Staying True to the Foundations of their Business

With increasing competition, limited resources and more demanding customers, knowledgeable business leaders are determined to focus on their customers. Achieving true customer centricity requires a significant, enterprise-wide shift in thinking and reorientation of your value proposition – and Broadview Networks does just this.

Broadview Networks came to life 2002 when Michael Orloff and his friend Tyson Choptain decided to combine their knowledge and experience in business administration and IT infrastructure. It was near the beginning of business development when they both realized that a sales professional would generate significant growth. The two became three when David Reimer, a sales genius in the IT industry, joined the team.

Today, the three young professionals combine their management, sales and technological expertise to project the company’s growth through annual strategic planning retreats. Broadview Networks takes pride in providing collaborative customized IT solutions that address their customer's unique business requirements.

As a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner, Dell Certified and VMware Enterprise Partner, they lead the way with providing leading edge solutions that enable organizations to be more streamlined and efficient. They strive to understand your business, address your needs, and position you for future growth and success.

Broadview provides customized technical solutions to IT and Business Professionals enabling them to access information with greater ease and operate more efficiently. They are committed to customer-centric relationships, superior project management, quality products and industry-leading technical knowhow. These are the foundations of their business.

To sustain strong customer relationships Broadview operates a Customer Service Tracker that uses a color-coded system to track customer satisfaction. The internal Customer Relationship Management system enables them to keep detailed records of their customers and their service history.

Broadview customers also have access to a secure Customer Portal which allows Broadview to stay open for business 24/7 around the world and delivers a high-quality, high-touch experience for customers while reducing the cost of customer care. The Broadview Customer Portal gives customers admittance to beneficial information, such as invoices, licenses and managed service reports resulting in an enhanced experience for the Broadview customer.

Whether your organization requires virtualization, systems management or a disaster recovery plan, Broadview will design and implement a solution that meets your specific needs. A complete solution from product to services will be scoped and delivered with the level of participation you desire. They will create an inclusive plan to ensure that your technology needs are not only met, but exceeded.

Just as customer relations are fundamental to the firm’s success, so are partner relations. Broadview works with partners they can have effective, long-term relationships with. The company has also grown by focusing on its core business.

Growth in employees, revenues and number of customers has been accompanied by technical achievements in the field. Broadview’s accomplishments include:

• Achieving the distinction of Fastest-Growing Canadian Company in 2009 and 2010 by Profit Magazine
• Selected as a 2010 Microsoft IMPACT Awards Finalist in three categories; Marketing Innovation, Ultimate VAR and Virtualization.
• Being named a “Fastest 50 Growing Manitoba Company” for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
• Receiving the “Best in Business Practice Awards 2008”
• Recognition as a Top 10 Microsoft Partner in Canada out of over 9,000 Partners
• Ranking on the 2010 Branham300 list which highlights the top Canadian and Multinational ICT companies operating in Canada

The company also invests their employees through positive employee communication and human resources. Every employee has access to comprehensive information on their company intranet. Making Broadview a good place to work is crucial in an industry where educated, experienced and knowledgeable workers are constantly on demand.

Broadview stays true to the foundations of their business: customer-centric relationships, superior project management, quality products and industry-leading technical knowhow. And by doing this - Broadview Networks depicts another Winnipeg based company who is already on the road to success.

For more information:
Lindsay Fagundes
Marketing Specialist
Broadview Networks
Lindsay@broadviewnetworks.ca
Phone: 204.984.9897

Event Wrap-Up: Affordable Disaster Recovery Solutions

Broadview Networks hosted a Lunch and Learn on Thursday, November 18, 2010 from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm. With speakers from both Broadview and Double-Take the seminar highlighted best products and solutions in Disaster Recovery and Virtualization.

The event titled, "Affordable Disaster Recovery Solutions" attracted a significantly large crowd of IT professionals from all over Manitoba. The event commenced with a hot catered lunch and was followed by an informative presentation.

Thank-you to Karl Oman (Double-Take) and Tyson Choptain (Broadview Networks) for their insightful presentations.

Discussions covered the following topics:

* What does an offsite Disaster Recovery solution look like?
* Is backing up to tape enough?
* What Business Continuity benefits can Virtualization offer me?
* Is real-time replication affordable?

Our next upcoming event is a Christmas customer appreciation event featuring a private screening of TRON: Legacy in 3D on its opening night! Join us for an informative presentation and private screening complete with catering and a variety of prizes. The event will commence with a presentation outlining the Broadview partnership with IBM and the solutions they offer.

Click here for more information or to register.

Broadview Networks Wins Ultimate VAR of the Year at 2010 Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards

Broadview Networks announced that it has been selected as the winner in the Ultimate VAR category at the 2010 Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards. The eighth annual IMPACT awards recognize excellence across the large and diverse community of Microsoft’s Canadian technology partners. The winners were announced at an award ceremony in Toronto on November 9, 2010.

“Our annual IMPACT Awards celebrate the infinite possibilities innovative technology partners bring to customers on a regular basis,” said Corinne Sharp, National Director, Canadian Partner Network, Microsoft Canada Inc. “Technology partners like Broadview Networks are always finding new and exciting ways to raise the bar making them true leaders in their respective fields.”

Broadview Networks was chosen as the winner in Ultimate VAR. The Ultimate VAR of the Year award recognizes the top licensing growth reseller in Canada. Broadview Networks also demonstrated excellence and innovation in delivering world class customer experience and offering through marketing and support programs.

“It is a true honor to receive the Ultimate VAR of the Year award. This award depicts true acknowledgment of our employees who are committed to the continuous pursuit of service excellence,” said Michael Orloff, President of Broadview Networks.

About the Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards
In 2003, Microsoft Canada replaced all of its previous technology partner awards with a unified program that also recognizes customer service, marketing, and contribution to the community. Microsoft Canada has outlined 30 categories to highlight the Partner Network competencies to honour the achievements of top technology partners.

The Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards were open to Systems Integrators, Large Account Resellers, Direct Market Resellers, Value Added Resellers, Distributors, Systems Builders, Authorized Education Resellers, Certified Partners for Learning Solutions, Microsoft Certified Partners, Independent Software Vendors, Channel Suppliers, Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) Partners and Original Equipment Manufacturers.

For a list of all 2010 finalists, and more information on the Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards, please visit http://www.microsoft.ca/awards

About Broadview Networks
Broadview Networks is Canada’s leader in IT infrastructure solutions. The company is recognized as one of the fastest-growing businesses in Manitoba and is also acknowledged as one of the top Gold Certified Microsoft Partners in Canada. With a proven process that ranges from small and medium to enterprise customers, Broadview Networks helps companies maximize the investment in their existing IT infrastructure by maintaining and managing their network. For additional information visit Broadview Networks online at www.broadviewnetworks.ca

For more information, press only:
Lindsay Fagundes
Marketing Specialist
Broadview Networks
Lindsay@broadviewnetworks.ca
Office: 204.984.9897
Cell: 204.792.1989

TRON: LEGACY Official Trailer

Broadview Networks & IBM invite you to: Private Screening of TRON: Legacy in 3D

As a Christmas Client Appreciation Event Broadview Networks presents a private screening of TRON: Legacy in 3D on opening night!

Join us for an informative presentation and private screening complete with catering and a variety of prizes. The event will commence with a presentation outlining the Broadview partnership with IBM and the solutions they offer.

Current customers or those wanting to find out more about Broadview and IBM are welcome.

Discussion will cover:

* IBM Product Roadmap and value to the Manitoba IT Community
* Overview of Broadview Solutions including Disaster Recovery and Virtualization

All attendees will have the opportunity to win a PlayStation 3 and TRON Evolution not yet available in Canada.

We will also be giving away Gift Certificates valued up to $200.

Guests unable to stay for the movie will have an opportunity to leave after the presentation.

This is an event you don't want to miss.

Register today!

Affordable Disaster Recovery Solutions

Ensuring your business can continue to operate in the event of a disaster has never been easier or more affordable. Today’s disaster recovery solutions provide affordable data protection, ensure minimal data loss and offer immediate recovery from any system outage. Learn how both Disaster Recovery and Virtualization can ensure business continuity for your small, medium, or large company.

Join us for a lunch and informative presentation on Disaster Recovery and Virtualization.

Discussion will cover:

* What does an offsite Disaster Recovery solution look like?
* Is backing up to tape enough?
* What Business Continuity benefits can Virtualization offer me?
* Is real-time replication affordable?

Door prizes and a catered lunch will be provided.

Lunch & Learn Seminar

WHEN:
Thursday
November 18th, 2010
12:00noon

WHERE:

Broadview Networks
1 - 1530 Taylor Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3N 1Y1 Canada

Register Today

Efficient Data Centre

Broadview Networks Can Help You Build the Efficient Data Centre

With the Broadview Networks and Dell Efficient Enterprise vision, technology infrastructures are open, capable and affordable. Products and services for the data center are flexible and avoid locking your organization into using a single vendor or proprietary technologies that contribute to increased TCO and limit future choice. The Broadview and Dell vision also blend new technology with existing infrastructure, existing expertise and industry-standard approaches designed to drive down TCO and complexity.

We begin with a three-step approach to help your organization unlock enterprise efficiency and achieve significant returns on your IT investment. The first step on the journey is to optimize the existing data center infrastructure, with the goal of achieving uniformity and cutting costs. The next step is to simplify the technology infrastructure. Using pragmatic approaches such as virtualization and storage consolidation, your organization can consolidate or unify redundancies to help ensure that you are getting the most out of their data center resources. Rationalizing and reducing the number of applications also enhances the flexibility to easily remove and repurpose servers. The third step is to implement best practices that help reduce manual intervention and boost productivity, together with cloud-based delivery models that help reduce administrative burdens on IT staff and enhance application availability.

Four Pillars to Build the Efficient Data Center

Intelligent Infrastructure
Deploys servers, networking and fabrics that are designed and purpose-built to help reduce acquisition and operating costs, with the goals of reducing the number and types of devices to manage, racking and cabling once.

Simplified infrastructure management

Includes technologies that enable IT staff to consolidate tools and pool resources, helping them to increase the operating efficiency of both new and existing infrastructures.

Streamlined application and workload management

Includes tools that allow rapid delivery of strategic IT services with the goals of enabling application developers to easily create images and self-provision their workload deployments, automating approval and deployment processes, and providing self-service cataloged services and chargebacks.

Dell Intelligent Data Management

Optimizes content storage through its life cycle by automatically placing it on the appropriate tier and storage type while optimizing storage for virtualized environments.