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nGenX announces expansion into the Chicago market.
Over the course of the next 24 months, nGenX plans to grow the Chicago market into a key territory, one supported by a local, company-owned data center.
Overland Park, KS (July 27, 2010) – nGenX Corporation, a Cloud Computing company with multiple data centers in the Midwestern United Sates, announces its expansion into the Chicago marketplace. The company recently leased office space in the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), and it has initially hired six staff members for the office. nGenX chose Chicago because it has the right mix of market conditions for the company’s Cloud Computing solutions. With this expansion, Chicago’s business community will have on-demand access to cost effective Cloud Computing solutions that allow companies to outsource arduous IT functions and augment IT staff.
Microsoft Helps Service Providers Capture Cloud Services Opportunities
Microsoft software and services empower service provider partners to deliver enterprise-class solutions to small and midsize businesses.
WASHINGTON — July 14, 2010 — This week at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, Microsoft Corp. is highlighting market opportunities for hosting and communications service providers as adoption of cloud services among small and midsize business (SMBs) continues to rise. Microsoft is helping service providers take advantage of those opportunities through its software, services and programs that enable them to become trusted advisors and full-service IT providers to businesses.
NETAPP INTEGRATES WITH MICROSOFT TOOLKIT TO ENABLE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO TAKE SMBS TO THE CLOUD
New Professional Service Offerings and Design Guidance Help Service Providers Deliver Additional Value to SMBs
SUNNYVALE, Calif. July 12, 2010—NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced enhanced integration with Microsoft to deliver enterprise-class data protection solutions to cloud service providers by leveraging the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters. Although enterprise-class data protection has historically been too expensive for most small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) to implement themselves, NetApp and Microsoft now enable service providers to offer enterprise-class data protection to their SMB customers. Additionally, NetApp announced the availability of new professional service offerings and additional resources and guidance for service providers to build a variety of enterprise-class cloud services.
Reaching for the Cloud
Redmond Channel Partner (June 2010)
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made his "we're all in" the cloud proclamation back in March, he wasn't just aiming at the largest of enterprises. Microsoft wants its small and midsize customers to start shifting their IT functions to the cloud as well.
Microsoft Powers New Partner-Hosted Business Models Enabling Monetization of the Cloud
Redmond, WA (April 28, 2010)
Partners utilize the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for hosters to deploy cloud and disaster recovery services.
nGenX utilizes Microsoft technology to release an updated version of its Cloud Computing solution, Guardian Cloud®
Overland Park, KS (April 27, 2010)
nGenX Corporation, a leading provider of Cloud Computing and managed hosting solutions, announces that its automated Cloud Computing solution, Guardian Cloud®, will now be based exclusively on Microsoft Corp.’s Dynamic Data Center platform. Guardian Cloud® can profoundly affect nearly every aspect of an internal IT department by slashing costs, by accelerating application deployments, by ensuring high availability, and by improving the agility of the entire IT environment.
nGenX opens data centers to Louisville, KY; and Indianapolis and Lafayette, IN.
Evansville, IN (February 23, 2010)
nGenX Corporation, sister company of Cinergy MetroNet, Inc. and Norlight, Inc., announces the opening of three data centers in the cities of Indianapolis, IN; Lafayette, IN; and Louisville, KY. This expands the company's data center footprint from two to five data centers in the Midwest.
nGenX opens office, brings jobs to Louisville.
Evansville, IN (February 23, 2010)
Even as the US economy remains sluggish, nGenX Corporation – sister company of Norlight, Inc. – is expanding its footprint and bringing high technology jobs to Louisville. nGenX has already hired one staff member, with plans to expand over the next year. The addition of this office is part of a larger effort to expand the market for nGenX's world-class Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Cloud Computing solutions.
nGenX opens office, brings jobs to Indianapolis.
Evansville, IN (February 23, 2010)
Even as the US economy remains sluggish, nGenX Corporation – sister company of Cinergy MetroNet, Inc. – is expanding its footprint and bringing high technology jobs to Indianapolis. nGenX plans to hire five staff members initially, with plans to expand over the next year. The addition of this office is part of a larger effort to expand the market for nGenX's world-class Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Cloud Computing solutions.
nGenX signs co-marketing agreement with Wallace Wireless.
Overland Park, KS (January 19, 2010)
nGenX Corporation announces a co-marketing agreement with Wallace Wireless for a hosted version of Wallace's WIC Pager application, developed for the healthcare market. As a hosted solution, nGenX manages the implementation and daily support of the WIC Pager from its SAS 70, Type II certified data center which eliminates the need to purchase hardware or overburden an IT staff with the management of the paging solution.
nGenX Corporation Announces BlackBerry® Alliance Elite Membership.
Overland Park, KS (January 19, 2010)
nGenX Corporation announces it has renewed its membership in the BlackBerry® Alliance Program as a BlackBerry® Alliance Elite Member. BlackBerry Alliance Elite Members represent technology and brand leaders that foster innovation and channel opportunities for the BlackBerry platform and have the opportunity to work closely with RIM on joint marketing, sales and customer engagements.
Qualex and nGenX Announce Strategic Alliance to Host SAS Business Intelligence Solutions for SMB Market
MIAMI, FL.(February 13, 2009)
Qualex Consulting Services, Inc., the leading SAS solutions provider, announced today that it will offer SAS BI solutions in a dedicated hosted environment in partnership with nGenX Corporation, a national leader of outsourced IT solutions. In addition, Qualex will offer SAS software management services to its customers ranging from deployment and configuration, daily backups, software patches and upgrades, data migration services, and analytics.
nGenX merges with Norlight Data Centers, Inc. bringing together the data-focused business units of parent Q-Comm Corporation.
Overland Park, KS (January, 2009)
nGenX Corporation and Norlight Data Centers, Inc. announced today that parent company Q-Comm Corporation has merged these two data-focused business units, bringing together their talent and skill sets. This merger will allow the combined company to better focus on its main initiatives: building data centers across the US and expanding their cloud computing offerings. The new company will provide a broad offering of outsourced IT services.
In Search of SaaS Sales Success.
Phone + (January, 2009)
Software as a service has a number of agents scratching their heads. Abounding hype at the outset led some partners to believe these whiz-bang platforms were hot-hot-hot and their customers would be chomping at the bit to buy-buy-buy. However, some members of the indirect channel admit facing challenges when it comes to successfully selling SaaS, and have discovered it's a different kind of animal with its own unique characteristics. But even though SaaS might not be as plug-and-play as it originally seemed, a modified approach to selling this technology can help close deals and might even lead to additional revenue streams.
nGenX Executive to Speak at ISPCON in November 2008.
Overland Park, KS (October, 2008)
nGenX Corporation announces company executive vice president, Robert A. Bye has been asked to join a speaker's panel at the 2008 ISPCON technology conference in San Jose, CA on November 13, 2008. The panel, titled "Your Company is More Valuable as Part of a Portfolio", xplores the importance of company size and maintaining a deep product offering for the ISP. The panel also includes Alex Berry, SVP and GM of Internet Infrastructure Group, NeuStar. It will be moderated be Ben Boissevain, Managing Partner of Agile Equity, LLC.
Hosted Exchange Alone Offers Providers Little Upside.
by Robert A. Bye in xchange magazine (September, 2008)
I read with interest Paula Bernier's story, "SaaS Conitinues Move Forward" in July's xchange magazine. My company, nGenX, comes to SaaS with a telecom background, so I felt compelled to share our perspective with carriers.
nGenX announces the nationwide rollout of its Managed Server product, Virtual RackSpace.
Overland Park, KS (August 18, 2008)
nGenX Corporation announces the introduction of its Managed Server product, Virtual RackSpace. nGenX's Virtual RackSpace Managed Server provides end-to-end management of its client's data in its SAS 70, Type II certified data center. nGenX calls its managed server product "Virtual RackSpace" because the company uses the latest virtualization technologies to provide a cost-effective alternative to the traditional on-site data center or leased colocation facility. The company supports its Virtual RackSpace clients with 24 X 7 data monitoring, daily data back ups, and a highly secure facility for maintaining client data and applications.
nGenX announces new product: MPLS network to enhance the Company's Virtual RackspaceSM managed server product.
Overland Park, KS (August 18, 2008)
nGenX Corporation, a leading, nationwide provider of on-demand software solutions, announces the introduction of its global MPLS network. Over the last few years, MPLS has become the dominant technology for WAN connectivity. nGenX deployed this technology to augment its managed server product, Virtual RackspaceSM.
Sage Software Partners with nGenX to Offer Hosted Sage Abra HRMS.
St. Petersburg, FL (June 26, 2008)
Sage Software today announced it is partnering with Overland Park, Kan.-based nGenX Corporation to provide outsourced hosting for Sage Abra HRMS, Sage Software's award-winning human resource management system (HRMS) for mid-sized businesses and organizations in North America. nGenX will offer the ability to host the customer's Sage Abra HRMS software in a virtual server environment with full-service information technology (IT) support, thereby eliminating a customer's need to acquire and install server hardware, or perform server maintenance, data storage and back-up, and disaster recovery. Instead, Sage Abra users can choose to access the software remotely over the Internet from nGenX's state-of-the-art data center, which is Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 70, Type II-certified
nGenX successfully completes its SAS 70, Type II certification.
Overland Park, KS (June 18, 2008)
nGenX, a leading provider of on-demand software solutions, announces that it has successfully completed a SAS 70, Type II audit of its data center and hosting services. SAS 70 defines the professional standards used by a service auditor to assess a service organization's internal controls and to issue a service auditor's report.
Robert Bye, Executive Vice President of nGenX joins Channel Partners Panel Discussion
Las Vegas, NV (March 11, 2008)
Robert Bye joined the panel discussion, "Sales Down? Box Sales Down? Try Software as a Service" at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas.
Robert Bye, Executive Vice President of nGenX speaks with Cara Sievers of Phone + Magazine.
Las Vegas, NV (March 11, 2008)
Robert Bye spent time with Cara Sievers at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas in mid-March to discuss nGenX's plans for the newly emerging SaaS market.
nGenX® announces the nationwide release of its Office Anywhere® service.
Overland Park, KS (January 17, 2008)
nGenX announces the nationwide release of Office Anywhere®. Office Anywhere takes the capabilities of the Company's nFinity 2.0® service and combines them with collaboration, customer relationship management and business-class voice services.
nGenX Corporation achieves Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status.
Overland Park, KS (January 4, 2008)
nGenX Corporation announces it has achieved Gold Certified Partner status with a competency in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions. Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and they have the closest working relationship with Microsoft. Microsoft's endorsement confirms the quality of the nFinity 2.0 service and provides prospective customers confidence that they can focus on their business while letting nGenX manage their IT.
Getting SaaS-y Software as a Service Offers New Channel Revenue
Phone + (January, 2008)
From CRM to e-mail, SMBs need the same kinds of software the big guys do - only they may not have the time, money or human resources to implement a premises-based solution. The answer to this dilemma, for them and their channel partner consultants, is a simple one: software as a service.
nGenX Executive to speak at 2008 Channel Partners Conference & Expo.
Overland Park, KS (December 20, 2007)
nGenX Corporation announces company Executive Vice President, Robert Bye, has been asked to join a speakers panel at the 2008 Channel Partners Conference on March 11, 2008. The panel which will also include Steve Hilton of Yankee Group and Clark Easterling of Perimeter Security will present the concept of Software as a Service (SaaS) to the telecom agent channel. The presentation is entitled "Circuit Sales Down? Box Sales Down? Try Software as a Service."
nGenX® Announces an EXCLUSIVE Distribution Agreement with Venture Group Enterprises.
Overland Park, KS (September 25, 2007)
nGenX®, a national Managed Service Provider (MSP) for hosted computer applications, announces an exclusive, strategic partnership with Venture Group Enterprises (VGE), a full-service sales and marketing agent support organization. The agreement enables VGE's multi-tiered network of distribution partners to market office productivity, collaboration and line of business applications which can be accessed from anywhere in the world with a broadband connection. These services are sold on a monthly subscription basis known in the industry as "Software as a Service" (SaaS). Through this partnership, nGenX gains direct access to its target market of small and medium-sized companies through VGE's 7000 agent-strong sales organization. VGE and its agent network will have access to the entire suite of nGenX products and customer support services.
