Belkin Components and Service Essentials.com Enter Into a Strategic Alliance to Provide Computer Telephony Solutions.Business Editors COMPTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 Belkin Components, the leading manufacturer of premise wiring and cabling infrastructure for LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and WAN connectivity solutions, today announced that it will join forces with Service Essentials.com, a systems integrator of telephony solutions, to provide COM2001.com's InternetPBX(TM), a Windows-based telecommunications and convergence solutions package, to the corporate and enterprise business marketplace. "This alliance allows the Belkin Network Installations Division to engage in the telecommunications market by leveraging technical expertise, co-marketing, sales and customer support, and business development activities with Service Essentials.com," stated Larry Humphrey, vice president -- installations, Belkin Components. "Our desire, here, is to share information and resources. This represents an important step towards providing better computer telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration solutions for our customers," he added. A convergence service group will be developed to ensure the success of providing these open platform products and services for the expanding telecommunications market. Additionally, Voice over IP (VoIP) will be utilized between the Belkin Components site in Compton and the Service Essentials.com site in Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif. This will remove any toll restrictions related to long distance dialing between the two sites. "We are extremely pleased to be working with Belkin Components because together, we can deliver a turnkey advanced industry leading InternetPBX(TM) solution for corporate and enterprise customers," stated John Spousta Jr., partner, Service Essentials.com. "The importance of server-based communications solutions includes the need to integrate and manage voice and data resources. Combine that with VoIP technology, which the InternetPBX(TM) provides, and you have a rich feature set," he added. Details about the InternetPBX(TM) COM2001.com's InternetPBX(TM) provides an 88-extension full feature communication server that interacts with Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. . The InternetPBX(TM) provides unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. to your Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook Inbox, which combines voice mail, e-mail, fax mail, and the speech recognizing personal assistant that provides find-me/follow-me capabilities. The InternetPBX(TM) runs under Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT(TM) and is scalable to 144 ports per server and over 1,440 ports per standard 19" rack when using multiple servers. "We selected Service Essentials.com to sell, service, and support our InternetPBX(TM) product in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, because of their reputation for responsiveness, their in-depth knowledge of the entire universe of voice and data integration, their excellent customer service, and their knowledge of the intricacies of networking telephone systems," stated David Perez, president of COM2001.com. "Service Essentials.com combines the technical and service expertise with an outstanding ability to educate and demonstrate to customers just how communications solutions like the InternetPBX(TM) can benefit a company's bottom line," he added. Belkin Components is the leading manufacturer of computer cables, surge protectors and Uninterruptible Power Supply See UPS. (hardware) Uninterruptible Power Supply - (UPS) A battery powered power supply unit that is guaranteed to provide power to a computer in the event of interruptions in the incoming mains electrical power. (UPS), Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) connectivity devices, FireWire(R) digital video editing and connectivity products, LAN and peripheral sharing devices, high-quality audio/video cables, and cellular/PCS and computer accessories. Belkin products are available through a network of major distributors, resellers and superstores. For more information, call 1-800-2BELKIN, or visit the company's Web site at www.belkin.com. Service Essentials.com is the leading system integrator and authorized Value Added Reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). (VAR) for the award winning computer telephony solution InternetPBX(TM) from COM2001.com. The company is located in Newport Beach. For more information or to schedule a local demonstration, contact John Spousta, partner, at 949/251-1318, ext. 2006, or Camilla Soderblom, director of Marketing & Business Development, at 949/251-1318, ext. 3026. To visit the company Web site, see www.servicessentials.com. COM2001.com was founded in 1994 and is a leader in Internet and computer telephony products and services. The company's award-winning InternetPBX(TM) provides businesses of all sizes with "anytime, anywhere" access to a full-featured, standards-based, factory-integrated and unified messaging system that improves customer service while reducing costs and simplifying system administration. The company is based in San Diego. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.COM2001.com. |
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