ATLANTA, Aug. 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PGi (NYSE:
PGI), the world's largest dedicated provider of collaboration
software and services, today announced that its Modality Systems
subsidiary achieved a gold Microsoft Cloud Productivity competency,
demonstrating a "best-in-class" ability and commitment to meet
Microsoft Corp. customers' evolving needs in today's dynamic
business environment and distinguishing itself within the top one
percent of Microsoft's partner ecosystem.
To earn a Microsoft gold competency, partners must successfully
complete exams to prove their level of technology expertise, and
then designate these certified professionals uniquely to one
Microsoft competency, ensuring a certain level of staffing
capacity. They also must submit customer references that
demonstrate successful projects and pass technology and/or sales
assessments.
Modality Systems is one of the largest dedicated Skype for
Business practices in the world, helping enterprises in more than
100 countries achieve their business goals through the power of
unified communications and collaboration (UC&C). Alongside its
award-winning technical consulting and services expertise, Modality
has developed a suite of applications designed to extend the value
of Skype for Business environments, enhancing business processes
and increasing worker productivity. Earlier this year, Modality was
named as a Microsoft Skype for Business elite launch partner.
"The consumption of cloud and hybrid UC&C technologies is
exploding, with companies all over the world investing in Office365
to improve workforce productivity, agility and mobility," said
James Rodd, Modality Systems
co-founder and general manager. "We are proud to achieve gold-level
competency, which enables Modality to better support the needs of
our global customer base and extend the value of Microsoft's cloud
productivity solutions to workers all over the world."
"By achieving a portfolio of competencies, partners demonstrate
deep expertise and consistent capability on the latest Microsoft
technology," said Phil Sorgen,
corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft
Corp. "These partners show true commitment to meeting customer
technology needs today and into the future."
All 28 Microsoft technology competencies differentiate a
partner's specific technology capabilities, helping customers find
qualified solution providers with expertise in discrete areas
quickly and easily.
Attaining the Microsoft Cloud Productivity competency
demonstrates partner expertise in deploying Office 365 and Exchange
Online. With 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies purchasing
Microsoft Office 365 in the past year, the Microsoft Cloud
Productivity competency can help partners take advantage of the
growing demand among enterprise customers for cloud and hybrid
solutions. Equipped with exclusive training, partners help
customers increase productivity and collaboration from any location
and any device using Office 365.
The Microsoft Partner Network helps partners strengthen their
capabilities and showcase leadership in the marketplace on the
latest technology, to better serve customers and to easily connect
with one of the most active, diverse networks in the world.
To learn more about how PGi and Modality Systems can help your
business achieve better results and growth through collaboration,
visit modalitysystems.com.
Microsoft, Skype for Business and Lync are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries.
About Premiere Global Services, Inc. │ PGi
PGi is the
world's largest dedicated provider of collaboration software and
services. We created iMeet®, an expanding portfolio of
purpose-built applications designed to meet the daily collaboration
and communications needs of business professionals, with solutions
for web, video and audio conferencing, smart calendar management,
webcasting, project management and sales acceleration. PGi's
award-winning UC&C solutions help nearly 50,000 businesses grow
faster and operate more efficiently. To learn more, visit us at
pgi.com.
Statements made in this press release, other than those
concerning historical information, should be considered
forward-looking and subject to various risks and uncertainties,
many of which are beyond our control. Such forward-looking
statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based
on management's current expectations or beliefs as well as
assumptions made by, and information currently available to,
management. A variety of factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated in PGi's forward-looking
statements, including, but not limited to, the following factors:
competitive pressures, including pricing pressures; technological
changes and the development of alternatives to our services; market
acceptance of PGi's UC&C SaaS solutions, including our iMeet®
and GlobalMeet® solutions; our ability to attract, retain and
expand the products and services we provide to existing customers;
our ability to establish and maintain strategic reseller and
distribution relationships; risks associated with global economic
or market conditions; price increases from our telecommunications
service providers; service interruptions and network downtime,
including undetected errors or defects in our software;
technological obsolescence and our ability to upgrade our equipment
or increase our network capacity; concerns regarding the security
and privacy of our customers' confidential information; future
write-downs of goodwill or other intangible assets; greater than
anticipated tax and regulatory liabilities; restructuring and cost
reduction initiatives and the market reaction thereto; our level of
indebtedness; risks associated with acquisitions and divestitures;
indemnification claims from the sale of our PGiSend business; our
ability to protect our intellectual property rights, including
possible adverse results of litigation or infringement claims;
regulatory or legislative changes, including further government
regulations applicable to traditional telecommunications service
providers and data privacy; risks associated with international
operations and market expansion, including fluctuations in foreign
currency exchange rates; and other factors described from time to
time in our press releases, reports and other filings made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to
the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2014. All
forward-looking statements attributable to us or a person acting on
our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these
cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly
update or revise these forward looking statements for any
reason.
Media Contact:
Blakely Thomas-Aguilar
404-262-8429
blakely.thomas-aguilar@pgi.com
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