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Comprehensive Managed Service and Proven Veteran Leadership Position Dash as Industry Resource For 9-1-1 Authorities Transitioning from Legacy 911 to NG9-1-1

Today from the 2010 Texas NENA Conference and CSEC, dash Carrier Services (dash) introduced dashESP, a comprehensive managed service based on its proven emergency call routing platform, which will empower 9-1-1 Authorities to transition from legacy 911 to Next Generation (NG) 9-1-1. In addition, Ray Paddock, a 25-year telecommunications and public safety industry veteran, has joined dash as Vice President for Public Safety.

dash is unique in that it brings the assets and experience from delivering high volumes of 9-1-1 calls to 9-1-1 Authorities across the country. Also, very important to note is that the Company has been using these technologies for almost a decade to rout calls for almost 300 CLECs and VoIP Service Providers.

dash CEO, Justin Nelson, commented that, “These milestones are more

Alteva Announces Cuthbert New CEO

New Successor Comes at a Time of Tremendous Growth

PHILADELPHIA, PA – August 31, 2010 – Alteva, a Unified Communications (UC) solution provider, headquartered in Philadelphia, today announced the appointment of David Cuthbert as CEO. With over twelve years of operational management and leadership experience, Cuthbert’s focus will be leading Alteva through its industry leading growth. Cuthbert joined Alteva in 2006 as the COO and has developed scalable processes through automation and employee development. The Founder of Alteva, Chairman and former CEO, William Bumbernick, will focus on the innovative direction of the company as Chief Innovation Officer.

“Mr. Cuthbert is really the right choice to manage and lead Alteva to the next level,” Bumbernick says. “His leadership style combined with his knowledge and acumen of our industry will ensure both his success and that of our company.”

Cuthbert is a graduate more

Field Trials Under Way to Test New Private-Public Cloud Service with Extensive Security, Application Portability

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31 — At VMworld 2010 on Tuesday (Aug. 31), Verizon Business and VMware unveiled a new enterprise-class hybrid cloud solution that will enable enterprises to move their applications to the cloud more quickly without compromising security or performance. The new solution, underpinned by Verizon’s world-class global IP network and the industry-leading VMware vSphere™ virtualization platform, will help remove the major barriers to cloud computing adoption, while enabling the delivery of “IT as a Service.”

The new offering joins Verizon’s Computing as a Service (CaaS) portfolio of cloud computing services.

Earlier this month, Verizon began field trials of this new service — Computing as a Service (CaaS) enabled by VMware vCloud Datacenter — that will allow enterprises to decide which applications to move to the cloud so they can more

Sprint introduces termination-only Partner Interexchange Network (PIN)
PIN offers infinite scalability and greater cost savings as partner community grows

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Aug. 30, 2010 – Sprint (NYSE: S) began successfully passing Partner Interexchange Network (PIN) traffic in April and has expanded its PIN partner base, which currently consists of MSOs, ILECs, CLECs and others, creating an on-net community of 67 million telephone numbers, and is on target to reach 100 million by the end of the year. This growth will result in greater savings for all Sprint PIN customers.

In addition to these advancements, Sprint is now offering termination-only PIN, which allows customers an avenue to establish interconnection arrangements with Sprint’s growing on-net PIN community and their extensive off-net routes as a way to lower termination costs. This offering is ideal as a migration path for companies who have the potential to become an on-net more

IntelePeer Ranks No.991 on the 2010 Inc. 5000 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 301%

SAN MATEO, Calif. – August 30, 2010 – Inc. magazine today ranked IntelePeer Inc., a leader in the delivery of communications via cloud-based infrastructure, No.991 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Music website Pandora, convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Brooklyn Brewery, and Radio Flyer, maker of the iconic children’s red wagon, are among the prominent brands featured on this year’s list.

“The leaders of the companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression,” said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. “The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs.”

IntelePeer delivers hosted services for more

Verizon Websites Powered By Intuit and Intuit WebListings Services Provided as a Bonus at No Cost for 12 Months With New Bundled Orders

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 — In today’s online world, small businesses must have their own websites to compete effectively for customers. Yet many small businesses do not have websites, primarily because of the expense and time involved in creating them.

To address this crucial need, Verizon is now offering Verizon Websites powered by Intuit, which enables small businesses to quickly and easily design and set up their own company website; and Intuit WebListings, which helps small businesses get found online and get customers by listing the website on more than 100 popular search sites, including Google, Yahoo! and Bing. In addition, the company’s bundles of small-business phone and broadband services – Verizon Solutions for Business* – are now available on a month-to-month basis with more

Event to Take Place in Las Vegas, Sept. 21-22, With Developers, Network and Technology Experts Talking Apps for Current and Future Networks

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Aug. 30 — Verizon Wireless is hosting its second annual Verizon Developer Community (VDC) Conference on Sept. 21 and 22 at the ARIA Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The conference is focused on fostering new mobile applications for existing and future wireless networks, and developers can register by visiting www.vdcconference.com.

“Our VDC Conference brings developers, network and technology experts, and OEMs together to talk about what’s going on in the app space now and to brainstorm and plan for what’s next. It’s an especially exciting time with the imminent launch of our 4G LTE network and the proliferation of apps for consumers and businesses,” said John Stratton, chief marketing officer of Verizon Wireless.

Path Continues for Applications Development more

Company partners with Carnegie Mellon to deploy private cloud in 30 days

VMworld 2010 Conference

SAN FRANCISCO–HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced HP CloudStart, the industry’s first all-in-one solution for deploying an open and flexible private cloud environment within 30 days.(1)

“To better serve the needs of their enterprises, clients are asking us to help them become internal service providers with the ability to deliver applications through a highly flexible private cloud environment”
Built on an HP Converged Infrastructure, HP CloudStart simplifies and speeds private cloud deployments. Consisting of hardware, software and services, HP CloudStart empowers businesses to deliver pay-per-use services reliably and securely from a common portal, and it offers the ability to scale and deploy new services automatically. Real-time access to consumption and chargeback reports allows clients to operate their private clouds in the same fashion as a public cloud.

With HP’s open architecture approach, clients more

The Second Hong Kong Data Center Will Service Strong Demand from the Banking and Financial Market Participants and the Expansion of Cloud and IT Service Providers

FOSTER CITY, Calif. & HONG KONG–Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced plans to build its second International Business Exchange (IBX) data center, HK2, in Hong Kong. The new $63 million HK2 IBX data center will provide total capacity for more than 1,450 cabinet equivalents. Targeted for opening in the third quarter of 2011, the $20 million first phase of the HK2 IBX center will offer an initial 450 cabinet equivalents. The expansion enables Equinix to continue serving the Hong Kong market with business exchange services for global enterprises, banking and financial companies, and cloud and IT service providers.

The Hong Kong market is one of the largest concentrations of banking and financial companies in the region. more

Demonstrating on Intel vPro architecture in Intel’s Booth 509, Latest Version of vDesk Delivers New Security, Performance, Management and Usability Capabilities Demanded by Enterprises

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30, 2010 – RingCube Technologies, the leading provider of managed virtual workspaces, today announced at the VMworld Conference 2010 the latest in desktop virtualization innovations delivered in RingCube’s vDesk solution, including enhancements in security, performance, management and usability that were developed in association with Intel.

RingCube vDesk is a high-performance enterprise desktop virtualization solution that simplifies the creation, access and management of Windows desktops through Workspace Virtualization. With today’s launch at VMworld, RingCube introduces a number of important new capabilities for the desktop virtualization space, including:

• Important security enhancements, including pre-authentication host checking, to protect against keystroke loggers; and granular logging for regulation compliance;
• MobileSync performance improvements, including compression of encrypted workspaces and block-level differencing that boosts provisioning more