Allworx and Cbeyond Partner to Provide Interoperability between Allworx' Hardware and Cbeyond's SIP Trunking Service, BeyondVoice with SIPconnect.Partnership Provides Business Class Voice Quality, Extensive Calling Features and Significant Cost Savings to Small and Medium Businesses EAST ROCHESTER East Rochester is the name of the following places in the United States:
Cbeyond delivers integrated packages of communications and IT services to more than 31,000 small businesses across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Its BeyondVoice with SIPconnect service is an integrated package of local and long-distance voice, high-speed Internet See broadband. and mobile services. Allworx' award-winning IP-PBX/Key systems and SIP-phones provide true key system functionality critical to SMBs transitioning to next generation IP phone systems at an industry leading price point. Together, the two companies are leveraging the SIPconnect specification to ensure a consistent quality of service, low cost and full-featured telephony for SIP-based VoIP calls. They are also training and supporting a mutual set of channel partners to meet the communications and IT needs of small and medium sized businesses across the United States. Allworx combined with Cbeyond's BeyondVoice with SIPconnect service provides businesses -- requiring as few as four SIP trunks -- with cost-effective Direct Inward Dial (DID) capabilities; high quality voice services; and reliable service and support. Channel partners are leveraging this solution to deliver on-premise equipment and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality that include: T1 connections for Internet and email; local and long distance calling; mobile and BlackBerry[R] services; and applications such as virus protection, spam blocking, firewalls, secure back up, file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. , VPNs, and fax-to-email services. "Our relationship with Allworx is beneficial on multiple levels, because we're making our joint customers happy by meeting their communications and IT needs more effectively, and we're also simplifying the installation process for channel partners, while increasing their annuity streams," said Chris Gatch, chief technology officer for Cbeyond. "For our channel partners, time is money, and getting users up and running quickly is paramount," said George E. Daddis, chief executive officer for Allworx Corp. "By combining our turn-key servers and QoS solutions with Cbeyond's services, many of our channel partners have been able to complete robust installations in an hour, a task that once took days to complete. Beyond the install, our combined offerings reduce customer churn, ensuring the long-lasting engagements that strengthen the channel partner's bottom line." About Allworx Corp. Allworx Corp is comprised of two divisions. The Allworx Product Division develops award winning, phone & network systems for small-to-medium sized businesses through a network of Authorized Resellers. The product line includes the Allworx 6x, 10x and 24x systems and Allworx 9112 and 9102 phones along with a series of software options. By combining the advanced features of today's VoIP systems with the key system features SMBs have grown to rely on, Allworx systems are ideal replacements for the millions of aging (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). and key phone systems in use today. Allworx Corp's second division, the Allworx Consulting Division, delivers elite software and digital hardware engineering services to both large and small companies who want to enhance and compliment their research and product development capabilities. About Cbeyond: Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CBEY CBEY Center for Business and the Environment at Yale ) is a leading IP-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of communications and IT services to more than 31,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Cbeyond offers more than 20 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet See broadband. , mobile, BlackBerry[R], broadband laptop access, voicemail, email, web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and virtual private networking. Cbeyond manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net. |
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