Posted on Tue, May 04, 2010 @ 09:35 AM
Dallas, TX - May 4, 2010 - Unified360 announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit regional award for U.S. and Canada Small Business Partner of the Year, South Region. Cisco unveiled the winners April 27 at its annual channel partner conference in San Francisco.
"It is an honor to present Unified360 as a Cisco Partner Summit regional award winner," said Wendy Bahr, senior vice president, U.S. and Canada channels at Cisco. "The Small Business Partner of the Year award recognizes Unified360's performance and achievements as a Cisco channel partner in the South region in 2009."
Unified360 co-owner and Chief Sales Officer, Jim Barker, said, "We are honored to have received such a prestigious award. We value Cisco and the opportunity to work together with our clients to bring value to their organizations. As a young organization, every award is exciting and this one is especially so, as we knew it would be difficult to achieve."
Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: regional, theater and global. Cisco Partner Summit U.S. and Canada regional awards reflect a partner's performance in a given geographic region of the United States or Canada.
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a Premier business partner with Cisco Systems with a host of strategic solutions including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses on helping companies realize a return on their technology investments and assist in driving down communication costs while delivering revenue enhancements to help them run more efficiently.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Kimberly Kelly
Investor Relations
Unified360
469-277-1316
Posted on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 @ 10:43 AM
Dallas, Texas- February 23, 2010- Unified360, a unified communications solutions provider, announced today that Brent Snyder will be joining their leadership team as Chief Executive Officer. Brent brings to Unified360 a distinguished track record of strong executive leadership and high performance team results.
Prior to Unified360, Brent led a team as COO of Pegasus Logistics Group that achieved annual growth of more than 35% for three (3) consecutive years while improving net profit by more than 300%. He increased revenue from existing customers more than 25% while garnering the respect of the company's stakeholders. Brent organized recruiting and on-boarding strategies, implemented performance plans for more than 100 new employees and established leadership development processes. He created award-winning company marketing initiatives and won the Dallas Business Journal's coveted "Best Places to Work" award for two (2) consecutive years.
Prior to Pegasus, Brent was Managing Director of Organizational Solutions for Franklin Covey Co. / Covey Leadership Center where he was responsible for leading sales, operations and marketing for large corporate customers. From 1989-1992, Brent played with the National Football League where he served as Player, Quarterback, for the Chicago Bears.
"We recognize the fact that we need to grow in certain areas and have made some recent strides to do just that with some changes in our leadership team," stated Jim Barker, Chief Sales Officer/Co-Founder of Unified360. "With this change, my focus will be more directed towards helping our clients with a strong focus on providing them solutions that help them grow revenue and control costs while training our team of consultants to do the same. My goal is not only to help our sales teams grow our clientele but more importantly, help our clients grow their business."
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a Premier business partner with Cisco Systems with a host of strategic solutions including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses on helping companies realize a return on their technology investments and assist in driving down communication costs while delivering revenue enhancements to help them run more efficiently.
To become a fan of Unified360 on Facebook click HERE.
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To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Blogs
For career information go to Unified360 Careers
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Kimberly Kelly
Investor Relations
Unified360
469-277-1316
Posted on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 @ 09:39 AM
Dallas, Texas - January 13, 2010 - Unified360, a unified communications solutions provider, today announced Jim Watson joining their leadership team as Vice President of Operations. Mr. Watson joins Unified360 with over 29 years experience in the communications industry.
Jim has supervised many professional services teams specializing in customer support, managed services and training. Prior to joining Unified360, Jim served as Director of Operations at Mercury Communication Services where he was responsible for managing their implementation and support teams.
Prior to Mercury, Jim served as General Manager of NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. At NEC, Jim supervised the delivery of technical support for NEC voice and data products for all North American dealers while maintaining 90+% customer satisfaction metrics. Additionally, he was responsible for expanding NEC's existing network monitoring service into a complete, managed services package significantly increasing managed services revenue.
"We are very fortunate to have Jim's leadership as we expand our scope for growth as a company and our relationships with our current and future clients," stated Jeff Rothell, Chief Operating Officer for Unified360. "Jim will prove to be a great asset to Unified360 and his knowledge and experience will help Unified360 with our continued growth regionally."
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a Premier business partner with Cisco Systems with a host of strategic solutions including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses helping companies realize a return on their technology investments and assist in driving down communication costs while delivering revenue enhancements to help them run more efficiently.
To become a fan of Unified360 on Facebook click HERE.
To follow us on Twitter click HERE.
To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Blogs.
For career information go to Unified360 Careers.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Kimberly Kelly
Investor Relations
Unified360
469-277-1316
Posted on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 @ 11:15 AM
Unified360 and Voxitas Deliver Value to Businesses Throughout Texas
December 09, 2009 04:00 PM Eastern Time
ST. LOUIS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Voxitas, a leading national advanced network services and business class VoIP provider, today announced their partnership with Unified360. Through their partnership, Unified360 will sell and implement Voxitas services including local and long-distance voice, Internet, and Voice over IP SIP trunking.
"Voxitas offers our clients tremendous value and flexibility which provides several solutions for our clients. We are particularly fond of the ability to prioritize the voice traffic over the data traffic."
Unified 360, a young and fast growing Cisco Premier Business Partner based in North Texas, provides Small Medium Businesses in the Texas market technology systems and services. This partnership allows Unified360 to offer their clients a total solution - incorporating both their equipment system as well as the corresponding voice and data service needs to solve business challenges and offer solutions. This allows the client to rest assured in capable hands as they are presented with a total solution.
"We have seen the positive impact services from Voxitas make for our customers," says Kimberly Kelly, Director of Marketing for Unified360. "Voxitas offers our clients tremendous value and flexibility which provides several solutions for our clients. We are particularly fond of the ability to prioritize the voice traffic over the data traffic."
"Unified 360 is unique in their ability to implement technology in small and medium businesses with more than just the technological knowledge," says Matt Siemens, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Voxitas. "They, like Voxitas, have an understanding of advanced technologies and how to make these technologies work for businesses. This truly sets them apart from their competition and is a significant value to their clients. We continue to look forward to a great partnership with Unified360."
About Unified360. Unified360 is a Unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas Texas. As a premier partner with Cisco Systems, with a host of strategic solutions, including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses on helping companies realize a return on their technology investments, and assist in driving down communication cost, while delivering revenue enhancement opportunities. For more information, please visit http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unified360.com%2F&esheet=6117634&lan=en_US&anchor=www.unified360.com&index=1&md5=67a0e51a6635994d9f7c0f5ec0675a5c.
To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Full Circle Feed.
For career information go to Unified360 Careers.
About Voxitas. Voxitas is a leading national Advanced Network Services Provider for business and enterprise customers. Voxitas delivers Quality of Service (QoS) enabled network solutions with a national network and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Saint Louis (HQ), San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC. The company specializes in providing Business Class VoIP (Voice over IP), Private Networking, Internet Access and application aware MPLS networks. We provide SIP Trunking Business Telephone Service that connects to both next generation IP-PBXs as well as traditional phone systems enabling local, long distance, toll-free, and emergency 911 services to single and multi-site customers. Voxitas distributes its network services through a network of agents, dealers and private-label wholesalers. For more information, please visit http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.voxitas.com%2F&esheet=6117634&lan=en_US&anchor=www.voxitas.com&index=4&md5=3935a11211d62b6b3bc0684201af9f08.
Contacts
Unified360
Kimberly Kelly
Investor Relations
Unified360
469-277-1316
Voxitas
Marketing:
Megan Hamilton, 314-266-4000, ext. 110
Marketing Specialist
marketing@voxitas.com
or
Sales:
Call 314-266-4000 to reach a Voxitas Channel Manager
For more information: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.voxitas.com%2F&esheet=6117634&lan=en_US&anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.voxitas.com&index=5&md5=fb30d4e9239eac4111de1bb19fc7b336
Posted on Tue, Nov 03, 2009 @ 10:45 AM
DALLAS, Texas - October 27, 2009 - Unified360, a unified communications solutions provider enhances customer experience for one of Texas' fastest growing floor and carpet cleaning companies, Rasa Floors & Carpet Cleaning. They pride themselves on taking a family style approach to serving their employees and customers. With their seven offices throughout Texas, Rasa Floors leverages technology and their communication systems to assist their customers as efficiently as possible.
"In 2009, the leadership team at Rasa Floors found Unified360 while seeking a solution that would allow them to better streamline communication with their customers. They had envisioned a way of integrating their telephony infrastructure and systems with the core database and CRM", stated Jim Barker, CEO of Unified360. "Their organization had grown over the previous fifteen years but needed some integration of their business systems in order to streamline their processes to better serve their customers."
The partnership between Unified360 and Rasa Floors gained momentum in mid-2009 when Unified360 helped upgrade their voice and data network to use more intelligent MPLS and SIP transport methods. Rasa had experienced many challenges with communication between their seven locations due to bandwidth and/or lack thereof. Upon getting this new, more intelligent network in place, Unified360 rolled out Cisco voice and data infrastructure including phones, soft phones, unified messaging, reporting, and recording for Rasa's leadership to better manage their customers' experience when calling every office.
"The team at Unified360 did a fabulous job of managing this major technology rollout for our business," stated Michael Rasa, CEO of Rasa Floors & Carpet Cleaning. "This project was so important that we went to the extreme of checking multiple Unified360 references, going onsite to visit their reference sources, and visiting their offices on multiple occasions. I am pleased to say that they did not let us down. As with any project of this size, there were challenges, but the team at Unified360 really stepped up. We are pleased with our decision."
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a Premier business partner with Cisco Systems with a host of strategic solutions including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses helping companies realize a return on their technology investments and assist in driving down communication costs while delivering revenue enhancements to help them run more efficiently.
About Rasa Floors & Carpet Cleaning:
Rasa Floors & Carpet Cleaning is a statewide flooring company based in Carrollton, Texas with "seven" service centers serving 76 Texas counties and two Louisiana Parishes. Rasa's extensive product line is designed to suit any décor or budget. Rasa specializes in serving the multifamily industry. Apartment Maintenance, Leasing Professionals, Assistant Managers, along with the Professional "on site Manager" are our key customers. Respectively, apartment Supervisors, Regional Managers, District Managers, Presidents and Owners are also key to our client relationships.
To become a fan of Unified360 on Facebook click HERE.
To follow us on Twitter click HERE.
To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Blogs
For career information go to Unified360 Careers
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Kimberly Kelly
Investor Relations
Unified360
469-277-1316
http://www.unified360.com/
Posted on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 @ 10:53 AM
DALLAS, TX, October 13,2009 -- Unified360, a unified communications solutions provider, has signed Halo Group, Inc., a nationwide consumer financial services company based in Allen, Texas. Recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America, Halo's internal software system was very powerful in many areas with the one exception being in voice integration. Since Halo's value is in proactively educating consumers on their financial future, communications is key for them.
"In late 2008, Halo began seeking solutions and tested models including a legacy telephone system where they found integration to be almost impossible and hosted service where they found access to the core VoIP infrastructure to be restrictive," stated Jim Barker, CEO of Unified360. "When we were introduced, Halo's core business system was very advanced and had much time spent in developing. We leveraged our integration team to work with Halo's to integrate with their software to provide a full circle solution."
The integration Halo and Unified360 put in place helped Halo automate many of their business processes while allowing Halo's core business system to remain their "core" system driving the others including email, phone system, automated dialing, faxes, etc. Keeping Halo focused on continual development of their core business system allowed them to continue to grow and prosper.
Unified360 also worked with Halo to increase their bandwidth for voice and data by leveraging their relationships with many telecom providers to get Halo the best cost structure with the most and best bandwidth possible. Leveraging SIP technology has allowed Halo to use remote market Virtual Telephone Numbers (VTNs) to provide more of a local presence for out of area clients while also decreasing their long-distance and other usage-based telecommunication costs.
"Halo considers ourselves pretty technologically advanced and savvy but with the introduction of Unified360's total solution and pushing the envelope we are experiencing a tremendous amount of success," stated Derek Stringer, President of Consulting for Halo. "Since all of our systems are home grown from the bottom up it's good to see sales forces and customer service teams high fiving in the bullpens with the success of click to call and advanced dialing features. Our ROI is proving itself in at least four of our six sales forces and the only reason we are not six for six is because the other two sales people are internal sales and they primarily take inbound calls. Our partnership with Unified360 has already gotten off to a great start and I look forward to seeing how it grows in the future."
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a premier business partner with Cisco Systems with a host of strategic solutions including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses on helping companies realize a return on their technology investments and assist in driving down communication costs while delivering revenue enhancements to help them run more efficiently.
To become a fan of Unified360 on Facebook click HERE.
To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Blogs
For career information go to Unified360 Careers
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Contact: Kimberly Kelly, Investor Relations
Unified360
(972) 675-VOIP
investorrelations@unified360.com
Posted on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 @ 10:15 AM
DALLAS, TX, October 6, 2009 - Unified360, a Unified Communications Solutions Provider, announced the signing of over $1.3 million in new revenue in the month of September. As one of the largest revenue months in company history, Unified360 enjoyed many new client additions in the Dallas market as well as the company's new markets of Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. With recent expansion into all major markets in Texas, this gives the company a positive outlook for the final quarter of 2009 and beyond.
"Our unique model of helping businesses better control costs and increasing their revenue has attributed to our continued success," stated Jim Barker, CEO of Unified360. "Our projections for 2009 have been exceeded which is the contributing factor to our continued growth into new markets. We have been very fortunate in these tough economic times to continue our growth through new revenue and geographic growth."
Unified360 provides Unified Communication solutions and services, communication services, and managed technology services for Small Medium Enterprise (SME) organizations typically with 20 to 500 employees. By leveraging these three core offerings, many of Unified360's clients come to them for all of their technology, telecommunications and overall communication needs.
From Unified360's start in October 2007, the company has consistently grown as a leading Unified Communications provider serving organizations throughout Texas. With a unique business model of helping organizations cut costs without upfront capital by leveraging Cisco's Unified Communications technology, they have grown to over 30 employees throughout Texas.
"We are proud of our team - both North Texas and in our new regional offices - for this awesome achievement," stated Barker. "With continual aggressive growth plans, we look forward to many more months like September 2009."
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a Unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a Premier business partner with Cisco Systems, with a host of strategic solutions, including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses on helping companies realize a return on their technology investments, and assist in driving down communication cost, while delivering revenue enhancement opportunities.
To become a fan of Unified360 on Facebook click HERE.
To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Blogs.
For career information go to Unified360 Careers.
Contact: Kimberly Kelly, Investor Relations
Unified360
(972) 675-VOIP
investorrelations@unified360.com
Posted on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 @ 10:08 AM
DALLAS, Texas - September 29th, 2009 -
Unified360, a Unified Communications Solutions Provider, was chosen by Antares Homes to enhance client communication. Antares has been recognized as a leader among Texas homebuilders for constructing highly energy-efficient homes that far exceed ENERGY STAR specifications.
"Before Unified360 became engaged with Antares Homes, it was clear that their previous experience with a hosted VOIP solution was challenging, however, they were open to investigating SIP trunking with Cbeyond," stated Jim Barker, CEO of Unified360. "When Cbeyond put Antares in touch with Unified360, we reintroduced them to the idea of implementing a VOIP communication system, this time under their own roof."
Unified360 presented a proposal to Antares Homes that consisted of replacing an aging PBX used for corporate office phones, disconnecting expensive land lines in all field offices and tying it all together with a modern VPN solution that doesn't require dedicated, static IP service in the field.
By leveraging the new technology, Antares has significantly improved the communication with their prospective clients. Spaeder stated it best by saying, "Customers who call our 800 number aren't tortured with layers of voice response scripts. We could easily implement touch tone, press one for this and two for that, but our shiny new integrated Cisco system also lets us quickly connect customers with the sales team. Interested in an energy efficient new home? Call 800-ANTARES (800-268-2737) and your call will go directly to a new home sales counselor. Our call abandonment rate is nearly nil."
The solution for Antares not only yielded great improvement in communication but even greater financial results. Spaeder explains their financial results by stating, "Our recurring telecom costs dropped by more than 55 percent. The net savings (after adding back the cost of new equipment) are remarkable. We're ahead of the game every month by nearly 30 percent, net. The reduction in monthly phone and data expenses was eye-opening. Getting all the cool voice functions and features made the decision a no-brainer."
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a Unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a premier partner with Cisco Systems, with a host of strategic solutions including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses on helping companies realize a return on their technology investments, and assist in driving down communication cost, while delivering revenue enhancement.
To become a fan of Unified360 on Facebook click HERE.
To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Blogs.
For career information go to Unified360 Careers.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Kimberly Kelly, Investor Relations
Unified360
(972) 675-VOIP
investorrelations@unified360.com
Posted on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 @ 10:20 AM
DALLAS, TX, September 22, 2009 - Unified360, a Unified Communications Solutions Provider, today announced its company expansion with a new office located in Houston, Texas. The expansion into this market is the fourth location and is the continuation into the next step of the company's plan of regional expansion.
"Our expansion into the Houston market will allow Unified360 to expand our well-established Texas operations to the next level," stated Jim Barker, Chief Executive Officer of Unified360. "Houston is a great market that we have been planning to enter for some time. The market conditions and the needs of our clients have allowed us to continue our growth on schedule. We are very excited about the opportunity in Houston and are looking forward to providing our solutions to a new market."
Unified360 provides Unified Communication solutions and services, communication services, and managed technology services for Small Medium Enterprise (SME) organizations typically with 20 to 500 employees. By leveraging these three core offerings, many of Unified360's clients come to them for all of their technology, telecommunications, and overall communication needs. A few key clients include Baylor Surgical Hospital, All My Sons Moving & Storage, and Direct Buy.
"Our ability to bring great solutions to our clients is our number one goal," stated Barker. "By launching our expansion into Houston, we are positioned to continue our success in reaching our regional expansion goal. Houston will complement our Dallas, San Antonio and Austin operations as well as provide substantial opportunities for client growth. "
In April 2009, Fortune magazine ranked Houston as the No. 2 city for Fortune 500 headquarters. This statistic alone creates numerous opportunities for growth in Houston. In fact, in March 2009 and the previous 3 years, Chief Executive Magazine named the state of Texas as the Best State to Do Business. A CEO who participated in the best and worst places for jobs and business growth survey was quoted saying, "Texas is strategically centered, has low taxes, and outstanding demographics."
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a Unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas Texas. As a premier partner with Cisco Systems, with a host of strategic solutions, including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses on helping companies realize a return on their technology investments, and assist in driving down communication cost, while delivering revenue enhancement opportunities.
To become a fan of Unified360 on Facebook click HERE.
To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Blogs.
For career information go to Unified360 Careers.
Contact: Kimberly Kelly, Investor Relations
Unified360
(972) 675-VOIP
investorrelations@unified360.com
Posted on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 @ 10:03 AM
DALLAS,Texas - September 16,2009 - Unified360, a Unified Communications Solutions Provider, announces the signing of The Vaquero Club, one of the top ranked private country clubs in the United States. Vaquero prides themselves in providing state of the art facilities for their members. The service they provide to their members is vital to the success of The Vaquero Club; therefore communication plays an important role.
"Unified360 has been instrumental in designing, deploying, and managing our Cisco Voice over IP phone system," stated Casey Paulson, General Manager of Vaquero Club. "Our locations are very spread out and had challenges that Unified360 had to overcome. They respond quickly to our calls and understand the importance to our members and guests. The cost savings we will realize will make a very positive impact on our business."
Unified360 introduced not only a Voice over IP solution but went the next step and improved their overall communications network by reducing the number of carriers from 3 to 1, simplifying their billing, providing a wireless solution for guest and members while bringing together all voice and data communications into an integrated solution.
"As Unified360 became engaged with The Vaquero Club, many challenges were vented by their leadership team," stated Jim Barker, President/CEO of Unified360. "They had a legacy phone system with very difficult feature functionality and five facilities that could not communicate with one another or their members effectively."
Unified360 attributes our continued success to the knowledge and ability to understand network environments and customer requirements, while delivering streamlined solutions, that can enhance revenue while controlling cost.
About Unified360:
Unified360 is a Unified communications solutions provider based in Dallas, Texas. As a premier partner with Cisco Systems, with a host of strategic solutions including a wide range of communication and managed services, Unified360 is a leading provider to SMB and large enterprise organizations for next generation communication solutions. Unified360 focuses helping companies realize a return on their technology investments, and assist in driving down communication cost, while delivering revenue enhancement.
To become a fan of Unified360 on Facebook click HERE.
To participate in VoIP and Unified Communications blogs visit Unified360 Blogs.
For career information go to Unified360 Careers.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Contact: Kimberly Kelly, Investor Relations
Unified360
(972) 675-VOIP
investorrelations@unified360.com