Westcon Group Signs International Distribution Agreement with Veramark
TARRYTOWN, NY, June 14, 2006 -Westcon Group, Inc. announced that it has signed an international distribution agreement with Veramark (OTCBB: VERA). Under the terms of the agreement, Westcon Group will distribute Veramark's products to its Comstor, Westcon and Voda One customers effective immediately.
Veramark provides feature-rich call accounting solutions, all of which are web-based and SSL encrypted. The company has been providing an installed base of users with its telephony reporting and management solutions for over twenty years, serving both SMB and enterprise markets. Currently, Veramark's solutions are particularly attractive to companies seeking compliance with industry requirements such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley.
Veramark's online VeraSMART application provides call accounting, contact management, online directory and invoice management capabilities within a framework that enables efficient communications across an entire organization. eCAS, another Veramark online application, allows companies to reduce costs by accessing information on items such as toll fraud, while providing flexible reporting and data management capabilities on overall phone usage.
"Our objective in working with Veramark is to extend their reach in the channel and provide our own customer base with tried and true call accounting solutions," commented Paul Cunningham, vice president, technology solutions group, Westcon Group, Inc. "By working with Westcon Group, Veramark now has access to all the substantial resources within our marketing programs, OneVoice and ConvergencePoint, and has a chance to leverage the channel opportunity with our powerful tools such as SalesVision and LeadVision."
David Mazzella, President & CEO of Veramark, added: "Our agreement with Westcon is a perfect fit for us, since our product solutions operate seamlessly with Cisco, Avaya and Nortel products. Through Westcon Group's marketing programs and its SalesVision and LeadVision tools, we see an opportunity to engage on a deeper level with the channel partners."
About Westcon Group
Westcon Group, Inc. is a multi-national specialty distributor of networking, security and communications equipment for leading technology vendors, including Cisco Systems, Inc., Nortel Networks Corporation and Avaya, Inc. Through its Voda One, Westcon and Comstor divisions, Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and wireless connectivity. For more information, visit Westcon Group, Inc. is a multi-national specialty distributor of networking, security and communications equipment for leading technology vendors, including Cisco Systems, Inc., Nortel Networks Corporation and Avaya, Inc. Through its Voda One, Westcon and Comstor divisions, Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and wireless connectivity. For more information, visit www.westcongroup.com.
About Veramark Technologies, Inc.
For over 20 years, Veramark's telemanagement solutions have set the industry standard for technological excellence, application experience, and process expertise. Veramark's completely web-based software architecture integrates communications management software with operation support systems (OSS) software. These solutions include Call Accounting, Telemanagement, Work Flow Management, Directory / Information Management, Service Inventory Build and Line Verification, Service Analysis and Recommendations, Wireless Optimization and Ongoing Management, Contract Analysis/Negotiations, and Billing Dispute Resolution.
This broad portfolio of products and services allows enterprises to measurably reduce communications expenses, optimize network performance, increase productivity and improve enterprise security. By utilizing industry-standard databases, secure web-browser based user interfaces, and dynamic reporting tools, Veramark's products and services make managing complex communications networks easy and efficient. Veramark's web-based software architecture eliminates the need for client software and makes the software accessible from every networked PC in the enterprise. In addition to Veramark's premise-based solutions, Veramark offers its customers a robust ASP and managed services alternative, designed to meet all or a portion of the customer's defined needs.
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Westcon Contact: Jeffrey Touzeau
Westcon Group, Inc.
(914) 829-7388
jtouzeau@westcongroup.com Veramark Contact:
David G. Mazzella
Veramark Technologies, Inc.
(585) 381-6000
dmazzella@vermark.com
