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New Hires Underscore ChannelWorks’ Commitment to Global Expansion of IT Services Organization

February 7, 2023 EPR Network Leave a comment

Atlanta, GA, 2023-Feb-07 — /REAL TIME PRESS RELEASE/ — ChannelWorks, the premier provider for the IT channel, is pleased to announce two new notable additions to its operations and service delivery teams; Brian Danforth, Global Service Delivery Director, and Mark Allen, Head of Sales Operations EMEA.

Brian Danforth, Global Service Delivery Director, graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1997, and is a Georgia Native. Serving in the customer support industry for over 26 years, he began his career as a Tier 1 support representative and worked his way up to Senior Manager of Technical Support, managing a team of 60, at a large healthcare organization. He then moved onto McKesson, where he helped the company achieve multiple support certifications.

Since 2015, he has been working within the third party maintenance industry, leading in the development and implementation of the Incident Management Department.

Since 2004, Brian has been a member of HDI – the world’s largest membership, training, and certification association for technical support professionals. He served as Vice President of Communication for the Atlanta Chapter from 2006 until 2009 and has been certified by HDI as a Helpdesk Manager, Service Strategies.

At ChannelWorks, he will focus on customer experience by improving the process and efficiencies of the service delivery team, with a specific focus on ensuring customer service level agreements and expectations are met and exceeded.

As Head of Sales Operations EMEA, Mark Allen brings nearly three decades of experience in the implementation and expansion of international hardware maintenance and professional services markets at various technology companies. Based in England, he spent more than 20 years at IBM, starting as a production line worker making hard disk drives and working his way up to managing strategic global accounts. After IBM, Mark moved into professional services and sales operations leadership roles for other UK-based technology services organizations.

At ChannelWorks, he will focus on the expansion and growth of the international third party maintenance and professional services markets within EMEA and beyond.

Michael Campbell, CEO, emphasized the importance of the two new hires in extending ChannelWorks’ global footprint, “our goal is and always has been world-class customer support. We pride ourselves on being easy to do business with, and a commitment to quality. As we continue to strengthen our services offering, Mark and Brian will be key in helping to scale these services to additional customers across the globe. I am excited to see what contributions they will bring to the team going forward.”

With over 50 years of combined experience, these new additions to the ChannelWorks’ team strengthens its global presence and highlights its continued growth and commitment to ensuring partner satisfaction at every level.

Voted an Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Top Workplaces 2022, ChannelWorks has demonstrated a track record of commitment to leadership in the IT channel market, through partner development, culture, values, and a focus on contributing to the circular economy.

About ChannelWorks
ChannelWorks provides complete IT asset lifecycle support, exclusively serving the IT channel. Delivering everything from hardware, customized maintenance support, and ITAD, ChannelWorks supports partners and their end-users by providing high-quality, alternative IT lifecycle solutions at considerable cost savings.

Media contact:

ChannelWorks
Andrea Arnold
3175 Northwoods Pkwy
Norcross, GA 30071
https://channelworks.com/

Business

Approyo Expands Team Adding Vice President of Marketing

July 21, 2017 staronepr Leave a comment

Approyo Hires Kyle Ackerman to head marketing efforts to strengthen global footprint.

Milwaukee, WI, USA — Approyo, a leading enterprise SAP HANA Solutions Provider, announced today that Kyle Ackerman has joined the company to the position of Vice President of Marketing. In this newly created position, Kyle will lead all marketing efforts for Approyo.

“I’m thrilled to join the Approyo team in this role and help share Approyo story to the world,” Kyle said. “I’ve worked with Approyo for several years and I am excited about the positive momentum and culture developing at Approyo.”

“Approyo is ready to make the next leap in our business and we need to get our story out there to more businesses” said Christopher Carter, CEO of Approyo. “I believe Kyle can help Approyo get to the next level. He has worked with us as a consultant for several years and it is a pleasure to bring his marketing expertise to the team.”

In addition to over 10 years of marketing experience, Kyle has extensive experience within the technology industry. Most recently, Kyle, worked as a freelance Marketing Consultant, helping several small businesses achieve success through digital marketing. Additionally, Kyle has worked for several technologies based companies focusing on Cloud Computing, Hosting, SAP, Microsoft and Software Licensing.

Approyo has been providing SAP HANA solutions such as SAP S/4HANA 1610 in the cloud for the last three years. Approyo built an entire platform using the best solutions in the market, allowing clients to move SAP HANA quickly and benefit immediately without the massive upfront cost structure typically seen with those bare metal solutions.

About Approyo
Approyo is a global SAP HANA start up focus partner for products and services that include upgrades, comprehensive remote operations/managed services, consulting, migrations, hosting and implementations and cloud services. Approyo differentiates itself by offering scalable managed SAP HANA solutions for organizations of all size. Approyo has the capability to support global organizations and their applications with our Headquarters in Milwaukee, WI and offices in throughout North America, Europe and South America, plus partners around the world.

For additional information e-mail us at info@Approyo.com, call 404.448.1166, or visit us on the web at http://www.Approyo.com.

Media Contact:
Kyle Ackerman
Approyo, Inc.
262-894-1037
info@approyo.com
http://www.approyo.com

Business

T5 Data Centers™ and Carpathia Forge Alliance to Deliver Custom IT Infrastructure and Cloud Solutions

November 4, 2014 staronepr Leave a comment

New Alliance Combines T5’s Wholesale Data Centers with Cloud Services and Managed Hosting to Deliver Reliable, Versatile, Compliant Computing Environments.

Atlanta, GA, USA (November 4, 2014) — T5 Data Centers™ (http://www.t5datacenters.com), innovators in providing state-of-the-art, customizable and highly reliable computing support environments for any enterprise, today announced a new alliance with Carpathia (http://www.carpathia.com), a trusted cloud operator and leading provider of compliance services and managed hosting, to deliver cloud, managed hosting, and colocation services for enterprises and federal agencies.

Under the terms of the new alliance, Carpathia will be responsible for providing 24×365 On-Site Technical support to T5 in their purpose-built, enterprise-grade data center facility locations. T5’s Data Centers are enterprise-grade, server-ready facilities delivering secure, reliable, redundant data center and power capacity to maintain critical systems uptime. T5 will offer its customers on-site support, including incident response, hardware troubleshooting and repair, visual verification inspections, and audit preparation, delivered by Carpathia’s professionally trained team. Carpathia will offer its fully managed data center services, including private, hybrid, and community cloud solutions.

“More of our customers are coming to us looking for a full suite of IT services and cloud solutions in combination with the robust design and reliable operations of T5’s data centers,” said Craig McKesson, EVP T5 Enterprise Solutions for T5 Data Centers. “By partnering with Carpathia, we can now meet any customer’s data infrastructure needs, whether it’s building out a new data center from the ground-up, or providing an enterprise-ready approach that combines T5’s physical infrastructure with Carpathia’s cloud and managed hosting expertise. It’s the ideal way to future-proof any organization’s data center needs in a rapidly changing market.”

Initial marketing and sales strategies will target enterprise customers in digital media, healthcare, financial services, and government sectors; markets where both T5 and Carpathia already have a strong presence. Working together, the two companies will be able to provide the secure, redundant services needed to comply with regulatory standards such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act), and DIACAP (DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Program).

“Carpathia is pleased to have been selected by T5 to enable them to expand their offerings to include on-site technical services.” said Philip Hedlund, Vice President, Business Operations for Carpathia. “By Combining Carpathia’s deep, proven experience in enterprise IT management and cloud operations with T5’s state-of-the-art data center infrastructure, together can meet the needs of any business or mission.”

T5 offers customizable or server-ready turnkey, single or multi-tenant colocation data centers strategically located throughout the United States. Carpathia is a trusted provider of cloud services and managed hosting for secure, reliable, compliant IT infrastructures.

About T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers (T5) is a leading national data center owner and operator, committed to delivering customizable, scalable data centers that provide an “always on” computing environment to power mission critical business applications. T5 Data Centers provides enterprise and wholesale colocation data center services to organizations across North America using proven, best-in-class technology and techniques to design and develop facilities that deliver the lowest possible total cost of operations for its clients. T5 currently has business-critical data center facilities in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Charlotte with new projects announced in Portland, New York, and Colorado. All of T5’s data center projects are purpose-built facilities featuring robust design, redundant and reliable power and telecommunications and have 24-hour staff to support mission-critical computing applications.

For more information, visit http://www.t5datacenters.com.

About Carpathia

Carpathia is a trusted cloud operator and leading provider of cloud services and managed hosting, providing secure, reliable and compliant IT infrastructure and management for some of the world’s most demanding enterprises and federal agencies. Carpathia’s cloud platform delivers solutions for every stage of the cloud journey, empowering organizations to meet their unique security and compliance requirements. Carpathia’s experienced customer care team and innovative data center facilities provide 24×7 global support to ensure optimum performance and reliability. Backed by its E3 Promise™, Carpathia consistently delivers an experience that exceeds expectations.

Contact Carpathia at 1.888.200.9494, or visit http://www.carpathia.com for more information.

Media Contacts:
Aaron Wangenheim for T5 Data Centers
(415) 292-7700
aaron@t5datacenters.com

Melissa Chadwick for Carpathia
(571) 383-8513
chadwick@merritgrp.com

Technology

CloudeAssurance and Data Privacy Network to Present “Adopting the Cloud Safely and Securely” Webinar

November 5, 2013 straightlinepr Leave a comment

Comprehensive webinar will explore how to safely and securely adopt the cloud to maximize its benefits for business.

Tempe, AZ, November 05, 2013 — Black Dog Promotions is proud to announce a dynamic new webinar that will be produced jointly with CloudeAssurance and Data Privacy Network. With the explosion of the “cloud” recently, it is increasingly being embraced by businesses worldwide. In taking it to the next level–security of data, files and information need to be of the utmost importance. Founder Taiye Lambo and Lead Cloud Security Analyst Jordan Flynn of CloudeAssurance and Co-Founder of Data Privacy Network, Phil Alexander will conduct this vitally important webinar on Wednesday, November 20th, 11:00 a.m. EST/8:00 a.m. PST.

“What we’re going to focus on are the real world benefits of the cloud,” said Alexander. “There are definite benefits. You have worldwide collaboration, rapid deployment and reduced cost. It’s much easier to go through an established cloud service provider than to try and create a cloud environment in your own network.” There are also risks that are involved with using a cloud environment. “We will ask the attendee to consider several things,” noted Alexander. Questions to consider will be: 1) What level of security is right for your company? 2) What’s the nature of your data? 3) How sensitive is that data? 4) Is data co-mingled? “If it’s just non-sensitive, fully-disclosed data, security is less of an issue.” The webinar will utilize three state-of-the-industry experts to help walk business owners and IT experts through the myriad of security exposure scenarios and give valuable strategies and solution ideas to help organizations protect their data. An attendee Q&A session will also take place towards the end of the webinar.

“We’ll be exchanging a lot of ideas. The main thing we’ll be talking about are the benefits of adopting the cloud for business and then the potential security issues of putting your information in the cloud,” stated Lambo. There are also some other important issues that businesses will be made aware of and how best to handle various security issues. “We’ll be sharing our high level research and explaining our Top 10 cloud service provider independent benchmark study information,” Lambo said. Flynn added, “This webinar focuses on how to enable the benefits of the cloud securely.” The webinar is free of charge and attendees can sign up here https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/9459/91376.

The collaboration between CloudeAssurance and Data Privacy Network will continue beyond their initial webinar, too. “We’re so like-minded. It’s one of those things that you can’t have privacy without security,” said Lambo. “And we share the same philosophy.” The ultimate goal is for the two companies together to increase awareness of online security while conducting webinars and speaking engagements designed to give businesses valuable knowledge and strategies to protect their business information.

Black Dog Promotions is a media and business development agency and also provides digital marketing and publicity consulting for regional and national brands. Black Dog’s team has a long history of success in the entertainment, sports, technology and finance industries. Founder, Scott Kelly is a Principal and business partner with Data Privacy Network in helping businesses and protect their valuable data. Black Dog Promotions has taken companies from concept to millions of dollars in sales and billions of dollars in market capitalization. Find out more at www.BlackDogPromotions.com – The Intersection of PR, Digital Marketing and Sales.

The CloudeAssurance platform is the industry’s first risk-intelligent rating, continuous education and continuous monitoring system assuring cloud service provider’s cloud security and governance, risk and compliance. Customers learn which cloud providers have the best cloud assurance score and history, a measure of cloud trust they can depend on. This platform enables safe and secure adoption of cloud computing. www.CloudeAssurance.com.

Data Privacy Network Data Privacy Network was founded on a mission to raise awareness about the perils of unsecured data and the dangers of online predators, Founder and CEO, Philip Alexander has authored three books and numerous articles on the topics. He writes a popular blog, and expresses his zeal as the nation’s data security evangelist, speaking to business and parenting groups throughout the country. Data Privacy Network has developed a network of consultants, speakers, products and services to help individuals and businesses of all sizes secure their data, protect their identity and maximize online security. www.DataPrivacyNetwork.com.

Contact:
Scott Kelly
Black Dog Promotions
9920 S. Rural Rd., Ste 108
Tempe, AZ 85284
480-206-3435
scott@blackdogpromotions.com
http://www.blackdogpromotions.com

Business

AuraPortal Creates AuraPortal Cloud to Offer IaaS and SaaS Services to any Organization

November 1, 2013 straightlinepr Leave a comment

AuraPortal Cloud Computing enables any entity to enjoy the benefits of the best Business Process Management (BPM) software, with the fastest and safest hardware, without any investment or maintenance worries and at a very affordable price.

Woburn, MA, October 31, 2013 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced the creation and launch of its sound Cloud Computing structure.

This will enable any type of organization, public or private, to undertake BPM implementation projects through the AuraPortal.(*) suite without the usual structure and investment concerns inherent in such projects, and with the software licenses included in the service.

AuraPortal has been distinguished with great advantage over its competitors by Ovum in its Decision Matrix (2011) report and by other renowned analyst firms.

The idea of the Cloud is simple: It consists of adopting for the computing services the same model used in utilities services.

In the same way that an electricity user simply plugs in a cable to obtain power supply without bothering whatsoever about the cost and knowledge required to build and manage power plants and distribution grids, a company will be able to manage its processes with the AuraPortal BPM suite by simply connecting to Internet from any browser; and what is more, this allows complete mobility as AuraPortal can be accessed from any tablet or smartphone, without having to think about hardware or software requirements.

After several years of development and fine tuning, Cloud Computing is rapidly becoming the latest and unstoppable trend for the use of software applications, now that it is clear that the questions about access, security and reliability have been overcome.

Whatever the level of service, the user does not have to invest in hardware or software, AuraPortal handles all the necessary investments.

ABOUT AURA (http://www.auraportal.com)
AURA is a global BPM (Business Process Management) software provider delivering a solution that creates, without the need of IT programming, Business Process Workflow Execution Models. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.

AURA has a presence in 40 countries with more than 300 customers including, among others: Walmart, Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Danone, INCAE, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha,Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries. All of these customers benefit from maintenance contracts.

Its headquarters are in Europe (Spain and Holland) with an executive branch in North America (Florida). It also has offices in several countries and a vast network of partners who locally attend customers throughout the world.

Contact:
John Charles
AuraPortal
400 Trade Center
Woburn, MA 01801-7472
978-808-6340
john.charles@auraportal.com
http://www.auraportal.com

Business

AuraPortal Cloud Presented at the “Cloud Computing World Expo” in Paris

May 5, 2013 straightlinepr Leave a comment

AuraPortal Cloud is AuraPortal’s commitment to managing business activities in the Cloud.

Boca Raton, Florida, May 05, 2013 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced that the ‘Cloud Computing World Expo’ celebrated in Paris on April 10 and 11, was the venue chosen by AuraPortal to introduce this innovative technology proposal, which is focused on the management of business activities from the ‘Cloud’.

The AuraPortal software has recently been distinguished by the independent market analysis firm Ovum in its Decision Matrix 2011 report as the most advanced BPM in the market.

AuraPortal Cloud offers services over the Internet, giving entities of any size the possibility to work with a software application with no technological structure expenditure, and with minimum investment and no risk.

The event featured two lectures on Cloud Computing delivered by the Director of Operations of the company, Olivia Trilles, who stated, “AuraPortal´s aim is to provide solutions to customer needs, so the launch of AuraPortal Cloud formed an important part of our ‘roadmap’.”

AuraPortal Cloud can be used in different modes: SaaS (Software as a Service), BPaaS (Business Process as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service), according to the needs of each customer. It also accepts connections with several platforms, including Azure from Microsoft and directly via ‘hosting’ supplied by the AuraPortal Partner channel.

“AuraPortal was a pioneer in offering a BPM Suite that was 100% web-based right from its very beginnings,” said Olivia Trilles. “It was also the only (and continues to be the only) system that allowed users to make any desired modifications, as well as design the company workflows from scratch, without a single line of programming code nor the need for specialized personnel. We now offer all this from the Cloud, with all its advantages.’

About Aura (http://www.auraportal.com)
AURA is a global BPM (Business Process Management) software provider delivering a solution that creates, without the need of IT programming, Business Process Workflow Execution Models. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.

AURA has a presence in 50 countries with more than 500 customers including, among others: Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petróleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Scotiabank, Danone, Sodexo, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha, Eletrobras, Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries.

AURA Headquarters are located in North America (Florida) and Europe (Holland) whereas the software development facilities are located in Spain and India.

Contact:
John Charles
AuraPortal
2255 Glades Rd, Suite 324 A
Boca Raton, FL 33431
+1 (857) 239-0070
John.charles@auraportal.com
http://www.auraportal.com

Business

AURA Presents AuraPortal Cloud at the ‘Computing World Expo’ in Paris

April 13, 2013 straightlinepr Leave a comment

The Cloud Computing hall at the World Expo held on April 10 & 11 in Paris, will present the latest technologies and best Cloud Computing practices.

Boca Raton, Florida, April 13, 2013 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced its participation in the ‘Cloud Computing World Expo’, presenting its AuraPortal.(*) BPM software in the Cloud: AuraPortal Cloud.

The AuraPortal software has recently been distinguished by the independent market analysis firm Ovum in its Decision Matrix 2011 report as the most advanced BPM in the market.

AuraPortal offers solutions to all customer needs. It ensures that users can access AuraPortal by any means, either locally in their offices or via the Cloud. AURA’s mission is to provide the most open and perfect solution in everything involving business operatives, and always via processes.

The Cloud system offers computing capabilities through internet services, giving entities of any size the possibility to work with a software application with no technological structure expenditure, and with minimum investment and no risk.

AuraPortal Cloud is a system designed by AURA that accepts connections to various Cloud platforms. In particular, developments use the Microsoft Azure environment, but they also work directly through ‘hosting’ provided by AuraPortal partners with experience in this service.

AuraPortal was the first BPM Suite to be 100% web-based from the very beginning, and also the first, and continues to be the only, BPMS to allow users to make any necessary modifications and adaptations and to design the processes from scratch, without requiring a single line of programming code or the involvement of specialized staff.

For more information click here. (http://www.cloudcomputing-world.com/info_event/100/auraportal—gecko-2–le-cloud-au-service-du-bpm-retours-d%E2%80%99experiences-worldwide–roi.html)

AURA has a presence in 50 countries with more than 500 customers including, among others: Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Scotiabank, Danone, Sodexo, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha, Eletrobras, Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries.

AURA Headquarters are located in North America (Florida) and Europe (Holland) whereas the software development facilities are located in Spain and India.

Contact:
Scott Rich
Auraportal
400 Trade Center
Woburn, MA 01801-7472
+1 781-569-5940
scott.rich@auraportal.com
http://www.auraportal.com

Art

Luxury Apartment Community Chooses John R. Math Photography

March 11, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

John R. Math photography is pleased to announce that Cloud #15 was recently chosen for the 1717 Ridge Apartments, located in Evanston, IL.

Jupiter, Florida, USA – March 11, 2013 — John R. Math photography is pleased to announce that Cloud #15 was recently chosen for the 1717 Ridge Apartments, located in Evanston, IL.

The 1717 Ridge Apartments is a luxury 8 story, eco-centric, sustainable community. The developers choose Cloud #15 for their luxury development and they had the image enlarged to a size of 10′ x 4′, specifically to be a main feature for the building’s lobby. The developer of the 1717 Ridge Apartments is Atlantic Realty Partners, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia. Their website is http://www.1717evanston.com.

The image Cloud #15 was selected from Math’s “Cloud” series. The cloud series shows a varied and colorful group of abstract clouds that have been created by Math since 2006. Math states this about his series, “Clouds are an ever present, ever changing abstract environment, created by the ultimate artist, God. I am simply the conduit and recorder in presenting his art.”

Victoria Nicodemus, Project Coordinator for Chicago Art Source arranged and coordinated the sale and installation of the art for 1717 Ridge Apartments. Chicago Art Source provides a full range of corporate artwork services including art consultation, art acquisition, custom framing, installation and project management. The firm is located at 1871 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614. Their telephone number is (773) 248-3100 and their website is http://www.chicagoartsource.com.

About John R. Math Photography

John R. Math Photography is based in Jupiter, Florida. Mr. Math specializes in photographic abstracts and impressionistic landscapes. Living near the ocean, John also shoots horizons, seascapes and waves. He creates “Focus Images” which depicts the essence of a natural object or place. This essence may be a distinguishable element of an object or an overall feeling that one would derive from being subjected to that particular focus.

Mr. Math’s photographs have not been manipulated with any type of digital software or by any digital filter system or technique. His portfolio can be viewed here http://www.johnrmath.com.

Media Contact:
John R. Math
John R. Math photography
118 Poinciana Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458
888-490-3530
jmath@johnrmath.com
http://www.johnrmath.com

Business, Consumer Services, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom

nGen VidCom LLC Announces High Speed Video Service to Nigeria through a Strategic Alliance

January 7, 2013 EPR Network Leave a comment

nGen VidCom LLC, a global leader in converged video and collaborations services, today announced a new, strategic alliance with Vision Telecommunications Technologies Nigeria, a leading telecommunications hardware and services company, to bring a high speed video collaboration gateway from Nigeria to North America.

Under the terms of this multi-year alliance, Vision Telecommunications Technologies will offer its customers GlobalMeetLive (GML), a cloud-based video collaboration solution to its new and existing customers and channel partners.

“All businesses rely upon web based collaboration to conduct business in this rapidly changing economy. “nGen’s GML solution combines collaboration, true video conferencing and large scale streaming all within a single service” said Tom Clark, CEO of nGen VidCom LLC. “Our alliance with Vision Telecommunications Technologies Nigeria will allow both firms to provide full converged video collaboration communications with no latency or loss of quality between the continents”.

GlobalMeetLive is nGen’s cloud-based converged cloud based collaboration solution that replaces existing collaboration services by combining HD Video Conferencing, web Collaboration and interactive streaming in one solution. Of strategic significance is GML’s “firewall traversal” technology that allows video communications to traverse the enterprise firewall without compromising security or adversely affecting network resources (bandwidth). GML users are able to conduct face-to-face meetings on all communications devices, desk & laptops, tablets and smart phones.

“This alliance will enable a clear connection between world financial centers in Africa, North America, Europe and Asia,” said Adesola Dada, CEO and Founder of Vision Telecommunications Technology Nigeria, LLC. “At this time our firms are pioneering advanced, cloud based video services between the two continents”.

About nGen VidCom
nGen VidCom is a leading provider of converged video communications services to both large enterprise users as well as small and medium sized businesses. GlobalMeetLive, our flagship product, combines video conferencing, web collaboration and interactive live streaming in a single product offering. Utilizing technology originally designed for the military, nGen has adapted and deployed this technology to the commercial sector on a global scale. nGen is unique in that our global video network ensures that intercontinental video communications are flawless and do not suffer latency from packet loss. With offices and data centers in New York, London, Hong Kong, Abuja, Los Angeles and Shanghai, nGen VidCom’s employees and partner’s practice our core values of quality service, innovation and customer focus.

About Vision Telecoms
Visions Telecommunications Technologies Limited is a total engineering company providing B2B and B2C solutions for Teleconferencing, SMS Messaging, Video Conferencing, OEM Conferencing Hardware and Software for Mobile phone companies in Nigeria, Africa.

We are licensed by Nigerian Communication Commission for the Installation of Telecommunication Terminals, Major Network Installation (PABX’S) Telephone Exchangers INMARSAT, VSAT, and Trunked Radio Terminals. We are strategically located in Ikeja area of Lagos State is in close proximity Victoria Island where all the communication industries have their headquarters’ and operations office.

We are currently expanding our offices to Abuja, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Akure, Ondo, Ado, Abeokuta Osogbo, and Ilorin. Vision Telecommunication Technologies Limited installs and maintains the equipment in these countries which facilitates the communication technology advancement in the 21st century.

Contact Details: Andrew J Pickard, President & Founder, 113 Wellington Avenue, Short Hills, NJ, 07078, 973-454-3283, ndrew.Pickard@nGenVidCom.com,
www.nGenVidCom.com

Technology

eGestalt’s New HI-SCAN Tool Paves Way for HIPAA Security and Compliance Automation on the Quick

November 11, 2011 flashnewsrelease Leave a comment

eGestalt Technologies, announced HI-SCAN, a quick and inexpensive way for healthcare service providers to quickly identify and manage high-risk medical practices and business associates that are short on fulfilling HIPAA/HITECH compliance requirements.

Santa Clara, CA (USA), Friday – November 11, 2011 — eGestalt Technologies ( http://www.eGestalt.com ), a leading provider of cloud-based, SaaS-delivered, security and IT governance, risk management and compliance solutions for SMBs to enterprises, announced HI-SCAN, a quick and inexpensive way for healthcare service providers to quickly identify and manage high-risk medical practices and business associates that are short on fulfilling HIPAA/HITECH compliance requirements.The HI-SCAN tool can be used by both medical providers and theirmany business associates – contractors, hazardous waste collectors, blood work laboratories, et. al. -that serve covered entities on a daily basis.

Says eGestalt President Anupam Sahai, “There are some 3 million medical providers and business associates who can use HI-SCAN to snap a valuable audit/assessment picture; to understand high-risk problem areas that need immediate attention in order to comply with HIPAA/HITECH and avoid being sacked by fines.”

HI-SCAN is a low-cost self-assessment tool that can be added on to the base SecureGRC solution which can be used to e-mail a short questionnaire of 20+ critical requirements to flag areas of non-compliance. It helps medical practices gain control and improve more than 200+ HIPAA/HITECH compliance points, before they are flagged as serious problems.

Based on its results, users can quickly identify and prioritize the problem areas that need to be escalated. Given that medium to large covered entities deal with about 100+ BAs in the course of running their business, HI-SCAN is a quick solution for generating a quick audit/assessment, alerting both the CE and BA of problem areas in fulfilling their mandatory HIPAA compliance requirements and focus on the high-risk associates and consultants who need immediate attention.

“A critical aspect of doing business within the Healthcare community, and as required by HIPAA/HITECH, is anyone who has access to PHI, is bound by the same regulations as the customers they serve,” added Sahai. “And the penalties for non-compliance are getting stiffer. It is no longer a paltry $100 as the fines have been raised to a maximum of $50,000.And if it is proven that you are willfully neglectful, the fines can increase from $25,000 to $1.5 million with criminal penalties.”

Healthcare data breaches have affected nearly 11.6 million individuals, out of which 6 million records were irresponsibly handled by BAs. The average number of individuals per breach through the BA was 102,678. [Source: HHS]. http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/breachnotificationrule/postedbreaches.html

The Federal government has set aside $20 billion for upgrading the healthcare IT infrastructure by the year 2014 – spelling a huge upside for the channel. Service providers can pursue federal ‘meaningful use’ dollars to the tune of $40,000 per qualified physician practice. SecureGRC generates the necessary reports for proving compliance.

eGestalt’s channel strategy involves the certification of Managed Compliance Providers (MCPs), a channel program based around a proprietary “cookbook” that serves as an introduction and training guide for partners just getting started with delivering managed compliance services.

For further details please call (408) 689-2586 or email sales@egestalt.com. For further details about the product, please visit http://www.egestalt.com.

About eGestalt Technologies Inc.:
eGestalt (www.egestalt.com) is a world-class, innovation driven, leading provider of cloud-computing based enterprise solutions for information security and IT-GRC management. eGestalt is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, and has offices in the US, Asia-Pacific and Middle East. eGestalt was nominated Breakthrough Technology Vendor at XChange Americas, Aug. 2010, and selected by SiliconIndia among the “Top 10 Security Companies to Watch.” Its SecureGRC application was voted runner-up in the Managed Services Category at XChange Tech Innovators, Nov. 2010. The company was selected by Everything Channel as a 2011 CRN Emerging Technology Vendor, and a 2011 Tech Innovator in the Managed Services category.

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