Tag: Solutions

John Drolet Joins Carousel Industries as VP Sales, Microsoft Solutions

Exeter, RI (PRWEB) May 19, 2015

Carousel Industries, a leader in managed services, video solutions, data and visual communications, announced that it has appointed John Drolet to Vice President Sales, Microsoft Solutions, effective immediately. Drolet, who will be based in Carousel’s Exeter office, will report directly to James Marsh, Chief Revenue Officer, and be responsible for carrying out strategic initiatives for Carousel’s Microsoft team, including growing its professional services practice and its recently announced Skype for Business offerings.

Carousel’s Microsoft practice is one of its fastest growing segments, with growth of more than 40 percent year over year. The integrator’s expertise not only includes managed services, but also video, data and unified communications. Drolet brings more than 28 years of experience in the communications industry, helping both enterprises and SMBs navigate through an ever-evolving market. In each of his prior roles, he has managed sales and technical teams to drive incremental sales growth and revenue — within direct, indirect and carrier channels.

“Our Microsoft practice is a very important growth segment for Carousel, and recently, it has evolved into a ‘linchpin ” technology for customers,” commented Jeff Gardner, President of Carousel Industries. “In this context, many of the conversations we have with customers and partners involve Microsoft. By expanding our capabilities in this area, we will be able to serve our customers better while achieving greater synergy across all our Microsoft-based offerings, including Skype for Business.”

Before joining Carousel, Drolet was Vice President of Business Development at eZuce, Inc., where he directed the company’s overall sales effort while working with key large enterprise customers. He was also instrumental in developing an IT oriented channel there by assembling solution integrators, cloud-hosting companies and managed services providers. Prior to that, Drolet was Vice President Indirect and Carrier Sales at Aastra (now Mitel), where he was instrumental in driving revenue including the introduction of the company’s Microsoft Lync product line.

Drolet, who is a Microsoft Lync Sales Training Certified professional, holds a degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University.

For more information on Carousel Industries, please visit http://www.carouselindustries.com.







OneNeck? IT Solutions Earns ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification at Three Midwest Data Center Locations


Minneapolis (PRWEB) May 12, 2015

OneNeck® IT Solutions announced today it has earned ISO 27001:2013 certification at its Tier 3 data centers in the Midwest. Today’s announcement follows the company’s 2014 news that its Eden Prairie, Minn. facility was ISO 27001:2005 certified. Now, in addition to its Minnesota facility, OneNeck data centers in Des Moines, Iowa and Madison, Wis. are also ISO 27001 certified. The scope of the certification has also been expanded to include OneNeck’s headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz.

ISO 27001 is a global security standard that sets requirements for the industry’s Information Security Management System (ISMS). In order to earn ISO 27001 certification, a company’s ISMS is reviewed. In addition, the review process includes scrutinization of the company’s information security controls to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of all sensitive information assets.

“We pursued this certification to assure our customers we were meeting the most widely accepted security management parameters in the industry,” said Clint Harder, CTO and senior vice president of Product Strategy at OneNeck. “Having an objective third-party assess our systematic approach affirms we are managing sensitive customer information and following internationally accepted best practices.”

The ISO 27001 ISMS at OneNeck was certified by BrightLine, a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. BrightLine is a CPA firm, an ISO Certification Body, a PCI Qualified Security Assessor, and a FedRAMP 3PAO.

The certification verifies that OneNeck is following the standard ISO information security management protocols and best practices as they relate to the company’s colocation services and operations at their headquarters in Arizona, as well their data centers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The ISO process includes a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle for continuous quality improvement.

    Planning includes a review of policies and procedures; it looks at how and what is done to secure the environment and comply with the ISO 27001 standard.
    “Do” looks at implementation of policies and procedures.
    “Check” reviews internal audits, measures process performance, and reviews the effectiveness of the ISMS.
    Act is the action phase and includes making refinements and corrective actions based on the output of the check phase.

“Earning ISO 27001 certification is an ongoing process,” Harder added. “It ensures that OneNeck’s information security measures continue to be strong and effective. For our customers, it means we are ‘audit-ready’ which is critical to our customers with heavy compliance requirements. In fact, by achieving this certification, it helps streamline the due diligence process many of our customers must go through on an annual basis.”

OneNeck also regularly submits itself to third-party audits including a Type 2 SSAE 16 (SOC 1) examination, PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITECH AT 101, of which some of the control activities defined by OneNeck management align with ISO 27001.

To learn more about OneNeck, visit oneneck.com.

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OneNeck IT Solutions LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, employs approximately 630 people throughout the U.S. The company offers a full suite of hybrid IT solutions including cloud and hosting solutions; ReliaCloud® enterprise cloud services; managed services; ERP application management; professional services; and IT hardware. OneNeck has Tier 3 data centers in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, Oregon and opening in July 2015 in Denver, Colorado. Visit oneneck.com for more information.

TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®), headquartered in Madison, Wis., operates OneNeck IT Solutions LLC, TDS Baja Broadband LLC, and BendBroadband. Combined, the company employs 3,300 people. Visit tdstelecom.com.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS] a Fortune 1000TM company, provides wireless; wireline and cable broadband, TV and voice; and hosted and managed services to approximately six million customers nationwide through its business units, U.S. Cellular, TDS Telecommunications Corp., OneNeck IT Solutions and BendBroadband. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, TDS employs 10,600 people. Visit tdsinc.com.