Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Cbeyond Customers Recognized for Growth and Success among Atlanta Small Businesses in the 2009 Pacesetter Awards
ATLANTA, Apr 29, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY), an Atlanta-based provider of advanced
communications and IT solutions to more than 42,000 small businesses
across the country, is proud to announce that 13 of its greater-Atlanta
customers were recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as
2009 Pacesetters Award winners, an annual award for the 50
fastest-growing privately-held companies in Atlanta. Nearly half of
those customers were in the top 20. The Pacesetters list is a measure of
two-year revenue and employee growth among this elite set of
Atlanta-based companies.
Despite today's economic turmoil, these privately-held companies have
beat the odds and found a way to grow by a minimum of 50 percent-plus
during the last two years. Cbeyond proudly announces the following
Pacesetter honorees as Cbeyond customers: Cork-Howard Construction Co.,
Case-Mate, Solid Source Reality Inc., Brookhaven Solutions Group LLC,
The Intersect Group, Hospitality Staffing Solutions LLC, The Saxon Group
Inc., Preferred Personnel Solutions Inc., Yash Solutions LLC, Saince
Inc., Sterling Planet Inc., VSoft Corporation Inc., and ClickFox.
"It's a great distinction to be recognized as a Pacesetter in Atlanta;
our community has some of the country's best entrepreneurial minds,"
said Jim Geiger, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cbeyond. "Smart
businesses are constantly looking for technology that will help them run
more efficiently, and we're honored that 13 of the fastest-growing
private companies in Atlanta rely upon Cbeyond's IT and communications
solutions to help them succeed."
Case-Mate, number nine on the list of fastest-growing privately-held
companies in Atlanta, provides high-quality protective leather cases for
consumer technology products such as MP3 players, laptops and mobile
phone products.
"Cbeyond is the cornerstone of our business," said Seth Van Esschoten of
Case-Mate, Director of Information Technology. "We rely on Cbeyond's
voice and data services every day which has helped our business grow."
Offering more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications to 42,000+
small businesses, Cbeyond supports the technology needs of entrepreneurs
across diverse industries. Cbeyond's strategic partnerships allow it to
provide small businesses with innovative solutions like ecommerce
portals, business continuity solutions and location based services
traditionally reserved for, and deployed in, large enterprises.
"Our long-standing relationship with Cbeyond has been instrumental to
our growth in our Atlanta and Denver locations," said Anna Convery,
Chief Marketing Officer of ClickFox, number 44 on the Pacesetter's list.
"We look forward to continuing our relationship with Cbeyond as the
company provides us with new innovations to help us stand out from our
competition."
For more information about Cbeyond and its small business technology
solutions, visit http://www.cbeyond.net/services/index.htm.
About Cbeyond
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading IP-based managed services
provider that delivers integrated packages of communications and IT
services to more than 42,000 small businesses throughout the United
States. Recently named sixth on the Forbes Fast Tech list of the
fastest-growing technology companies in America, Cbeyond offers more
than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and
long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry(R),
broadband laptop access, voicemail, email, web hosting, fax-to-email,
data backup, file-sharing and virtual private networking. Cbeyond
manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. For more information on
Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net.
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SOURCE: Cbeyond, Inc.
Cbeyond
Shana Keith, 678-384-8304
shana.keith@cbeyond.net
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