Brix Networks Expands Government Market Sales and Support Team; Kevin Grady Named Federal Sales Director By Growing VoIP Service Assurance Vendor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FOSE FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition 2004 CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2004 Brix Networks (www.brixnet.com), the trusted provider of real-time service assurance solutions to operators of service-centric networks, today announced it has expanded its government market sales and support team with the hiring of Kevin Grady Kevin Lee Grady, Jr. (born June 24, 1986 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American football running back for the University of Michigan. High school career During high school, Grady was a four-year varsity starter at East Grand Rapids High School. as the growing company's federal sales director. He reports to Charles Giambalvo, the company's vice president of worldwide sales and services. Based in McLean, Virginia McLean is an unincorporated community located in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. A small geographic area along Chain Bridge Road in Arlington County has a 22101 zip code and is also part of McLean. , Grady is responsible for managing all the sales activities involving Brix Networks' federal government customers and prospects. Grady joins Brix most recently from Concord Communications where for the past three years he served as mid-Atlantic sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → . He previously was the sales director at BulkRegister.com. During the course of his 18-year career, Grady has also held various sales and sales executive positions at Safenet, 3Com, Netrix, and British Telecom/Tymnet. "Kevin is a solid addition to the Brix government sales and support team, and his demonstrated success in developing fruitful relationships with customers will enable us to build on the solid foundation we already have in place in this market." Current Brix federal government customers include the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA 1. (body) DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association. ), the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Marines. Brix Partners with Scientific Devices at FOSE Grady and Brix are participating at the FOSE 2004 show being held this week at the Washington Convention Center The Washington Convention Center has been the name of two convention centers in Washington, D.C. The old Washington Convention Center was located at 909 H Street NW and was in use from 1983 until 2004. , Washington, D.C., March 23-25, in partner company Scientific Devices' booth number 1141. "Brix has developed the first comprehensive suite of technologies, products, and services to fully solve complex service level management problems, particularly in the area of VoIP performance monitoring," said Victor Alavi, president of sales and operations in the network IP solutions group, at Scientific Devices (www.scientificdevices.com), a Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , New Jersey-based distributor of test and measurement equipment. Brix Solutions Explained The award-winning Brix System improves the overall effectiveness of networks, and allows organizations to maximize their investment in -- and increase the value of -- all their business-critical IP services. It consists of a family of purpose-built hardware appliances -- including the Brix 100(TM) Verifier, Brix 1000(TM) Verifier, and Brix 2500(TM) Verifier - or software Brix Verifier Agents that are pervasively deployed throughout a network and are tightly coupled See tight coupling. with either the service provider-focused BrixWorx(TM) or enterprise-oriented BrixMon(TM) central-site software and related optional test suites. Featuring its unique Brix Tri-Q(TM) Analysis, the Brix System provides total VoIP service testing across each of the areas that impact users' experience of quality, namely: signaling quality (signaling path performance), delivery quality (media transport performance), and call quality (overall call experience and voice clarity). The Brix System improves the overall effectiveness of networks, and allows organizations to maximize their investment in -- and increase the value of -- all their business-critical IP services. In addition to Scientific Devices, Brix service assurance products are also offered to government agencies via Compass Computer Services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. (www.compasscomputer.com), Northrop Grumman Information Technology (www.it.northropgrumman.com/index.asp), and Technica Corporation (www.technicacorp.com). About Brix Networks Founded in July 1999, Brix Networks develops and markets real-time service assurance and performance management solutions that verify the quality of advanced, Internet Protocol-based services, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video, and Virtual Private Network (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. ) access. The Chelmsford, Mass.-based company's offerings allow carriers, service providers, cable operators, large enterprises, and government agencies to build, operate, and assure their IP networks and services by providing proactive, end-to-end, service level management (SLM See service level management system and spatial light modulator. ) and service level agreement (SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. ) verification. Additional information about Brix Networks can be found on the company's Web site at www.brixnet.com, and by calling 978-367-5600, or 1-888-BRIXNET. Brix Networks, Brix, the Brix Networks logo, Brix 100, Brix 1000, Brix 2500, BrixWorx, BrixMon, Brix Tri-Q, and Brixnet are trademarks of Brix Networks, Inc. All other company or product names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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