Newsroom : Verrex Launches Global Managed Services

MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ USA / April 23, 2010 / –- Verrex, a design-build integrator and managed services provider of global conferencing and communication solutions, announced the launch of GMS, a portfolio of global managed services that provides comprehensive maintenance, management and scheduling options for AV and conferencing environments.

GMS complements Verrex global design and installation capabilities and broadens the company’s existing service offerings. GMS includes enterprise-level solutions for VNOC services, maintenance & repair, onsite staffing and consulting.

"Our clients have a diverse range of conferencing and communication requirements across multiple time zones," said President & CEO, Thomas Berry Jr. "Managing applications, systems, number of endpoints and more can present a challenge. Our clients’ growing reliance on video communication requires resources to ensure maximum usability, managed with minimum complexity. GMS is that resource".

A highlight of the GMS portfolio includes VNOC services, designed to help organization’s realize the benefits of video communication faster and more efficiently. Verrex has partnered with Iformata Communications, an innovator of telepresence management systems and VNOC tools, to deliver hosted and managed conferencing services, proactive endpoint management and conference and room scheduling.

"We are delighted to be working with Verrex as they aggressively pursue providing the very best services on behalf of their global customer base", said Brian Kinne EVP of Iformata. "GMS will push the managed services industry and expand into previously uncharted areas, thus, exceeding customer expectations."

Additional services under the GMS umbrella include:

• Professional Services. Provides a critical road map assessing business requirements, network analysis, bandwidth provisioning and global continuity to arrive at the most strategic deployment of AV and conferencing technologies.
• Maintenance and Repair. Meets companies’ economic and operational mandates to avoid unplanned service costs and ensure peak systems’ performance. Post installation care includes service agreements, preventive maintenance and 24/7 global Service Desk support.
• Staffing. Addresses workforce realities of finding, training and managing personnel. Certified and Verrex-managed AV workforces are responsible for supplementing in-house staff, providing event support or as a company’s exclusive onsite resource.

About Verrex
Founded in 1947, Verrex provides systems design, installation and managed services of conferencing and communication technologies. With the industry’s broadest global footprint, Verrex enterprise-level solutions ensure universal standards and accelerated adoption of an organization’s vision for video and audio communications worldwide. Verrex has strategically positioned its presence to serve major corporate hubs around the globe including its Americas headquarters outside New York City, regional offices in Boston and Tampa, EMEA headquarters based outside London and Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. For more information about Verrex, visit verrex.com.

About Iformata Communications
Iformata Communications LLC is the leading innovator for telepresence management systems and VNOC tools and services for global enterprise firms, equipment manufacturers, and top-tier carriers and networks. With offices in Ohio, Virginia, Mumbai, Stavanger, and Bangalore, Iformata is the longest-serving provider of managed services and video network operations in the business. Through international peering relationships with major providers, and by integrating points-of-presence (POPs) in countries throughout North America, the UK, Europe, and Asia, Iformata’s Telepresence Exchange is a leading video communications network connecting global Fortune 500 firms within a highly managed architecture.

Media Contact
Theresa Hahn
Verrex Corporation
Ph: +1 908-664-8391
Email: thahn@verrex.com