COLUMBUS, OH - The Gatestone Group today announced a partnership with Appia Communications that will further strengthen its suite of converged communication services for local businesses and organizations.
Columbus-based Gatestone is one of the new breed of IT providers capable of more than just maintenance. By converging an organization’
“Our partnership with Gatestone is a great fit,” said Jason Ulm, Appia’s vice president of sales. “We can offer customers in Columbus real savings and real peace of mind that will be hard to beat.”
Gatestone will add Appia’s proven solutions in voice, data, video and networking to its broad portfolio of services. According to John Frazier, owner of The Gatestone Group, the timing couldn’t be better.
“In this economy, where companies are watching their capital expenditures, Appia’s voice services are especially attractive for a number of reasons,” Frazier said. “They easily scale for companies from one to 1000, the implementation cost is lower than traditional premise-based phone systems, and the ongoing maintenance is included in the low monthly fee.
“Our customers will have all the benefits of a full-blown Cisco phone solution for a fraction of the cost. We are very excited about adding Appia to our portfolio.”
For more information about The Gatestone Group’s managed IT and telecom services, please contact John Frazier at 614-328-7200 or jpfrazier@gatestonegroup.com.
About Appia Communications
Appia Communications is a leading provider of managed IT and telecommunications services, enabling small and midsize companies and organizations to benefit from Internet Protocol technology for far less than the cost of an in-house implementation. Appia’s managed solutions help customers reduce costs, enhance employee productivity, improve customer care, and compete more effectively against much larger enterprises.
Headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan, Appia has operations in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, and other markets in North America and Europe. Appia was named to Inc. magazine’s list of America’s fastest-growing private companies in both 2007 and 2008. For more information, please visit www.appiaservices.com or call 877-277-4297. Appia is a Cisco Powered Network and holds advanced Cisco communications certifications.
About The Gatestone Group
The Gatestone Group is a single-source provider of integrated voice, data, and other IT solutions that give its clients a competitive edge. Gatestone plans, designs, implements, and manages IT solutions to meet a wide array of converged communication needs, including voice and data networking, contact center solutions, network carrier services, and voice and data storage. Gatestone’s broad portfolio is born out of strategic relationships with the industry's best manufacturers, service providers, carriers and application developers.
The Gatestone Group also specializes in professional services including consulting, design, engineering, project management, installation, maintenance and training. For more information, please visit www.gatestonegroup.com or call 614-328-7200.
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