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RELEASE
Granite Wins Two 2023 Visionary Spotlight
Awards from ChannelVision
Managed Communications Services Provider
Honored for Innovation in Technology and Multilocation Deployments
QUINCY,
Mass., and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – July
14, 2023 — ChannelVision Magazine has recognized Granite
Telecommunications, a $1.85
billion provider of communications and technology solutions to multilocation
businesses and government agencies, as a
winner of two 2023 Visionary Spotlight Awards for innovation in technology and
multilocation business
technology deployments.
ChannelVision's annual Visionary Spotlight Awards
highlight channel and service provider innovation in communications. Winners
exemplify innovation, capacity for future-thinking execution, creativity and feature set differentiation, and offering
channel partners opportunities to boost their roles as trusted providers.
Granite's
award-winning innovations include:
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Top
Innovation for FlexEdge Connect, a revolutionary enhancement to its proprietary
universal edge device, Granite Guardian FlexEdge. Granite Guardian FlexEdge
consolidates multiple network functions, enabling Granite to deliver its
managed network solutions without deploying proprietary hardware. FlexEdge Connect adds service chaining, allowing Granite to
install various virtual network functions on the same physical device and
connect them with software so they work together. With a single investment in FlexEdge Connect, organizations can efficiently scale their
network infrastructure, accommodating their growing demands and adapting to
their evolving needs without the costly and time-consuming process of replacing
hardware.
·
Innovation
in Multilocation Business Technology
Deployments for supporting a channel partner's restaurant chain client's
expansion to more than 250 locations. Leveraging its rapid Technology Deployment services, Granite helped the chain standardize
network infrastructure and deployment processes to migrate existing sites and
stand up new ones. Granite
standardized voice and data
connectivity for all locations, designed and installed a fully managed network,
and automated technology configurations.
"We're
honored to be recognized by ChannelVision with Visionary Spotlight Awards for
innovation in technology and multilocation deployments," said Charlie
Pagliazzo, Vice President – Channels for Granite. "Together, these accolades
are a testament to our continued commitment to both develop and deliver
innovative technology solutions at scale for our channel partners and their multilocation
enterprise customers."
About ChannelVision Magazine
ChannelVision is a bi-monthly digital and print
magazine, read by channel partners selling all manner of voice, data, access,
managed, and business services (both on-premises and "in the cloud"),
as well as technology, gear and equipment.
ChannelVision is a highly focused and efficient way for service providers,
hardware, and software companies to reach experienced channel partners
targeting the small/medium business space. Serving a controlled
circulation of providers and indirect distributors of communications, network,
IT, and cloud-based business services, ChannelVision is telecom's gateway to
perspective on how to adapt, what to sell, and how to sell it.
About Granite
Granite delivers advanced communications
and technology solutions to businesses and government agencies throughout the
United States and Canada. The $1.85 billion company serves more than two-thirds
of Fortune 100 companies and has 1.75 million voice and data lines under
management, supporting more than 650,000 locations. Founded in 2002, Granite
has grown to be one of the largest competitive telecommunications carriers in
the U.S. by simplifying sourcing and management of voice, data and cellular
service with a single point of contact and consolidated invoicing for all
locations nationwide. Today, Granite supports customers with a wide range of
services, including access, UCaaS, mobile voice and data, and MSP solutions for
SD-WAN, monitoring and network management. Granite employs more than 2,250
people at its headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts, and 11 regional offices
nationwide. For more information, visit www.granitenet.com.
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