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LignUp Selects tekVizion as Development/Integration Partner
Partnership to Help Promote Rapid Adoption of IP Telephony
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and RICHARDSON, TX (March 3, 2005)
– LignUp Corporation and tekVizion™ PVS, Inc., the
new standard for systems integration, announced today a partnership
intended to support the accelerating momentum of IP telephony.
Under terms of the agreement, tekVizion is now LignUp’s
preferred systems integrator
As such, tekVizion will provide professional services to customers
deploying LignUp solutions to cut long-distance, infrastructure
and operating costs and raise workforce productivity by providing
employees at any location the same level of communications services
as workers at headquarters.
tekVizion’s services to LignUp customers include systems
integration, interoperability certification and testing, and customization
of LignUp VoIP solutions. tekVizion brings extensive and unsurpassed
expertise in both legacy and next-generation voice networks to
its role as a LignUp system integrator.
LignUp solutions provide carriers and service providers with
the ability to build and offer differentiated, high-margin services
to enterprise customers, increase their share of enterprise communications
spending, increase top-line revenue and decrease service operating
costs.
LignUp’s IP-PBX can be deployed on premise or off premise
and in a single or multi-tenant configuration. The LignUp solution
is 100 percent software, standards-based, and Web services-oriented,
enabling fast development and deployment of multiple voice and
voice-enabled business applications on a common communications
platform.
“The modularity of LignUp’s products and their ability
to scale up or down fills a unique spot in the VoIP marketplace,”
said Terri Griffin, tekVizion president. “As systems integrators,
we are always on the lookout for products flexible enough to meet
the unique needs of our service provider customers. We are pleased
to be partnering with LignUp.”
“tekVizion’s hands-on expertise will help LignUp’s
customers rapidly customize and deploy VoIP solutions specific
to their industry or functional requirements,” said Kevin
Nethercott, LignUp president/COO. “LignUp is pleased to
partner with a leading IP telephony solution provider such as
tekVizion – a company capable of providing the system integration
and testing expertise customers need to fully leverage the technology
and business advantages of VoIP solutions.”
About LignUp Corporation
LignUp Corporation is a leading provider of software-only, SIP-based
Voice Applications and Infrastructure for enterprises and service
providers. The LignUp applications portfolio includes SIP IP-PBX,
SIP IP-Centrex, Voice Mail, Unified Messaging and Inbound/Outbound
IVR applications developed on the LignUp Communications Platform,
a software only, standards-based, web services-enabled platform.
This infrastructure facilitates the cost-effective development
and flexible deployment of multiple voice and voice-enabled business
applications. With LignUp Applications and LignUp Communications
Platform, system integrators, network integrators and service
providers have quickly assembled differentiated, cost-competitive
solutions for enterprise customers. LignUp is based in Silicon
Valley, California and has offices in Salt Lake City, Shanghai
and Tokyo. More information on LignUp can be found at www.LignUp.com.
About tekVizion PVS, Inc.
tekVizion (www.tekvizion.com) is setting the new standard for
systems integration in the telecommunications industry. tekVizion
Labs™ is the first interoperability certification lab of
its kind, and tekVizion’s suite of FastForwardSM services
helps service providers achieve a smooth transition to packet-voice
networks, speeding delivery of integrated services. tekVizion
leverages its real-world, multi-vendor integration and test experience
and proven processes to provide leading vendors, carriers, and
enhanced service providers with solutions that meld legacy and
next-generation resources. tekVizion’s headquarters, along
with a state-of-the-art test lab and Executive Briefing Center,
is located in the Telecom Corridor® in Richardson, Texas.
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tekVizion and tekVizion Labs are trademarks of,
and FastForward is a service mark of tekVizion PVS, Inc. LignUp
is a trademark of LignUp Corporation. Telecom Corridor is a registered
trademark of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce. All other names
are trademarks of their respective companies. |
