BellSouth Offers Business Seminars for Customers Throughout Southeast.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2003 Half-Day Programs in over Twenty Cities Focus on Data Technology Education through Roundtable Discussions Featuring Industry Analysts and BellSouth Executives BellSouth (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. ) announced today that it is teaming with Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. to conduct a series of data solutions seminars for business customers throughout the Southeast. The seminars are designed to highlight BellSouth's data capabilities in direct support of the company's focus on providing BellSouth Answers(TM) for Business. These programs are designed to help educate executives on the critical impact of data solutions to their core business and highlight solutions that BellSouth can provide for customers in the small and medium business (SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. ) market, as well as large enterprises. "Businesses in the Southeast understand that data solutions are empowering their competitors with enhanced capabilities and want to understand how technology can directly impact the bottom line," said Joan Kratz, vice president of marketing for BellSouth Business. "BellSouth's data seminars give companies the opportunity to ask questions and get the answers needed to elevate el·e·vate tr.v. ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates 1. To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift. 2. To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of. 3. business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets to the next level." BellSouth delivers complete communications solutions for businesses by listening to the needs of its customers and has developed the seminars to provide an open forum for feedback, in addition to providing information on specific capabilities. The seminars include industry overviews from leading analyst firms including Forrester, IDC and Schaaf, Inc., but the majority of the program is dedicated to solution breakout sessions and roundtable discussions, allowing customers the opportunity to ask questions and interact directly with BellSouth technology experts. The half-day sessions are designed in two different formats to better meet the needs of BellSouth customers. One format focuses on the large enterprise customers and features breakout sessions that address specific needs of vertical markets including: -- SMB customers - www.bellsouth.com/business/te chevent -- Large enterprise customers - www.bellsouth.com/business/2t echevent The second format focuses on the small and medium businesses and addresses the following topics in the breakout sessions: -- Communications Convergence -- Network Virtual Private Networking (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) -- Security and the Internet -- Long Distance Data Transport The seminars feature the Cisco AVVID AVVID Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (Cisco) AVVID Architecture for Voice Video and Integrated Data Express at both the large enterprise and SMB sessions in select cities. The AVVID Express is an interactive truck that provides customers with a hands-on experience of the capabilities enabled by Cisco's AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data) solution, one of the services utilized as part of BellSouth's data portfolio through the BellSouth-Cisco strategic alliance. As part of its data strategy, BellSouth teams with industry-leading innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. , leveraging additional competencies to provide best-in-class solutions to businesses. BellSouth is an innovator in data services and has invested over $36 billion in its network in the last decade to allow the company to meet the comprehensive needs of its customers. The company continues to evolve its network through strategic investments in order to enable next generation capabilities. BellSouth has a portfolio of data solutions that address the requirements of businesses, regardless of size, and offers them complete end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. . This includes not only network services, but also customer premises equipment See CPE. , management, maintenance, long distance and service level agreements. BellSouth has a suite of 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 for customers that require outsourced expertise or it can provide highly reliable transport services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model. for customers that have the resources to manage their own networks in-house. The breadth of BellSouth capabilities ensures that customers can address their data solutions requirement from a single provider. The complete BellSouth data seminar schedule is as follows:
SMB Sessions
Augusta, GA February 13
Columbus, GA February 14
Jackson, MS February 18
Birmingham, AL February 20
Louisville, KY February 24
Nashville, TN February 26
Charlotte, NC February 28
Raleigh, NC March 3
Jacksonville, FL March 5
Ft. Lauderdale, FL March 10
Baton Rouge, LA March 13
New Orleans, LA March 14
Shreveport, LA March 17
Savannah, GA March 19
Miami, FL March 20
Jacksonville, FL March 27
Macon, GA April 1
Atlanta, GA April 4
Montgomery, AL April 8
Huntsville, AL April 10
Tampa, FL April 23
Gainesville, FL April 24
Pensacola, FL April 29
Columbia, SC May 6
Memphis, TN May 13
Large Enterprise Sessions
Birmingham, AL February 20
Louisville, KY February 24
Nashville, TN February 26
Charlotte, NC February 28
Raleigh, NC March 3
Jacksonville, FL March 5
Orlando, FL March 6
Ft. Lauderdale, FL March 10
Miami, FL March 11
New Orleans, LA March 14
To register for upcoming seminar dates, customers are invited to visit the following Web sites: -- SMB customers - www.bellsouth.com/business/te chevent -- Large enterprise customers - www.bellsouth.com/business/2t echevent About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications services company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, serving more than 44 million customers in 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. and 14 other countries. Consistently recognized for customer satisfaction, BellSouth provides a full array of broadband data solutions to large, medium and small businesses. In the residential market, BellSouth offers 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 high-speed Internet See broadband. access, advanced voice features and other services. BellSouth also offers long distance service throughout its markets, serving both business and residential customers. The company's BellSouth Answers(SM) package combines local and long distance service with an array of calling features; wireless data, voice and e-mail services See Internet e-mail service. ; and high-speed DSL or dial-up Internet service. BellSouth also provides online and directory advertising services through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(SM)and The Real Yellow Pages(R). BellSouth owns 40 percent of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second largest wireless company, which provides innovative data and voice services. |
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