Nectar Wins Skype for Business Pioneer Award

Nectar Services, a Microsoft IT Pro Tools Partner under the Skype for Business Program, has won the 2015 INTERNET TELEPHONY Skype for Business Pioneer Award.

Nectar’s Unified Communications Management Platform (UCMP) offers monitoring, management and diagnostics to enhance application performance and end-to-end visibility for unified communications.

“Congratulations to Nectar for receiving a 2015 INTERNET TELEPHONY Skype for Business Pioneer Award,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO at TMC, parent of INTERNET TELEPHONY. “UCMP is enabling businesses of all sizes to leverage the Skype platform to create enhanced communications and collaboration experiences for their users. I look forward to seeing Nectar’s future endeavors.”

The software offers rapid issue identification, isolation and resolution, and enhanced reporting and trending across the Skype for Business ecosystem. It integrates with the Microsoft SDN API, and when combined with Nectar’s UC Diagnostics (UCD) module, provides managed service providers and enterprises insight and visibility for Skype for Business performance.

The company is also a Microsoft depth partner under the Microsoft Software Defined Networking (SDN) API program and a Microsoft Gold Partner.

“Network assessment, management and monitoring are all instrumental elements to the success of a UC deployment. With Nectar’s UCMP, enterprises are able to benefit from the most efficient Skype for Business environment to meet their UC needs while still maintaining the necessary end-to-end visibility to proactively address any issues that may arise,” said David Giangano, CEO of Nectar. “We are honored to be recognized for our contributions to the Skype for Business community with this accolade.”