icymi
Global Capacity announced the ex-
pansion of seven One Marketplace
points of resence (PoPs) in its North
American network, including six Eth-
ernet local access aggregation points
and three high performance Ethernet
Backbone points purposely built for the
most demanding cloud, over-the-top
applications and data services. The lo-
cations now Ethernet-enabled include
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pa., Min-
neapolis, Minn., and three new PoPs
in Boston, Mass., Kansas City, Mo.,
and Vienna, Va. The locations added
to the high performance Ethernet
backbone include Kansas City, Minne-
apolis, and Toronto, Ontario.
These high-demand, key aggrega-
tion points enable delivery of diverse
route options, competitive pricing
and a broad selection of network ac-
cess services to One Marketplace
customers, said the company. Eth-
ernet is the technology of choice for
SD-WAN, Hybrid WAN and cloud
connectivity solutions.
PGihas launched new product and
service offerings for IT teams trying
to maximize Microsoft Skype for Busi-
ness investments.
These include mobile and global
conference calling: PGi’s conference
calling is integrated into the Skype for
Business experience, with more than
160 international dial-in numbers and
nearly half a million users. Also, Out-
look meeting invitations via CustomIn-
vite allow an enterprise to personalize
the Skype for Business meeting expe-
rience with custom templates. And us-
ing PGi’s Agenday app, digital workers
have a secure way to one-click con-
nect to any conference call while on
their mobile device.
Implementation services include en-
hanced Skype for Business implementa-
tion and adoption processes that drive
better activation rates, and global help
and support is available in-product and
around the clock so IT teams don’t have
to take on the burden of troubleshooting
or supporting end-user questions around
Skype for Business. Consulting services
and strategic planning via PGi’s Modality
Systems subsidiary provides IT leaders
with help to navigate the complexities of
a Skype for Business transition or Micro-
soft Office 365 deployment.
CloudMigrator developer Cloud
Technology Solutions has announced
that it is actively recruiting channel
partners following the launch of its
new self-service cloud migration tool.
CloudMigrator Online allows organi-
zations to carry out their own Google
G Suite migrations through a simple
five step process, removing the need
for external assistance, says the
company. CloudMigrator Online re-
quires less technical knowledge than
the current iteration of the software
and is being targeted at those want-
ing to carry out faster migrations and
drive revenue.
Typically, partners will resell Cloud-
Migrator Online to a customer as part
of a large project and while the tool will
be offered to the CTS’s current partner
base, the company has launched this
aggressive recruitment drive to gain
new partners and accelerate migration
numbers. CloudMigrator is encourag-
ing partners to test drive CloudMigra-
tor Online with a free trial where they
can migrate two user mailboxes to
Google with unrestricted functionality.
ChannelVision Magazine
has signed
on as an official Media Partner of The
Alliance Partners’ upcoming Tech+Connect
2017 event, scheduled to take place at the
La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas,
November 6-8, 2017.
Tech+Connect 2017 is a unique,
invitation-only event that will bring to-
gether elite master agents, independent
agencies and vendors of emerging
and next-gen solutions with a focus on
sales enablement of those technologies.
Look for forthcoming information on the
agenda, participation and information on
securing your exclusive invitation.
Information on the event can be
found at
www.TechConnect2017.com.
Telstra Announces
Programmable Network
Capability
Telstra unveiled plans to offer its soft-
ware defined networking (SDN) and net-
work virtualization capabilities (NFV), cloud
platform and data centers, and global and
Australian networks in one integrated and
intelligent platform that provides network-as-
a-service called the Telstra Programmable
Network. This new network will be program-
mable at its core and enable the automation
and provisioning of services.
It will help businesses quickly add new
capabilities to deliver better experiences
without significant infrastructure upgrades,
says the company. It will also allow simple
and secure access to multiple cloud ser-
vices via a simple user interface.
“Our vision for the Telstra Programma-
ble Network is to help businesses optimize
their IT by offering automated, on-demand
and near real-time provisioning, consump-
tion-based pricing and new data insights
on network usage,” said Jim Fagan, Telstra
director global platforms.
In an important next step in rolling out
the Telstra Programmable Network, Telstra
will implement a significant capability up-
grade of its core international IP network in
the coming months.
Global Capacity Expands Ethernet Access Points
ChannelVision Teams
with The Alliance Partners
on Tech+Connect
PGi Launches Skype for Business Portfolio
CloudMigrator Unveils Self-Service Tool,
Recruits Partners
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