TeleSphere's Fully Hosted Technology Allows Company to Remain Connected Following Natural Disaster
--State-of-the-Art Telecommunications Capabilities, Provided by
TeleSphere, Allow Warehouse86 to Continue Operations Following Tornado
and Fire--
PHOENIX--(Business Wire)--
Mother Nature's first blow--a devastating tornado which ravaged
parts of Tennessee and Arkansas--wasn't enough to knock down the
telecommunications service of Warehouse86, a storage facility for the
online auction site Bidtopia, and neither was the fire it experienced
six days later during clean-up.
TeleSphere, a Phoenix-based telecommunications provider, manages
Warehouse86's phone service through a fully hosted PBX system and was
able to prevent its phone and internet services from experiencing any
equipment outage. According to TeleSphere Chief Executive Officer
Clark Peterson, Warehouse86 uses TeleSphere's VoIP business solution,
which was able to prevent a loss to the telecommunications
infrastructure because it utilizes innovative VoIP technology
centrally hosted off-site, at a secure location, in Phoenix.
"Small and mid-size businesses throughout the country are
searching for technology that can keep their businesses and operating
systems running following a natural disaster," he said. "VoIP business
solutions and hosted PBX are available to all businesses and can
prevent companies from folding or experiencing downtime as a result of
a natural disaster or emergency."
According to Warehouse86 Director of Information Technology Joseph
King, the 200,000-square-foot facility in Memphis was evacuated
several hours prior to the Feb. 5 tornado which caused severe damage
to the structure. Six days later, a rubber mat was accidentally
ignited as recovery crews continued to clear rubble. No loss of life
or injuries occurred during either disaster.
"The day after we learned our building was hit, our customer
service team met at my home, bought pay-as-you-go cell phones to
access our office phone lines and went to work," he said. "We didn't
lose a single voicemail message and we literally lost no time between
the tornado and business."
An increasing number of companies are trying to identify ways of
providing constant telecommunications access before, during and after
disasters to ensure they can maintain business operations. King said
the concept of having a central location to store an organization's
data center, or anything a traditional company would find in its PBX
system, is innovative and smart.
TeleSphere offers a full suite of fully hosted voice
telecommunications and data solutions for telephony, local and wide
area networking and voice and data solutions for small and mid-size
businesses. Through a redundant hosted PBX platform, TeleSphere can
offer businesses throughout the US the latest in voice and data
services, business continuity and disaster recovery with the need and
cost of purchasing an on-premise PBX of their own. Services include IP
Voice services (local and long distance), IP-VPN, high-speed data and
Internet services, fully unified messaging features, and fully hosted
PBX services, including IP telephone handsets.
ABOUT TELESPHERE
TeleSphere is a Phoenix-based managed services provider that
delivers an innovative package of IP telephone service and internet
access to businesses throughout the United States. TeleSphere's
services allow small to medium-sized businesses to enjoy all of the
latest voice and data features of large businesses without the costly
investment of on-premise equipment. TeleSphere fully manages its
customers' services over a private IP, facilities-based network. It
allows TeleSphere customers that are spread across multiple offices
throughout the country, from small business, medium business, and even
home business, to function seamlessly as if they were in the same
location. For more information, visit TeleSphere online at
www.TeleSphere.com.
The Summit Group
Nathan Schwebach, 801-990-1158
nschwebach@summitslc.com
or
TeleSphere
Angela Leavitt, 480-289-7410
aleavitt@TeleSphere.com
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