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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