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July 2014
In This Issue
NPS Update
Trivia
Ask the Expert
Congrats SCOTT!!!
Welcome Brian Borucki
Welcome Gary Peeke
700 Things Garry Knows II
Avaya E100 SIP Phones
Mitel MiVoice Conference
ESI Blog
Fortinet FortiOS 5.2
Unitrends & Gartner
CIO Meet's Mobile Challenges
Quick Links to CCC...
Solutions
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NPS® Update
NPS

Current NPS®: 79.14%
Surveys
Completed: 2565

Click here to learn more about Net Promoter Score. 
Trivia
Trivia

Trivia Answer

 

Which of these is neither a standard poker game nor a variation of poker?
  1. Five-card draw
  2. Acey-deucey
  3. Lowball
  4. Miami
  5. Seven-card stud  
ANSWER:
4. Miami - There are two poker variations named after cities, Cincinnati and Chicago.

WINNERS:

Dan Kurkiewicz

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New Trivia  


Which major league baseball team's last World Series Title came in 1908?
Ask the Expert
Using Trunk Anayzer in Avaya Site Administrator
Phil Sachs, Customer Care Center

The Trunk Analyzer enables you to measure trunk groups and determine how many trunks are required to achieve a desired grade of service (GOS). Using the Trunk Analyzer, you can collect daily trunk statistics, then use that data to determine the performance of the trunks using a traffic modeling method. Once the data has been collected from the voice system, Avaya Site Administration can produce a report that recommends how many trunks to add or remove in order to achieve the grade of service you require. 


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Congratulations to Scott Maciejewski our CHAPTER winner for May
Scott Maciejewski, Customer Care Center

Congratulations to Scott Maciejewski, Customer Care Center Representative, for receiving the CHAPTER Award for May 2014.

 

The CHAPTER Award is a new employee recognition program we started at CCC this year. Award recipients are chosen by fellow associates on the basis of the CHAPTER qualifications of going above and beyond to delight both internal and external customers. 

 

Champion

Hardworking

Advocate

Professional

Teammate

Enthusiastic

Reliable

 

The winner is announced each month at the company meeting. They are awarded with a trophy and a $200 gift certificate and their picture is displayed in the reception area. Each of the CHAPTER winners for the year will be the only associates eligible for Associate of the Year voting at the end of the year.

 

Congratulations Scott and Good Luck in your quest for Associate of the Year! 

Welcome Brian Borucki
Vice President of Hospitality Convergence

A 40-year veteran of the information technology industry, with both a consulting and technology operations background which include 12 years as Director of Infrastructure and Technologies with Marcus Hotels & Resorts responsible for the IT Infrastructure and guest facing technologies for all full service hotels throughout the US. Responsible for a 7/24 customer support center servicing up to 22 full service hotels and resorts along with Corporate operations, hotel back of house, guest technology implementations and network/voice infrastructures and systems.15 years of global IT infrastructure responsibilities as Americas IT Infrastructure Manager with GE Medical Systems supporting locations throughout the US, Latin America and South America. 12 years as IT Manager with Harnischfeger Corp responsible for Telecom and network systems.

 

Responsible for establishing a comprehensive hospitality technology strategy that encompasses the vast technology partnerships and dedicated support offerings of CCC Technologies to improve hotel & resort operations, reduce costs and improve guest satisfaction.  By keeping our clients in sync with the latest technologies, infrastructure and security requirements we can assist our owners and GM's with continued profitability and guest satisfaction by offering a complete solution to their hotel and resort infrastructure and operational needs.

Welcome Gary Peeke
ConvergeSecure® Supervisor

Gary Peeke is responsible for the day to day functions of CCC Technologies Network Operation Center(NOC). Gary has 27 years of experience in the Telecom/Technology sector. Gary has held positions in sales, sales manager, channel management and Vice President of sales. Gary has been involved in many aspects of our industry including Network Services, Telephone Hardware, data networks, technology financing and most recently has spent several years in the Managed services spaced.

Avaya Special Applications "Green Features"
Or
"700 Things Garry Knows About Avaya Part II"
Avaya Special Applications
For those of you who were unable to attend the March 13th presentation, it is now available on our Youtube channel.

Avaya Introduces the E100 Series of SIP Phones 


Avaya E100 Series SIP Phones are a unique array of devices supporting communications and collaboration among office, remote, and mobile workers. These purpose-built devices use standards-based SIP to bring the most often used and impactful call handling features to workers, regardless of where they are located.

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Mitel MiVoice Conference Phone 
Mitel MiVoice Conference Phone
Mitel MiVoice Conference Phone

The ESI Blog:
The Advantages of Cloud Communiations
Kimberley Drobny, ESI 
ESI Logo

There is plenty of discussion going on about the direction of enterprise communications. As issues like mobility start pushing toward center stage, telecom channels as we know them have started to become redefined. Simply put, it is no longer a matter of how operational a service is, but how beneficial to a company it will be.

 

This is especially true with the perception of enterprise telecom, and mobility is now a major contributing factor to the swell of popularity for the telecom industry itself in terms of cloud communications.


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Fortinet FortiOS 5.2 is Now Available, Learn What's New
What's New in FortiOS 5.2?
What's New in FortiOS 5.2?

FortiGate Cookbook - Basic Firewall Policies (5.2)
FortiGate Cookbook - Basic Firewall Policies (5.2)

FortiGate Cookbook - IPsec VPN (5.2)
FortiGate Cookbook - IPsec VPN (5.2)

FortiGate Cookbook - Redundant Internet (5.2)
FortiGate Cookbook - Redundant Internet (5.2)


Unitrends and Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Integrated Appliances

Mark Campbell, Unitrends | Modern Backup 2 Blog 

Backup & Recovery

Gartner announced its 2014 magic quadrant for enterprise backup and integrated appliances - and Unitrends was included for the first time. While I'm not allowed to reproduce the material contained in the report (which is available to Gartner clients at this link and should be publicly available soon on their site here), I can say a few things in general about the report and our response to it.

 

All of us at Unitrends are pretty thrilled that we were included.  In terms of our position near the top right of the lower left quadrant - I thought it was  impressive to be positioned so far ahead of so many companies that have been on the magic quadrant for so long.  I also think that we're going to be able to pretty quickly move to the right and higher.

 

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Click here to learn about Backup & Recovery solutions from CCC Technologies, Inc. 

 

Click here to learn about onsite managed backup and offsite vaulting services from CCC Technologies, Inc.
CIO Meets Mobile Challenges Head-on
By Tom Kaneshige - July 7, 2014 - CIO.com
Managed Services
Embracing the mobility that end-users demand sometimes means CIOs must cast aside best practices. The shift to smartphones and tablets means enterprises must change how they think about employees, competitors and risk. Here's how the CIO at a large electrical contractor has met the challenge.

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