@Link Networks Names Southwestern Division President; Telecom Industry Veteran Brings Experience to Drive Regional Growth.Business Editors BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2000 Integrated communications provider @Link Networks, Inc. today announced that it has appointed Andy Buffington as the company's Southwestern Division President, marking the company's preparation to aggressively blanket tier one, two and three markets across the southwest in year 2000 with @Link's high-speed private networking and other broadband services for small- and medium-sized businesses. The move follows the recent additions of Chief Information Officer William White William White may refer to: Politics
"Great talent brings great results. Once again, @Link has succeeded in bringing aboard a leader with a depth of experience and a proven track record in telecommunications operations, technology, and most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , effectively meeting customer needs," said Hank Carabelli, @Link President and COO. "Andy has been highly successful in driving market expansion throughout his career. These are strengths that will be integral in leading @Link's aggressive growth and expansion across our target markets in the Southwest." As @Link's Southwestern Division President, Buffington will be responsible for @Link's Southwestern states, which includes Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. He will oversee the expansion and launch of @Link's next-generation private network technology in markets such as Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Little Rock and Oklahoma City. He will maintain full responsibility for sales and operations in the Southwestern Division. Buffington joins @Link from DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative) An umbrella term for a suite of Microsoft products that help manage the Windows environment in large enterprises. DSI was introduced in 2003. Communications, the start-up Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) ) division of Data Security, Inc. As CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DSI Communications, he piloted all sales, marketing and operations tactics and was successful in building a network of more than 900 resellers throughout the Southwest. Prior to that, Buffington worked on a national market expansion effort for Virtual Network Company, a voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) CLEC. In his role as leader of that company's operations group, he established the processes and procedures for provisioning, customer service and information systems in a 32-market deployment of a VoIP ATM Network. @Link's aggressive deployment plan includes servicing markets in 14 states by the end of 2000. Other states in which @Link is deploying its technology in the near future include, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan and Ohio. @Link recently launched services in the Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee regional markets, and has targeted the Detroit area as the site of the next network deployment. Among Buffington's first measures to generate awareness of @Link was securing exclusive sponsorship of the 27th Annual @Link Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Games, which took place June 24 at The Ballpark in Arlington, Texas. Buffington received his B.S. and M.B.A. from Texas State University at Southwest Texas. He was one of the co-founders of the University Bobcat bobcat: see lynx. bobcat Bobtailed, long-legged North American cat (Lynx rufus) found in forests and deserts from southern Canada to southern Mexico. It is a close relative of the lynx and caracal. Club. He has served on the Board of Directors of the University Alumni Association and the University Athletic Association The University Athletic Association (UAA), also known as "The Nerdy Nine", is an athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division III. . About @Link Networks @Link Networks, formerly Dakota Services, was founded in 1997 and specializes in broadband data and communications solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses. @Link is a leading provider of secure, high-speed private network solutions and other data and communications services including video and, soon, voice, via access technologies such as Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ). @Link is building a next-generation packet-switched network utilizing an Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) backbone and advanced switching capabilities that enables the company to offer its business customers extensive Quality of Service and Class of Service capabilities, including highly customized broadband solutions and iron-clad service level agreements and performance guarantees. |
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