Black Box Recognized by CRN Magazine--2009 VAR 500.For the Eighth Year in a Row, Black Box Named a Top 100 IT Solution Provider PITTSBURGH -- Black Box Corporation (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 :BBOX), an industry-leading provider of voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions, announced today that it was named to VARBusiness magazine's (now CRN CRN Computer Reseller News CRN Crown CRN Council for Responsible Nutrition CRN Crane CRN Community Recycling Network CRN Course Reference Number CRN Center for Responsible Nanotechnology CRN Cornish (SIL code, UK) magazine) 2009 VAR 500. For the eighth year in a row, Black Box appears on the list in the Top 100 IT solution providers. The VAR 500 is the definitive list of the largest IT solution providers, system integrators, IT consultants, and services companies with headquarters in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , as measured by worldwide gross revenue. Black Box Network Services came in at number 88 with more than $1 billion in revenue. "Our continued presence in the VAR 500 is very gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. ," said Terry Blakemore, President and Chief Executive Officer of Black Box. "We are focused on executing our business model, which includes leveraging our single-source offering of voice communications, data infrastructure, and networking solutions. Our emphasis on increased client value and satisfaction is one of the keys to our success." Black Box offers the latest in voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions. Among the voice communications solutions are VoIP, unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. , and traditional telephony. Its start-to-finish data infrastructure services for new installations and system upgrades include structured cabling Structured Cabling is defined as building or campus telecommunications cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems. , data centers, and wired and wireless networks. The company also offers more than 118,000 products, including cabling, digital signage Digital signage is a form of out-of-home advertising in which content and messages displayed on an electronic screen, or digital sign, can be changed without modification to the physical sign, typically with the goal of delivering targeted messages to specific locations at and multimedia, and networking solutions. CRN (formerly VARBusiness) is a publication for integrating technology solutions. In the last 20 years, the term VAR, for Value-Added Reseller, has evolved to cover systems integrators, Web integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs), Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs), and other types of providers, as well as traditional hardware vendors. About Black Box Black Box is the world's largest technical services company dedicated to designing, building and maintaining today's complicated data and voice infrastructure systems. Black Box services 175,000 clients in 141 countries with 192 offices throughout the world. To learn more, visit the Black Box Web site at http://www.blackbox.com. Black Box[R] and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks of BB Technologies, Inc. Any third-party trademarks appearing in this press release are acknowledged to be the property of their respective owners. |
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