Verizon Business now has a Master Unified Communication Specialization from Cisco meaning the service provider has fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco Unified Communications (UC) solutions. The reseller also achieved Cisco's Master Security Specialization and Advanced Data Center Networking Infrastructure Specialization in Europe
"As the only U.S.-based global service provider to achieve both Master UC and Master Security specializations, we can deliver some of the most secure, integrated solutions available today," said Anthony Recine, vice president of network and communications solutions marketing for Verizon Business. "The powerful combination of Verizon's network-based VoIP services and Cisco's UC platform - together with our professional consulting expertise - is enabling better business processes and productivity for our customers while assembling the building blocks to provide cloud-based unified communications as a service."
To get certifications, companies must meet certain training expertise for sales, technical and service capabilities. They must also submit referrals from customers that document Cisco-prescribed design and deployment styles are being followed by the reseller.
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Small- and medium-sized businesses are moving to VoIP and other IP communications with rapid speed, and Verizon has joined the movement by offering some specifically targeted VoIP and internet packages.
Verizon's Global Wholesale division is offering three new packages to wholesales with the first being a combination of Verizon's SIP Gateway Service with its router hardware which will give wholesale customers an easy way to get SMBs into the VoIP game fast. Verizon has also launched the Internet Dedicated T1 which will combine discounted services with hardware--a 30 or more user connection for transmitting high-volume email, files, and web hosting. Heavy data users will benefit from Verizon's third offering called Internet Dedicated Ethernet which will provide discounted ethernet bundled with a Samsung iBG1000.
"By creating new VoIP and Internet packages that include both services and hardware, we're giving our wholesale customers new ways to support their small- and medium-sized business customers in a time when every nickel and every efficiency counts toward success," said Quintin Lew, senior vice president of marketing for Verizon Global Wholesale in a release. "Our goal continues to be to arm our wholesale customers with the tools that help them to help small and medium-sized businesses succeed."
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Companies that use Macs rejoice! Telepresence, video, and voice communications provider, Polycom announced that its Polycom CMA Desktop video collaboration app now supports OS X.
Polycom CMA Desktop for Mac OS X offers high quality video and voice communication as well as seamless interoperability with the existing Polycom CMA Desktop for Windows, and a number of other standards-based telepresence systems on the market.
"Polycom CMA Desktop sets a new standard for flexibility, performance and interoperability for desktop video collaboration and we are happy to deliver on customer demand, particularly in the education, healthcare, creative services and entertainment markets, for Mac OS X support," said Joe Sigrist, senior vice president and general manager of video solutions at Polycom in a release.
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Time Warner Cable has decided its time to leave Sprint's services behind and strike out on its own with voice service. While cable companies have long had wholesale agreements with certain carriers, as competition heats up some are looking for ways to bring these lucrative services in house.
A report by Craig Moffett of Bernstein Research revealed that Sprint's contract with Time Warner Cable "equates to about $5 per subscriber per month in unadjusted earnings, or about $249 million a year." TWC has over 4 million subscribers using the Sprint system for digital voice service.
Time Warner Cable spokesman Justin Venech would not confirm the exact date when this transition will be completed or what TWC pays Sprint for this service, but some sources say it will be within the next four years. "It improves our economics, but it will take several years to complete," Venech said.
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