05 - 28 - 10
By: Darren Bonawitz
During an interview with Stallard Technologies, a data partner of 1102 GRAND, Greg Elliott reviewed why the company has a working relationship with Stallard Technologies.
“Our main job at 1102 GRAND is to provide a carrier neutral place for providers to connect their networks and to do the behind the scene connections that need to take place in order to make all of those networks work,” said Elliott.
Stallard Technologies is an Internet retailing company based in Overland Park, Kansas. It specializes in buying and selling quality new and used Dell servers and workstations, as well as EqualLogic and EMC storage devices and Cisco network appliances.
At Stallard Technologies, it is your personal shoppers. It works aggressively to find the best available values on business networking hardware, so you can accomplish your networking goals effectively, efficiently and under budget.
It deals strictly with reliable vendors and top quality products, and will make sure that you are getting what you expect, no surprises. It knows the importance of building relationships, and is committed to providing you with the best combination of hardware value and service available anywhere, online or offline!
Stallard Technologies, has its own staff of trained and qualified technicians. It manages complete diagnostic checks on all our products. Performance of products has the Stallard Technologies seal of Approval and Warranty.
05 - 20 - 10
By: Greg Elliott
1102 GRAND (www.1102Grand.com), a Midwest Internet Hub and Collocation Facility, and CPI Communications (www.cpitelecom.net), co-hosted a lunch and tour for the Kansas City Association of Call Center Professionals (ACCP)
ACCP is a professional, non-profit association whose members represent customer contact organizations and the vendors who support them. Membership consists of organizations of all sizes, from a variety of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, financial, outsource, legal, technology, staffing and more. The company has first and third-party focused members, including telemarketing, call centers, collections, customer service facilities, help desks, client retention, etc.
1102 GRAND shared the benefits that a carrier hotel can offer:
Clients can benefit by moving dialers and server equipment to a collocation facility to reduce current infrastructure and overhead costs at the on-site data center.
Clients can take advantage of the many carrier/provider options afforded at a carrier hotel, giving them flexibility as their business model changes or grows.
Many carriers/providers have PoPs at carrier hotels, saving costly voice and data loop/access charges in most cases.
CPI Communications shared the benefits that a carrier neutral telecommunications provider can offer clients:
CPI Communications will thoroughly research a client’s data and telecommunication connectivity needs and offer solutions from multiple carriers. The prices they quote come directly from the carriers and are the same as or lower than what a client would receive if they contacted the carriers directly.
CPI Communications manages the solution within the selected carrier from the start to implementation. They talk directly with the technicians, order writers, testers, engineers and any other individuals involved with providing the solution.
The best part to clients, CPI Communications service is free!
After the lunch, ACCP members embarked on a guided tour of 1102 GRAND’s collocation areas including private cabinets, cage space, and the 1102 GRAND Network Operations Center.
Thank you to the KCACCP for visiting 1102 GRAND!
05 - 13 - 10
Posted By: Darren Bonawitz
I want to share the recent event calendar of summer training courses for SecureSkills hosted by Fishnet Security. The first upcoming event in Kansas City is the National F5 Networks Course from May 17-21, 2010.
05 - 07 - 10
Posted By: Darren Bonawitz
I want to share a few photos from our April 1, 2010 IT Networking Event at Boulevard Brewery.
