Cbeyond Named One of Georgia's Top Public Companies.Company Earned the Second-Highest Total Return in 2006 ATLANTA -- Cbeyond([R]), 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 ), a leading IP-based 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 provider to small businesses, ranked 16th on the Atlanta Journal Constitution's list of Georgia's top 100 public companies. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol ranked the list of the top 100 public companies based on five weighted variables: annual revenue, year-over-year revenue change, return on equity, annual change in profit margin in fiscal 2006 and total return on investment for calendar 2006. Cbeyond's stock price grew by more than 196 percent in 2006 placing it second among all Georgia public companies for the return-on-investment measure. Cbeyond's BeyondVoice[TM] offering is an integrated package of IP-based applications including local and long distance voice, broadband Internet See broadband. and mobile services delivered on one bill. Cbeyond customers can also tailor a plan to suit their needs, choosing from more than 20 productivity-enhancing applications such as BlackBerry[R], 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 and data backup. Cbeyond currently serves more than 29,000 small businesses and offers its services in eight cities throughout the United States. "We experienced great success in 2006 due in large part to the continued adoption of IP-based business solutions," said Jim Geiger, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cbeyond. "When we started Cbeyond in 1999, we expected the small business community would embrace affordable, IP-based solutions; today we are seeing that expectation come to reality." About Cbeyond Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading IP-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of communications and IT services to more than 29,000 small businesses in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles and San Diego. Cbeyond offers more than 20 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry[R], broadband laptop access, voicemail, email, web hosting, 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. CBEY-F CBEY-G |
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