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Inside this issue
01/ Welcome from the CEO 02/ NSC Group acquires WA-based businesses 05/ Award-winning RAD Carrier Ethernet Demarcation unit now available from NSC 07/ Stephen Johnson now on the beat for NSC 09/ Citrix selects NSC for India expansion 12/ NSC Group wins regional Avaya award
Cover credits: kignificant change in the business communications landscape in Australia and New Zealand. This is because BREEZE is a fixed-price, pay-as-you-go means of implementing communications: customers dont own the expenditure.
NSC Group blows the case for infrastructure ownership away with BREEZE
The business communications landscape changed this month when NSC Group announced the launch of Breeze, a first-ofkind Communications-as-a-Service offering, aimed at blowing away many of the onerous costs, complexity and overheads associated with infrastructure ownership. Breeze from NSC is an outsource model that delivers the latest in IP Telephony and Unified Communications systems to every desk top on a pay-as-you-go basis, cutting costs down to a fixed price, per user. There is no need for businesses to own even a single box or software license, as the responsibility for all hardware, software and management rests with NSC, and all systems and upgrades are delivered under a guaranteed Quality of Service. Under the unique Breeze model, customers sign a single contract with NSC to cover all communications infrastructure, software, user devices and services. There are no additional third-party finance contracts, no complex bundles and no obligation to use any specific telecommunications provider.communications
Award-winning
NSC Group, a RAD Data Communications premier Australian partner, is pleased to announce the availability in Australia of the ETX-203A Carrier Ethernet network termination unit. It was recently awarded the 2010 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Price Performance Value Leadership. The award endorses the ETX-203A as a feature-rich, comprehensive solution at an extremely competitive price. The Frost & Sullivan award is given annually to a company whose product is judged by the analyst organisation to best suit market and its clients needs based upon price competitiveness, features, ease of use of the product and the service effectiveness of the company. Frost & Sullivan said that the ETX-203A has reset the average selling price of Carrier Ethernet demarcation devices without compromising on features and is one of the most feature-rich products on the market. Frost & Sullivan said that the ETX-203A comprehensively
Zi-ArGuS (WA)
Last month, NSC Group acquired the data-networking business of industrialautomation provider ZIARGUS (WA) Pty
Receiving a prestigious award such as this is not only an honour, but a validation of RADs approach to the Carrier Ethernet market.
BREEZE
Is the and mainta cost of delivering, m anaging ining systems lim complex communica tions iting your bu siness pote ntial? NSC Group, Australias leading co integrator mmunicatio now brings ns you Breeze easy and co . A simple st eective Unied Co way to prov , mmunicatio ide ns and Cont act Ce services wi thin your bu ntre siness. Find out m ore at www. nsc.net.au /breeze
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