Equinox and AccessLine Become a Big Voice in Europe; Equinox and AccessLine Communications Bring Hosted Communications Services to U.K. and Continental Europe.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2001 Equinox equinox (ē`kwĭnŏks), either of two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect. The vernal equinox, also known as "the first point of Aries," is the point at which the sun appears to cross the Solutions Through Partnership, one of the fastest-growing service providers in the United Kingdom, has announced that it will be partnering with AccessLine Communications Corporation, a hosted communications provider, to include hosted communications services in Equinox's Converged Service Provision (CSP (1) (Certified Systems Professional) An earlier award for successful completion of an ICCP examination in systems development. See ICCP. (2) (Commerce Service P ) model. These services will include 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. , Single Number and Conferencing. Equinox will deploy AccessLine's hosted services and act as its U.K. partner for switch maintenance, management and first line support. AccessLine's alliance with Equinox will bring hosted communications services to carriers, 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 enterprises in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and, at times, peninsulas. . CSP is a trailblazing trail·blaz·ing adj. Suggestive of one that blazes a trail; setting out in a promising new direction; pioneering or innovative: trailblazing research; a trailblazing new technique. model developed by Equinox to deliver tightly integrated technological, service provision, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and integration skills. It brings together a number of service providers with specialist competencies to deliver a solution that meets business needs. These services are delivered under agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA's) which are harmonised Adj. 1. harmonised - involving or characterized by harmony consonant, harmonical, harmonized, harmonic harmonious - musically pleasing and converged by Equinox. This approach reduces the procurement, legal and contract management costs for their clients, as well as protecting them from the risk of poorly defined support resulting from disjointed SLA's and terms of contract. As well as providing hosted communications services via the established Converged Service Provision Model, Equinox will also offer the services independently. "Technology partnerships are an integral part of success in building digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. strategies. Equinox is a pioneer in delivering communications solutions, and we are very happy to offer AccessLine's leading-edge hosted voice services to our clients," says Duncan Crook, managing director of Equinox Solutions. "Providing hosted voice communications through our Converged Service Provision model will greatly enhance our competitiveness in the U.K. and European markets." The hosted communication services features are provided by Equinox within a fully resilient telecommunication grade switch infrastructure and include Centrex functionality, advanced hosted voicemail, conference calling, auto-attendant services, mobility services and unified communications. AccessLine has been offering hosted communication services throughout the United States since 1998, to companies such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is the largest futures exchange in the United States and the second largest exchange in the world for the trading of futures and options on futures. , Exodus, PeopleSoft and Sun Microsystems. With AccessLine, these companies have established nationwide communication systems that eliminate the costs and limitations of legacy-based PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). systems. AccessLine's partnership with Equinox and expansion into Europe will make these services available to multinational and European companies. Ian Widger, president and chief executive officer of AccessLine states: "Our goal has always been to make hosted voice services available globally, and providing hosted voice communications to the U.K. is the first step in the fulfillment of this objective. Beginning with our Equinox alliance, we're executing on our European expansion strategy to target European and multinational customers seeking the scalability and cost-savings advantages of hosted communications." Equinox Solutions Through Partnership Limited is a leading Converged Service Provision (CSP) solutions provider offering managed integrated communications, applications, Internet and business process solutions to enterprises, multi-tenanted buildings, ISPs, ASPs and Carriers. The company has over 200 clients using its services. With cumulative growth of over 400% over the last four years, Equinox is one of the fastest-growing companies in this industry sector in the United Kingdom. The Company enjoys a human asset of over 120 people and has offices in five locations. The Company has headquarters in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. For more information please visit www.equinoxsolutions.com. AccessLine Communications Corporation is a hosted communications provider offering a range of hosted communication and voice services to enterprises, emerging telecommunications companies and technology partners. AccessLine's hosted communications services give businesses the scalability they need to grow and compete in the fast-paced global economy and the flexibility of hosted communications that reduce ongoing capital investment. AccessLine is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., with investments from Goldman Sachs, Sun Microsystems, Venrock Associates, Gabriel Venture Partners and Chase H&Q. For more information please visit www.accessline.com. |
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