EdgeBCC Grand Opening
By the numbers:
78 - degrees Fahrenheit, and very sunny (a perfect day for a Grand Opening)
300 - approximate number of attendees touring the EdgeBCC facility
2 - golf carts used to shuttle attendees to and from their parking spots
10,000 - square feet of data center space
42 - the length (in feet) of the Microsoft Mobile technology truck
10,000,000+ - the total cost (in US dollars) of the land, building construction and infrastructure of the EdgeBCC
10 - sponsors helped to make the grand opening such a great event
13 - the channel of the NBC affiliate that taped a story at our facility grand opening
300 - number of workstations available in the disaster recovery workspace
All things considered, the EdgeBCC Grand Opening was a great success. We are thankful that nearly 300 members of the business community, the mayor of Altoona, members of both the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Altoona Chamber of Commerce that took a little time out of their day to help us celebrate.
Special thanks go out to our sponsors: Microsoft, Cisco, IBM/ACS, Syncsort, NetApp/CTG, Baker Group, Saxton Inc., Wolin and MRV Communications. Your sponsorship helped make this a terrific event. Additional thanks goes out to Jeff Williams with Binomial International for a great presentation on Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery.
The EdgeBCC is scheduled to be operational in November. If you were unable to attend the Grand Opening and would like to learn more or take a tour, please contact your Territory Account Manager or Travis Thompson directly.
Scott Riedel
Product Marketing Manager
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Converged Access Voice-over-IP
As its name suggests, a converged access trunk is created by combining voice traffic with the company's data network across a single high-speed connection to the LightEdge VoIP Gateway. Converged access enables a business to reduce or eliminate lines from local phone company and eliminate long distance charges between affiliated "on-net" branch offices without the need to purchase new handsets or retrain staff.
The LightEdge Converged Access Trunk is an ideal solution as it is completely flexible to your growing voice needs. It can be used as a permanent voice solution, or be part of a "cap and grow" transition to full Hosted PBX VoIP. The "cap and grow" model allows companies to grow over the capacities of their existing PBX without additional capital expense or gradually migrate users as the PBX reaches it's end of life.
- Reduces or eliminates telco lines
- Completely transparent migration
- Does not require new phones or retraining
- Eliminates long distance charges between affiliated "on-net" sites
- Long-term transition to fully hosted PBX
- Carrier-grade reliability and support
- Quality of Service (QoS) measures in place to distinguish and prioritize voice traffic to ensure call quality
For more information on Converged Access for your business,
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