Monday, April 26, 2010

Cbeyond Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's Product of the Year Award

ATLANTA, Apr 26, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading provider of voice, data and mobile business applications to more than 50,000 small businesses across the country announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC^(R)) INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has named Cbeyond's Mobile Workforce Manager as a recipient of its 2009 Product of the Year Award.

Mobile Workforce Manager by Cbeyond is the ideal solution for small businesses with employees in the field as it allows for accurate tracking and managing, leading to increased productivity, reductions in cost, and improvements in customer service. Mobile Workforce Manager has a rich feature set which enables Cbeyond's small business customers to utilize their field resources more efficiently and streamline their daily processes.

"We are honored to be recognized with the Product of the Year Award," said Melanie Kreh, Cbeyond's director of product management. "We launched Mobile Workforce Manager with the small business in mind. The challenge we continued to hear from our customers was a lack of visibility they had with field-based employees which increased costs and negatively impacted their service levels. Mobile Workforce Manager solves this need in the marketplace while helping small businesses grow."

A Cbeyond customer since 2003, Star Distributing, a provider of commercial laundry parts and equipment, leverages Cbeyond's Mobile Workforce Manager to effectively track their service technicians and installation teams while they are working in the field. Julie Lyon, Star Distributing manager said, "Since implementing Cbeyond's Mobile Workforce Manager solution we have been able to manage our time more efficiently, which has positively impacted our business and our employees' productivity. I would recommend Mobile Workforce Manager to any small businesses with field-based employees."

"INTERNET TELEPHONY is proud to grant Cbeyond a 2009 Product of the Year Award for Mobile Workforce Manager. Cbeyond has proven its commitment to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "We're happy to recognize and honor Cbeyond for their development of IP communications technology. We look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."

For more information about TMC, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

About Cbeyond

Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading provider of IT and communications services to more than 50,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Recently named as the sixth fastest growing technology company by Forbes magazine, and added to Standard & Poor's Small Cap S&P 600 Index, 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 delivers these services over a 100 percent private all IP network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit http://www.cbeyond.net/.

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998(TM). Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation's top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO); 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners). For more information about TMC, visit http://tmcnet.com/.

TMC also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, 4G-wirelessevolution.TMCnet.com, M2M Evolution.com, Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com, Smart Products Ecosystem, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, and Education.TMCnet.com.

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SOURCE: Cbeyond, Inc.

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