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Alteva Cuts Jobs

The cuts come amid some other significant, recent changes for the UC provider. ...read more

Justifying Security Spending

This Business Value Toolbox video offers a number of tips to help businesses get a return on their security investment. ...read more

Targeting Vertical Markets w/ Cable

This Pulse Digital Issue highlights five industry sectors – financial services, health care, hospitality, restaurants and bars, and retail – that are ...read more

The Most Satisfying Cellphone Vendors

Are consumers finally turning against Apple? The maker of the iconic iPhone watched its customer-satisfaction score – according to the American ...read more

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FreeConference.Com Sold to iotum

iotum is acquiring all of the assets of Global Conference Partners. The deal also includes InstantConference.com, GlobalConference.com and several other international brands. ...More
May 15, 2013
Posted in News
MetTel Opens New Network Node in Chicago

MetTel already operates nodes in New York City, Dallas and Santa Clara, Calif. ...More
May 15, 2013
Posted in News
EarthLink TechCare Help Desk Earns SSAE 16 SOC Certification

SSAE 16 compliance means that EarthLink now can provide services to companies that have complex compliance and security requirements. ...More
May 15, 2013
Posted in News
UNSi Closes Airband Acquisition

The acquisition creates a $62 million company under the UNSi brand with primary operations in Dallas, Phoenix and Pittsburgh. ...More
May 15, 2013 By Khali Henderson
Posted in News, Ethernet/ MPLS
Catalyst Teams With EMC

Resellers now can pair EMC's storage with Avaya IP Office. ...More
May 15, 2013
Posted in News
Khali Henderson: Shopping for Information

Keep your customers from shopping around by shopping for information in the new Channel Partners Store. ...More
May 15, 2013 By Khali Henderson
Posted in Blog
Rewriting Your Marketing Message

This four-part series will share steps facilitating the evolution of the traditional business model — whether a telecom dealer, agent, IT VAR, or integrator. This third article addresses marketing. ...More
May 15, 2013
Posted in Articles
Lightyear No More: Birch To Buy 20-Year-Old Reseller

The Kentucky-based company, founded by Sherman J. Henderson III, soon will be a name relegated to the competitive telecom history books. Read more about severance-pay plans, the impact on agents and one analyst's thoughts on the Birch-Lightyear combination. ...More
May 15, 2013 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Step Aside, Level 3: Comcast, Time Warner Cable Now Seen as tw telecom Suitors

CenturyLink's name is also being tossed around as a potential buyer of tw telecom. ...More
May 15, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Rise of the Machines: Making Money in M2M

By 2020, Gartner estimates there will be more than 30 billion "things" with more than 200 billion connections, presenting an opportunity for the channel in the machine-to-machine communications. ...More
May 15, 2013 By Khali Henderson
Posted in Articles