Epygi Technologies Ltd. Partners with Smart Network Solutions at INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO East 2009 in Miami

Epygi will participate in IP Communications Industry’s Leading Event at Miami Beach Convention Center in February

On February 2 to 4, 2009, Epygi will display their Quadro line of IP PBXs, gateways and conference servers at TMC’s INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO East 2009 at Smart Network Solution’s booth located at #217.

Epygi has teamed with Smart Network Solution, Epygi’s newest Latin America distributor, in order to build partnerships with North and South American VARs and customers attending the show. At the booth, you can speak with Mario Cuello about ways to make your business profitable by selling the Epygi product line.

"At the show in Miami, we are looking forward to finding potential customers to make a long relationship with and to prove to our existing customers our stability in the market. The new alliances and products like Epygi fortify our existing partnerships without customer and will indeed make a statement to the market in terms of reliability, productivity and innovation. We expect to give the best solution to our customers with our partner Epygi in terms of IP PBX’s and VoIP Gateways," explains Sandra Valencia, vice president of sales for Smart Network Solutions.

For additional information on Epygi Technologies Ltd., please visit our Web site at www.epygi.com or contact Warren Sonnen, director of marketing, to schedule a meeting with Mario Cuello during the show at 972.692.1166 or warren.sonnen@epygi.com.

About SMART NETWORK SOLUTIONS

Smart Network Solutions is a private, US company founded in 2002 and has its headquarters in Miami and subsidiaries in Mexico, Colombia (South America) and Dominican Republic (Caribbean). Smart is a leading company specialized on IP solutions Integration. Smart distributes and integrates solutions, such as IP Gateways, GSM Platforms and Sim Server Remote Technology, IP PBX, SS7 Solutions, Hosted Billing & Softswitch, Call Center and Corporate IP solutions, IP Phones and the most specialized technical support.

Please contact Sandra Valencia, sales vice president, at 305.269.4142 or www.smartisvoip.com for more information about this partnership. ONE NUMBER is convergence...ONE NUMBER for all IP Solutions...1800.609.0569.

VoIP Opportunities in a Depressed Economy

The global credit crisis and the effects on virtually every country’s economy is having very profound outcomes on the VAR channel business.

Although the SMB telecom market does not suffer any less than other markets, there is a slowdown which requires new strategizing.

During tough times, the SMB owner will re-evaluate their capital expenditures and look for ways to save costs while they weather the financial storm waiting for better times in the future. Many will reconsider and either cancel or postpone upgrading their phone system. However, here are some reasons why this is the best time for SMBs to move into VoIP now:

Consider smaller, more cost effective vendors such as Epygi instead of the big names. Not only are the big names more expensive, but their future is uncertain, for example the bankruptcy filing of Nortel in January. Given the market pressures, other big names may also be affected and, as they restructure to resolve their issues, product lines may be eliminated. Smaller vendors must rely on the quality of their products and their customer service to weather the times, while still maintaining lower prices for their customers.

With the increased unemployment rate and layoffs continuing to increase, SMBs need to function with fewer employees. Companies will be asking the remaining employees to pick up the workload of the employees that were laid off, which requires better communication technology which can be accomplished with an IP PBX with Unified Communications functions. This makes the staff more efficient while they handled greater workload demands, at the same time cutting overhead communication costs.

For the same reason above, SMBs may need to rely on outsourced telecom/network infrastructure (IT) support and maintenance, instead of having the support in-house, thus providing an opportunity for the channel to offer these paid services. Epygi provides excellent support to their channels so they can offer the same excellent technical support to their end customers. The key is to have several types of service plans tailored to the particular needs of the SMB and their constrained budgets.

Need to work from home or a remote location to save on travel expenses or to eliminate the cost of an office? The Quadro line allows remote workers to appear as if they are in the office, while only incurring the cost of a broadband connection.

These are just a few of the many reasons where the benefits of VoIP technology can help the SMB customers save costs during tough economic times, while the VAR channels find new sources of revenue by providing technical outsourcing services to SMBs.

Tekmart Training Event

Advanced Certification Training in Reliable VoIP Communication Solutions

Tekmart, distributor of Snom and Epygi in Mexico, is pleased to invite their channels to their factory certified training session titled Advanced Certification Training in Reliable VoIP Communication Solutions. The training will be covering the IP PBX, Gateway and SIP IP telephones offered by these vendors. The event will be held on February 25, 26 and 27 from 9:00 to 18:00 hours at Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena, #2000 Colonia Centro de Ciudad Santa Fe, Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, Mexico, D.F.C.P.01210.

The technical certification has a cost of $ 450 USD per person and includes a Snom 300 IP phone. For channels that do not have a demo Epygi IP PBX, one can be procured at a special demo price. The Epygi product line is very feature rich and can tailor towards most customer demanded solutions. Therefore the course can be oriented to the specific needs of the participants but following the structure outlined.

The courses will fill up quickly, so please register early. For more information, please follow the link.