serving 1000′s of users. Their technical and solutions expertise dates to the earliest commercial VOIP applications as far back as 2003. The VoIP commercial market was highly challenged in those days by poor call quality issues due to limited bandwidth and disparate standards. Drawing on Voxter’s own technical resources, the company sourced and developed unique tools to deliver, manage and monitor call quality consistently.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dayton Turner, one of the company’s original founders, has a legendary place in internet security history and IP transport systems and an early leader in solving industry call quality issues making Voxter’s architecture, infrastructure and systems unique in the marketplace. Its current clients include major players in media, financial and technology services that depend on Voxter for communications, consulting and round the clock support.
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Alliance Communications Management Earns AOTMP Efficiency First® Solution Certification
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 30, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AOTMP is delighted to announce Efficiency First® Solution Certification for Alliance Communications Management, an enterprise mobile and telecom expense lifecycle management company, was recently awarded. During the extensive Efficiency First® Solution Certification program, Alliance Communications Management’s alignment of fixed and mobile telecom expense management services was evaluated and certified against stringent Efficiency First® Framework principles; performance and client experience were also evaluated and scored. AOTMP identified several strengths, including impressive continual lifecycle sourcing and procurement, complete service order management and help desk management for both fixed and mobile. Clients rated the company high in several performance satisfaction categories and boasted financial, operational and technical benefits as a result of their business relationship. “AOTMP congratulates Alliance Communications Management on its certification,” said Timothy C. Colwell, SVP Efficiency First® Adoption. “The certification serves as recognition of leadership in telecom expense management with a commitment to drive performance and deliver excellent service to its clients.” "We began this certification process to validate that our strategic initiatives were best aligned to enterprise long-term needs; and to gain the insights of a recognized authority, AOTMP, in the Telecom Management space. AOTMP not only met those objectives, but also gave us insight into our desire to provide the most complete and robust telecommunications lifecycle management solution available," states Rob Hunter, CEO of Alliance Communications Management. "Providing a turnkey outsourced telecommunications management solution is a daunting task, but the AOTMP certification process has provided us greater clarity into our path forward. Becoming an Efficiency First® Certified Solutions Vendor confirms that our solutions are robust and scalable, and that our clients recognize the value of our service offering." To view a complete list of Efficiency First® Solution Certified Vendors, please visit efficiencyfirstdirectory.com. ABOUT AOTMPAOTMP is a global leader providing telecom management best practices and industry standards for organizations and the vendors who support them. Using information, data and analytics from thousands of telecom environments worldwide, AOTMP solutions help enterprises drive performance, efficiency and productivity while significantly reducing costs; and help telecom vendors provide a new level of value to their customers. AOTMP’s business solutions are based on its patented Efficiency First® Framework methodology. For more information, visit aotmp.com. ABOUT ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT Since its inception in 1998, Alliance Communications Management serves as an outsourcing firm focused exclusively on Telecommunications Lifecycle Management (TLM) and Telecommunications Expense Management (TEM). Alliance provides clients with telecommunications management resources and processes required in today's complex telecommunications environment including: consolidation of invoices from multiple carriers to simplify A/P processes, resolution of service issues with carriers, optimization of wireless rate plans/pools, strategic contract negotiation, management of the deployment of services across your sites, and implementation of turnkey telecommunications management systems. For more information, visit: AllianceManaged.com.CONTACT: MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Lori Wildman
Senior Marketing Manager, AOTMP
Tel: +1.317.275.7206
media@aotmp.com
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Novatel Wireless Delivers “Ignite” Bundle to Connected Retail Businesses, with Service Powered by T-Mobile
All-in-one connectivity solution removes complexity and reduces cost IoT Enabled Connected Retail Market to grow at a CAGR of 21% by 2022* SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novatel Wireless, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIFI), a leading global provider of solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) including software-as-a-service (SaaS) today announced Ignite™, a bundled connectivity solution to benefit retail businesses that rely on wireless connections for digital applications in their stores, together with T-Mobile (Nasdaq:TMUS), America’s Un-carrier. Retail businesses need the flexibility and control to easily deploy and manage their connected-store operations, such as digital signage, kiosks, vending machines and point of sale. Unfortunately, the connectivity piece can be costly and confusing. Developed and managed by Novatel Wireless, with service powered by T-Mobile’s network, Ignite is a simple, out-of-the-box solution that solves a common problem for businesses – purchasing and managing wireless technology pieces from multiple vendors. With Ignite, Novatel Wireless provides all the pieces needed for the retailer’s connectivity, including device cloud management platform, hardware, and support – combined with the power of T-Mobile’s network to deliver data service – in one package. Customers can get the bundle, with data, for a straight-forward, $40 monthly rate per unit. “Businesses want to take advantage of the connected retail environments but the time and expense for them to sort through all the pieces is seemingly more effort than it's worth,” said Michael Cote, vice president, Sales at Novatel Wireless. “This is why the success of IoT weighs heavily on partnerships and we’re making the adoption of it easier with T-Mobile. By giving customers a straight-forward bundled solution with a single point of contact – we’re taking the hassle and the upfront costs out of the entire process for them.” Novatel Wireless’ Ignite, with service powered by T-Mobile, not only solves fragmentation and pricey a-la-carte costs, it also delivers a secure and reliable wireless failover solution for business continuity. Uptime in the retail world is critical. If an outage occurs, connected applications can become useless and can result in a loss of productivity, damaged reputation, and ultimately, loss of revenue. Retailers know this pain, to the tune of billions of dollars annually, but the cost to implement a simple well-structured system that also delivers business continuity can be overwhelming both logistically and financially. With Ignite, retailers receive confidence that a business continuity system is in place. “Our Un-carrier movement is all about solving customer pain points and in today’s world of connected devices, that also means helping fix what’s broken with the carrier’s IoT solutions,” said Doug Chartier, senior vice president, IoT, Wholesale and National Retail at T-Mobile. “Ignite combines Novatel Wireless’ IoT integration and management expertise with T-Mobile’s blazing-fast LTE wireless coverage that reaches almost every American – eliminating the wild card for businesses assessing the costs of implementing an IoT solution. Pain point, solved.” The retail industry is an important vertical for cellular machine-to-machine connectivity. Cellular technology enables devices such as POS terminals, digital signage, vending machines and ATMs to be used at locations where fixed line connectivity is unavailable or impractical. According to San Francisco-based analyst firm, Grand View Research, the worldwide connected retail market will reach $53.75 billion by 2022, a nearly fivefold increase over the $11.17 billion spent in 2014. That market includes applications that depend on wireless machine-to-machine cellular connections. For additional information about Ignite visit https://ignite.novatelwireless.com Footnote: “Connected Retail Market Analysis By Solution (Hardware, Software), Technology (ZigBee, Wi-Fi,
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FairPoint Communications Upgrades Broadband Service in 38 Towns Across Vermont
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 31, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FairPoint Communications1 (Nasdaq:FRP) is pleased to announce the completion of broadband expansion projects in 38 towns in Vermont. As a result of these upgrades, faster broadband speeds are available to approximately 39,250 locations in these communities – including some addresses for the first time. “Broadband is an essential tool in our daily lives,” said Beth Fastiggi, FairPoint’s Vermont state president. “We know Vermonters want fast, reliable broadband service to help families connect, students learn, and businesses compete. FairPoint's upgrades can make a big impact, especially for those who live and work in rural Vermont. It is rewarding to know that these direct investments made by FairPoint and implemented by our dedicated employees will offer more advanced broadband access to our customers and play an important role in improving the quality of life in these communities.” As a result of this upgrade project, more residents and businesses can quickly e-mail photos, download music, stream video, and surf the Internet in the following communities: ArlingtonHalifaxSheldonBarreHardwickSouth BurlingtonBerlinLondonderry StoweBethelMarlboroTroyBrandonNewarkUnderhillBrattleboroNorth HeroVernonBrookfieldPittsfordWashingtonBurlingtonPoultneyWaterburyColchesterRandolphWest WindsorDerby LineReadingWestfordDorsetRiptonWillistonEssex Junction RochesterWindsorGuilfordShelburne Since April 2008, FairPoint has invested more than $900 million in its communications infrastructure and technology to bring broadband to northern New England, including building thousands of miles of new fiber optic network across the region. FairPoint’s fiber-based, high capacity network offers customers a better, faster way to communicate. To find out more details, including Internet service speed eligibility, information about prices and bundled plans, or to schedule a professional installation of services, residential consumers can call 1-866.984.2001 and business customers can call 1-866.984.3001. About FairPoint Communications, Inc. FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRP) provides advanced data, voice and video technologies to single and multi-site businesses, public and private institutions, consumers, wireless companies and wholesale re-sellers in 17 states. Leveraging an owned, fiber-based Ethernet network — with more than 21,000 route miles of fiber, including approximately 17,000 route miles of fiber in northern New England — FairPoint has the network coverage, scalable bandwidth and transport capacity to support enhanced applications, including the next generation of mobile and cloud-based communications, such as small cell wireless backhaul technology, voice over IP, data center colocation services, managed services and disaster recovery. For more information, visit www.FairPoint.com. ____________________________1 Services are provided through operating subsidiaries of FairPoint Communications, Inc.CONTACT: Contact:
Angelynne Beaudry
802-951-1524
aamores@fairpoint.com
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Getting the telecommunications network set up is only half the job – managing the telecommunications network to maintain the highest quality is another story
Mike Serrano, senior manager of service provider solutions for NETSCOUT discusses how the 30 year old company established itself from the beginning of the IP era to Don Witt of The Channel Daily News from Telecom Reseller. He continues indicating how they look at every packet rolling up the results to the dashboard for the telephony network manager. In this way, preemptive information can be provided about problems which are about to occur. This is a major step forward in a carriers attempt to achieve the elusive five nine status.
What they do
Today’s corporate enterprise is a rich and complex array of applications, services, software, and hardware. Your business and reputation rely on the “Always up” availability of these systems and services. At NETSCOUT, they are in the business of keeping all of those discrete pieces running in harmony and without interruption.
How they do it
They watch, listen and learn. With more than 30 years of research and innovation into network operations, NETSCOUT has developed the unique ability to capture, order, and analyze all of their customer’s network traffic in real time. While this may seem like a tall order, and it is, they feel it is the only way to provide customers deep insight into the overall health and well-being of their enterprise and telephony Network.
The world leader in application and network and telecommunications performance management products and solutions.
Their customers are not just committed to delivering innovative business services—they are committed to delivering the highest quality user experience possible, and so is NETSCOUT. For more than three decades, they have been focused on unlocking the power concealed in network data to help customers get in front of problems before they become problems. They provide the highest level of service assurance across the most demanding and complex IT and Service Provider environments.
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Cloud Communications Alliance Set To Meet In Amsterdam
Just before communications professionals gather for European VoIP Summit in Amsterdam, the members of the Cloud Communications Alliance (CCA) will hold their European meeting. The CCA event will be held at the THE COLLEGE HOTEL, Roelof Hartstraat in Amsterdam on October 10. In this podcast, Rob Kurver, CCA's Europe VP, walks us through the afternoon and evening summit. Kurver tells us about presentations from Mike Quinn, QAdvisors, on the changing landscape of mergers and acquisitions in Europe and panel discussions on topics ranging from Skype for Business to the changing scene in managed services in the UCaaS environment. Kurver also outlines unique networking opportunities that the intimate CCA meetings often provide.
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magicJack Confirms Receipt of Director Nominations
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. and NETANYA, Israel, Sept. 01, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- magicJack VocalTec Ltd. (Nasdaq:CALL) (“magicJack” or the “Company”), a leading VoIP cloud-based communications and UCaaS company, today confirmed that Kanen Wealth Management LLC (“Kanen”) has delivered notice to the Company of its intention to nominate seven director candidates for election to magicJack’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. magicJack’s shareholders are not required to take any action at this time. The Board will review Kanen’s proposed nominees in accordance with magicJack’s corporate governance policies and the Board’s fiduciary duties under Israeli law, as with any nominees for election to the Company’s Board. The Board will postpone the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, previously scheduled for October 7, 2016, pending the completion of such review and schedule a new meeting date as promptly as practicable. The Board will present its recommendation with respect to the election of directors in its proxy statement, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to all shareholders eligible to vote at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Vinson & Elkins LLP, Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. and Akerman LLP are serving as legal counsel to magicJack. About magicJack VocalTec Ltd. magicJack VocalTec Ltd. (Nasdaq:CALL), the inventor of magicJack and a pioneer in Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and services, is a leading cloud communications company. With its easy-to-use, low cost solution for telecommunications, the Company has sold more than 11 million award-winning magicJack devices, which is now in its fifth generation, has millions of downloads of its free calling apps, and holds more than 30 technology patents. magicJack is the largest-reaching CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) in the United States in terms of area codes available and number of states in which it is certified. In March 2016, magicJack VocalTec Ltd. acquired Broadsmart, a leading hosted UCaaS (Unified Communication as a Service) provider for medium-to-large multi-location enterprise customers. Broadsmart has a track record of designing, provisioning and delivering complex UCaaS solutions to blue chip corporate customers on a nationwide basis. Broadsmart has expertise in servicing enterprises with hundreds-to-thousands of locations. Important Additional Information The Company, its directors and certain of its executive officers are participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Company intends to file a proxy statement and white proxy card with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with any such solicitation of proxies from the Company’s shareholders. SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ SUCH PROXY STATEMENT, ACCOMPANYING WHITE PROXY CARD AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Information regarding the ownership of the Company’s directors and executive officers in Company stock, restricted stock and options is included in our SEC filings on Forms 3, 4, and 5, which can be found through the Company’s website www.magicjack.com in the section “Investors” or through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information can also be found in the Company’s other SEC filings, including the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 2015. Updated information regarding the identity of potential participants, and their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the definitive proxy statement and other materials to be filed with the SEC in connection with the 2016...
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Tier 1 IP Network
by Gary Audin
Do you need a strong international network? Should you look for a domestic provider with international connections or an international provider with domestic connections? There are many wrinkles when you have to deal with the variations encountered in international services. Rules are different. Regulations are different. There can be limitations on how a network is configured and what traffic it can carry.
Gina Nomellini, Chief Marketing Officer at GTT www.gtt.net and Gary Audin recorded this podcast at the Channel Partners conference. The GTT network is one of the top five Tier 1 networks in the world. Gina explains the advantages derived from working with a Tier 1 provider. She discusses the growth of international SIP trunking. She also presents arguments for subscribing to services with integrated redundancy. All of this becomes very important as an enterprise deploys UC across multiple continents and countries borders.
GTT www.gtt.net provides multinationals with a better way to reach the cloud through its suite of cloud networking services, including wide area networking, Internet, managed services, and voice services. The company’s Tier 1 IP network, ranked in the top five worldwide, connects clients to any location in the world and any application in the cloud. GTT delivers an outstanding client experience by living its core values of simplicity, speed, and agility.
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IoT Analytics Emerges As Opportunity For Service Providers
IoT is one of those terms that is so vague and abstract that it's not yet seen either an opportunity or perhaps a necessity. Like many emergent technological ideas, IoT may well end up delivering a set of solutions and services that emerge in a way very different than originally conceived. But as communications becomes a service delivered over the cloud, one company is already offering a solid economic and practical model. Tellient, a company recognized by CIO review as one of the fifty promising IoT providers, delivers IoT analytics, basically an insight that goes well beyond typical web traffic reporting.
Tellient is delivering that type of insight into the behavior of people that are customers or potential customers of a company are available to even relatively small firms. In this podcast, Tellient Co-Founder Tristan Barnum walks us through the basics of IoT analytics and how IoT analytics are connected to UC, UCaaS and other communications methods. Barnum also outlines how the field is an emerging opportunity for managed service providers. In a crowded cloud communications field, providing this level of information an affordable basis to customers, can allow a carrier to differentiate their offerings. Barnum also discusses other applications, even at the LAN level.
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