Stranix Signs Partnership with AT&T to Deliver Hosted and Onsite Converged Conferencing
Stranix PerformanceCenter Integrates SumTotal’s TotalLMS with Enterprise-class Voice, Web and Video Conferencing
Stranix, a global leader in workforce performance solutions announced today that it has signed a new partner agreement with AT&T USA, Inc., the leader in unlimited voice, web and video conferencing for the enterprise, to resell hosted and on-premise installations of AT&T Connect™ to businesses throughout North America. A key benefit of the partnership is the availability of a fully hosted and managed solution that combines AT&T’s award-winning, enterprise-class conferencing technology pre-integrated with SumTotal’s TotalLMS™ software. TotalLMS is a premier enterprise learning management system used for managing classroom-based training and online learning.
For small and medium businesses, AT&T Connect will be offered as part of PerformanceCenter, Stranix’s hosted workforce performance solution that combines the benefits of TotalLMS with the ease of a fully managed hosted solution from Stranix. PerformanceCenter provides these businesses with an economical, scaleable software solution that can be set up quickly and meet their requirements for outsourced IT implementation and support services.
The integration of AT&T Connect with TotalLMS adds new levels of communication and collaboration to eLearning environments by leveraging VoIP- and TDM-enabled voice, web and video conferencing that can be easily launched and managed from a single application.
“We are excited to bring this exceptional technology to our customers. AT&T offers outstanding, proven technology that accelerates business processes through improved relationships, shortened decision cycles and less costly long distance communications,” said Thomas Payne, President and CEO of Stranix Corporation. “This solution is also designed for growth. Our flexible pricing options will ensure comfortable growth in online communications for companies anticipating expansions in their knowledge workers’ online collaboration, virtual classrooms and larger events such as company and user group meetings.”
“Our relationship with Stranix demonstrates our commitment to building new channels for converged conferencing and unified communications opportunities,” said Doug Collins, Vice President of Worldwide Alliances and Channel Sales. “By communication-enabling a solution like PerformanceCenter, we are helping all sized businesses gain access to enterprise-class conferencing, regardless of their size or deployment requirements.”
The addition of AT&T Connect to PerformanceCenter provides customers with:
- Award-winning converged VoIP- and telephone-enabled web conferencing
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- Economical and feature-rich virtual classroom capabilities, web meetings, seminars, webcasts, audioconferencing and more from a single solution
- “Always on” ad-hoc personal meeting rooms
- Broad features that allow moderators and teachers to minimize and control participant behavior
- Easy incorporation of multi-media content and recorded speakers into live sessions
- Unlimited events and classroom sizes
- Investment protection with options for enterprise-wide licensing
- Integration with email, calendaring, IM and softphone capabilities
AT&T Connect provides voice, Web and video conferencing within a single application for unlimited audio conferences, Web meetings, virtual classes, Web seminars, broadcasts and on-demand recordings. Deployed as a core business application to all employees, it improves the frequency, speed and quality of both internal and external business activities. AT&T Connect integrates with existing enterprise IT and PBX systems, email and calendaring applications. It allows customers to achieve the cost benefits of VoIP conferencing securely, without having to engage in PBX and telephone handset overhauls. AT&T Connect is a leading choice of Global 2,000 companies, with more worldwide deployments of 5,000-plus seats than any other enterprise conferencing solution on the market.
About Stranix
Stranix is a global provider of workforce performance solutions and services that transform the business of established and emerging companies. By merging frontline-experience, industry-specific knowledge, and capabilities in business consulting, technology, content development, workforce transformation, and solution management, Stranix practitioners help clients realize their strategic vision and execute on that vision, thus increasing workforce and business performance. For more information, visit www.stranix.com.
About AT&T
AT&T is the leader in delivering unlimited voice, Web, and video conferencing for the enterprise. AT&T’s fixed price / unlimited usage business model and enterprise-class technology combine to make it easy for companies to deliver conferencing and collaboration as a core business application, replacing multiple products with a single, integrated solution that can reduce overall conferencing expenses by 50 per cent or more. More importantly, our unique capabilities drive innovation, corporate agility and operational effectiveness by enabling customers to give unlimited conferencing and collaboration to every employee in the enterprise, like email. AT&T sells to and supports customers globally through a direct sales force, distributors, value-added resellers, communications service providers, and network-oriented systems integrators. |
