FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Granite Earns Gold Panduit Certified Installer
Credentials
Network Solutions Provider Now Authorized to
Deploy Panduit Network Infrastructure Solutions with Warranties
QUINCY,
Mass., – August 5, 2021— Granite
Telecommunications, LLC, a $1.65
billion provider of communications services to multilocation businesses and
government agencies, announced
today it has been certified by Panduit Corporation as a Gold Panduit Certified Installer (PCI) with
authorization to deploy Panduit®
Network Infrastructure solutions and participate in the Panduit Certification PlusSM System Warranty Program.
“We’ve
been a Panduit ONE℠ Partner for a few years and are thrilled to
take the next by becoming a Gold Panduit Certified Installer,” said Joe Eaton,
Senior Director of Solutions Architecture for Network Integration Services at
Granite. “Now, we can offer our customers best-in-class installation that
Panduit stands behind with a warranty.”
Gold-level certification means that Granite Networking
Integration team members are trained to install and deploy Panduit solutions
based on industry best practices and standards. Using these techniques, Granite
ensures customers receive reliable and scalable solutions that minimize cost
and risk.
As a Gold Panduit Certified Installer, Granite can offer and install the following
services from Panduit:
·
Dielectric
Double Jacketed (DDJ) Fiber Cable
·
IntrauVUE Edge
·
Uninterruptible
Power Supply (UPS)
·
Overmolded Cordsets
·
Data
Access Port
·
Pre-Configured
IDF with SmartZone G5 Access Control
·
Category
6A 600V Patch Cords
·
DIN Rail
Mount Patch Panels
In addition, Granite can offer the Panduit
Certification PlusSM System
Warranty, which provides customers assurance that their new
structured cabling system meets or exceeds industry standards and may qualify
for a replacement performance guarantee.
Once
Granite completes an implementation, the installation is registered and
validated by Panduit, which issues a warranty certificate to the customer.
“Certification
gives our customers confidence in choosing Granite for their Panduit
installation,” said Mike Corbin, Sales Director for Network Integration
Services at Granite. “The warranty goes a step further and makes every Granite
Panduit deployment risk-free.”
Granite
installations qualify for 15-, 20- or 25-year standards-based performance
warranties covering Panduit-branded copper and fiber connectivity hardware, and
Panduit-branded cable or approved manufacturer’s cable, used in structured
cabling systems that meet warranty program requirements.
To learn
more about Granite’s Network Integration Services, visit https://granitenet.com/Products/Network_Integration.
About Granite
Granite
delivers one-stop communications solutions to multilocation businesses and
government agencies throughout the United States and Canada. The $1.65 billion
company serves more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100 companies in the United
States and has 1.75 million voice and data lines under management. Granite
launched in 2002 and grew quickly by helping businesses simplify sourcing and managing
local and long-distance phone services with one point of contact and one
invoice for all their office locations nationwide. Today, Granite is the leader
in aggregating Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS) and has extended its unique
value proposition – “one
company, one contact, one bill” – to include a range of advance business
communications services, including Internet access, SD-WAN, wireless WAN,
hosted PBX, SIP trunking, mobile voice and data, mobile device management,
managed security, network integration and much more. Granite
employs more than 2,400 people at its headquarters in Quincy, Mass., and nine
regional offices nationwide. For more information, visit www.granitenet.com.
Media Contact:
Lauren Grenier
Marketing Director
781.884.5290
lgrenier@granitenet.com