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www.bekabusinessmedia.com 2 8 CVx at ITEXPO I JUNE 22 - 25, 2021 Telesystem Enters Partnership with Purple T elesystem, an industry leader in designing customized solutions with white glove support for multi-location businesses, announced a strategic partnership with Purple that adds its suite of products into Telesystem’s growing managed solutions portfolio. Purple offers a cloud-based platform designed to help venues optimize safety, enhance the customer experience and drive revenue. This is achieved through connecting multiple data sources such as Wi-Fi routers, sensors and POS systems to a cloud-based platform. From here, businesses get a better view of exactly what is happening in their space, enabling them to make informed decisions and drive meaningful action via several built-in intelligent space solutions. “Information is an integral part of the way today’s digital society exists,” said Karlene Langford, manager of product development at Telesystem. “The phrase ‘Knowledge is Power’ is truer today than ever, so we are committed to helping our customers access the information provided by Wi-Fi analytics; information that can really make a difference in how they do busi- ness and engage with their customers.” The inclusion of Purple into Telesystem’s portfolio offers a number of benefits across three key technol- ogies, said the company. Wi-Fi Analytics improve the experience by building detailed visitor profiles and drive revenue through engagement, increased return rates and advertising opportunities. Presence and location sensors optimize venue safety, reassuring visitors, and increase operational efficiency and understanding of exactly how a space is being used, while wayfinding improves venue safety, accessi- bility and the overall visitor experience with blue dot navigation, digital maps, route planning and location- based messaging. “We’re delighted to be partnering with Telesystem,” said Gavin Wheeldon, CEO at Purple. “We have complementary solutions to their existing managed services as well as success and expertise in many of the same industries.” Purple is used in more than 65,000 venues across 120 countries, servicing more than a million end users every day. The Purple portfolio is available immediately for new and existing Telesystem customers, having already been chosen by Ector County coliseum in Odessa, Texas, to provide enterprise class connectivity to its visitors as well as enabling the venue to deliver personalized marketing communications across its Meraki infrastructure. Home of the NAHL Odessa Jack- alopes hockey team, and Permian Basin International Oil Show, Ector County Coliseum boasts a 42-acre complex, an 8,000-seat coliseum and approximately 145,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space. [ A ireSpring, a managed services provider specializing in unified communications, managed IT and network services, announced a major upgrade to its online, real-time quoting and proposal application, QuoteSpring. The application was designed to simplify the sales process for channel partners by allowing them to generate comprehen- sive, competitive quotes and proposals instantly on demand. According to AireSpring execu- tives, QuoteSpring 5.0 demonstrates a more intuitive, complete and flexible design while retaining the features that have made the platform so successful. These include the ability to select from one of the widest arrays of connectivity options offered to the channel paired with AireSpring’s cloud communications solutions, managed SD-WAN, security and managed IT services. The newly architected QuoteSpring 5.0 provides users complete flexibility to integrate any combination of connectivity services into a single quote and uses an optimized database for enhanced processing speed for quotes. The platform leverages the newly optimized database with enhanced processing speeds integrated with AireSpring’s vast database of lit build- ings from more than 30 top-tier, fiber- competitive access providers, cable MSOs and national carriers, as well as the company’s own IP, MPLS and global private network spanning six continents. An upside is the added ability to generate global multi-location quotes with the click of a button. “QuoteSpring 5.0 reduces the complexity of multi-service, multi-loca- tion quotes while giving partners access to thousands of possible combinations,” said the company. QuoteSpring 5.0 is accessible on AireSpring’s AgentStar.net back- office portal. [ E ricsson and master agent Telarus are working together to target the small and medium-sized business (SMB) sector with a subscription-based remote work platform that is 5G-ready. The strategic partnership between the vendor and Telarus will focus on the Ericsson Wireless Office, a 5G-capable and secure platform designed to enable SMBs to avoid retaining in-house IT expertise, equipment and devices. The subscription platform fulfills all applications, compute, storage and secu- rity needs, Ericsson said. The cloud-based platform is based on the workspace-as- a-service technology it acquired from StratusWorX, a cloud technology service provider that delivers “fully managed IT environments to small and mid-sized busi- nesses,” according to Ericsson. The acqui- sition of StratusWorxWaaS gives users of the platform access to an ecosystem of more than 4,000 consultants familiar with the Stratus technology. Ericsson said SMBs represent more than 6 million companies, a $90 billion market that constitutes 40 percent of the U.S. workforce. It also cites Omdia’s assessment that 44 percent of SMBs are considering an “office-in-a-box” approach, and its own research that predicts that in 2030 almost 60 percent of white-collar work will happen outside the office. “The pandemic has changed the way we work, and Ericsson Wireless Office addresses this transformation by deliv- ering a 5G-ready office solution covering the applications, cloud and communica- tion needs for enterprises in one single solution regardless of their location or device, with no IT expertise required,” said Dan Foster, head of global sales at Ericsson Wireless Office. “Telarus is known for keeping its partner ecosystem at the technology forefront,” Foster added. “We are confident that together, we can help businesses accelerate their digital transformation.” [ EXHIBITOR NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS AireSpring Updates Real-Time Quoting Tool Ericsson, Telarus Partner on 5G Wireless Offering for Remote Work