IP Communications News: Cbeyond Launches Small Business Services in San Francisco Bay Area
“Green” Panel Discussion and Service Project Kick Off Official Bay Area Launch
Cbeyond®, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading Internet Protocol (IP)-based managed services provider to small businesses, has expanded its services into the San Francisco Bay area – its 10th market. To celebrate their launch, Cbeyond and Cisco are hosting a panel discussion entitled: “Going Green” What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Being Eco-Friendly, followed by a networking breakfast on the Cisco Campus on Thursday, May 15, 2008.
The panel and networking event will be held at Cisco’s worldwide headquarters, Building 9, 260 East Tasman Dr., San Jose, Calif. 95134. The panel will begin at 7:30 a.m. PDT followed by the networking breakfast, which are both open to the public.
“Cisco believes that information technology has the power to transform the way the world addresses its environmental challenges and that small businesses will play a key role in that effort through innovation in their own operations and by creating environmentally-friendly solutions for customers,” said Mark Monday, vice president of Marketing, Access Routing Technology Group, at Cisco. “We’re proud to partner with Cbeyond on this issue and to welcome them to the Bay Area market. Today’s launch marks the continuation of a long, successful partnership that has resulted in powerful communications services developed exclusively for small businesses.”
Cbeyond’s launch event will bring together more than 150 small business leaders, green enthusiasts and local officials. Rick Row, executive director of Sustainable Silicon Valley is scheduled to moderate the panel’s local and national eco-friendly business leaders, including:
* Julie O’Loughlin, senior director of operations/facilities, Fenwick & West LLP;
* Jason Matlof, partner, Battery Ventures;
* Doreen Reid, senior associate for Operations & Business Outreach, The Climate Group;
* Lisa Rose, green business coordinator, the County of Santa Clara Green Business Program;
* Sky Stanfield, associate, Farella Braun+Martel LLP; and
* Kevin Slovick, co-founder, Fun Photo Guys.
“The Bay Area has long been the home to progressive small businesses that leverage leading-edge technology,” said Jim Geiger, chairman and CEO of Cbeyond. “Cbeyond’s portfolio of affordable communications services can help small businesses gain a competitive advantage in one of the world’s leading regions for innovation, while helping small businesses leverage advanced communications technologies to reduce business travel.”
Cbeyond customers benefit from more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including landline and mobile phone services, mobile broadband, Virtual Private Network (VPN), fax-to-email and Web hosting. Today, more than 36,000 U.S. small businesses rely on Cbeyond for their communications services.
Honored for its commitment to the communities it serves, Cbeyond will participate in a service project following the panel and networking breakfast. Working with its volunteer network affiliate, Points of Light & Hands On Network, 50-60 Cbeyond volunteers will assist in the rehabilitation and maintenance of Overfelt Gardens Park’s 1.6 acre native plant and wildlife sanctuary in San Jose. Volunteers are scheduled to weed, prune and remove non-native plants as well as beautify the Chinese Cultural Gardens. In 2007, Cbeyond employees volunteered more than 6,600 hours in major metropolitan communities throughout the United States.
For more information about Cbeyond and its small business communications services, visit http://www.cbeyond.net. Those interested in Bay Area employment opportunities with Cbeyond should visit http://www.cbeyond.net/cbeyond/cbeyond-careers.htm.
About Cbeyond
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading IP-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of communications and IT services to more than 36,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Cbeyond offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry®, broadband laptop access, voicemail, email, web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and virtual private networking. Cbeyond manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit http://www.cbeyond.net.