EMERALD HOSPITALITY SIGNIFICANLY REDUCES VOICE EXPENSE AT HILTON HOTELS WITH VOIP SERVICES FROM NEXTGENDATA USING LEVEL 3 Laureldale, PA, & Middleburg Heights, OH, May 4, 2005 - NextGenData is delivering VoIP service using Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT) to reduce communications costs by over 35% for Emerald Hospitality for two Hilton Garden Inn hotels in Ohio and New York. BizTrunk. has enabled these Hilton Garden Inns to deploy a VoIP solution with minimal capital investment and rapid scalability. These benefits could not have been achieved using traditional voice trunk solutions. NextGenData has designed and delivered this innovative On-Demand VoIP solution using wholesale commodity services. This solution has fundamentally shifted business costs and deployment speeds. Emerald Hospitality has predictably lowered voice costs at each Hilton property while maintaining quality of service, current data system infrastructure and legacy applications. "NextGenData has been able to rapidly develop and deliver these reliable products by using Level 3's IP network and wholesale VoIP services," said Terry L. Carpenter Jr., President of NextGenData. "We have been pleased to supply the Hilton properties managed by Emerald Hospitality with a high-quality, cost-effective VoIP solution that seamlessly integrates with their legacy application and voice infrastructure working with Level 3." BizTrunk provides tight integration between applications and the legacy infrastructures for maximum availability and performance management. "With the BizTrunk services provided by NextGenData, we are saving over 35% on voice services each month with a minimal amount of capital," said Jeffrey Lynch, Director of Information Technology at Emerald Hospitality. "The really exciting thing is that we were able to achieve predictable results within a couple of weeks. It did not require a prolonged evaluation period or a complex, risky implementation project. We plan to take advantage of NextGenData's voice and data services for our other hotel properties in the immediate future." Jeffrey Lynch also remarked, "We are also excited about creating new and innovative applications for our hotel patrons previously not possible because of the limitations of traditional voice services. We are experiencing the beginning of a new trend in guest services that will fundamentally change their experience." "We look forward to supporting NextGenData as it continues to address the business communications needs of the hospitality industry and other growth markets," said Sara Baack, vice president of Wholesale Voice Services for Level 3. "Our range of wholesale VoIP services are ideally suited to enabling the delivery of innovative business communications solutions such as the ones being provided by NextGenData to the Hilton Hotels." About NextGenData, Inc. NextGenData provides businesses operating domestically and internationally the ability to fundamentally rethink their IT infrastructure using the most reliable and cost effective technology available. NextGenData has been enabling businesses to significantly lower costs and improve operational efficiency through both practical experience and an industry leading approach for both single and multiple location enterprises. NextGenData is comprised of industry leaders with individually 15-35 years of experience in telecommunications and commercial data services. NextGenData can be reached at (484) 334-4115, or online at http://www.nextgendata.com. |
NATIONAL GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES STREAMLINES CALL CENTER SERVICE AND SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERS COSTS WITH VOIP SERVICES FROM NEXTGENDATA USING LEVEL 3 Laureldale, PA . April 20, 2005 - NextGenData has revolutionized the delivery of call center services by dramatically lowering costs, accelerating growth and increasing availability using VoIP services from Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT). This service has enabled National Global Financial Services (NGFS) to reduce their initial and ongoing capital costs by $250,000 (50%) and will result in significantly lower ongoing operating expenses. NextGenData has created these new services to deliver an on-demand hosted call center using Level 3 services. This active center is one of the first Russian-based call-centers to be operated directly inside the U.S. This has allowed NGFS to dramatically affect costs to deploy and operate a call center operation anywhere in the world and maintain control of intellectual property and processes inside the U.S. "Our customers have been able to significantly reduce upfront capital costs and drive productivity gains by separating the call center agent from their data, applications and infrastructures," said Terry L. Carpenter Jr., President of NextGenData. "Level 3's IP network and wholesale VoIP have supported NextGenData.s provisioning of this scalable IP business architecture. We have been pleased to work with Level 3 to supply NGFS and our other customers with a high-quality, cost-effective VoIP solution. It will be unsurpassed in the near future and represents a fundamental shift in how remote offices and call centers can be deployed and supported going forward." "Using NextGenData.s services, we saved significant capital on telephony hardware and continue to realize substantial recurring cost savings in long distance charges," said Joseph C. Stone, founder at NGFS. "Beyond cost savings we were eager to ensure we had the ability to grow in an 'on-demand' way and match speed of business to opportunities. We plan to take advantage of NextGenData's voice and data services for all of our call centers to lower communications costs. We expect to save over 40 percent as compared to a traditional approach and enable us to work in ways not possible with traditional telephony systems." NextGenData's services deliver scalable, highly reliable local and long distance voice services to businesses across industries with small single site and large distributed call centers. "We're pleased that NextGenData selected Level 3 to provide the underlying voice services to enhance its innovative call center solutions," said Sara Baack, vice president of Wholesale Voice Services for Level 3. "We have a full suite of wholesale voice services that are well suited to the call center market and other industries seeking to leverage the many advantages that VoIP can deliver." About NextGenData, Inc. NextGenData provides businesses operating domestically and internationally with the ability to fundamentally rethink their IT infrastructure using the most reliable and cost effective technology available. NextGenData has been enabling businesses to significantly lower costs and improve operational efficiency through both practical experience and an industry leading approach for both single and multiple location enterprises. NextGenData is comprised of industry leaders with individually 15-35 years of experience in telecommunications and commercial data services. NextGenData can be reached at (484) 334-4115, or online at http://www.nextgendata.com. | OBJECTMANIA! CONSULTING, INC., AN IP TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER, ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO NEXTGENDATA, INC. Laureldale, PA, April 25, 2005 - ObjectMania! Consulting, Inc. announced today Shareholders have approved the change of the Company's name to NextGenData. The name change is to be effective May 1, 2005. "This move underscores the Board's confidence in the company's long-term growth prospects," Mr. Carpenter, Jr. President and CEO. Terry Carpenter, Jr. said, "We look forward to opening this new chapter in our history as NextGenData. The name pays respect to our company's heritage and demonstrates how our customers best know our value proposition. It also conveys our promising future as we continue to focus on building momentum in the delivering next generation technology services for educational institutions and enterprises." It was determined by management that the name change to NextGenData will assist in the overall branding of the NextGenData products and reflects the Company.s mandate to develop and market its proprietary VoIP and IP products. About NextGenData., Inc. (NGD.)
About NextGenData, Inc. NextGenData is a leading provider of IP-based services for the educational and business market. NGD is deploying the next generation of services to help educational institutions and enterprises use today voice and data convergence to lower costs and deliver productivity-enhancing applications. NGD has been enabling domestically and internationally educational institutions and enterprise businesses to significantly lower costs and improve operational efficiency through both practical experience and an industry leading approach for both single and multiple location enterprises. NGD is comprised of industry leaders with individually 15-35 years of experience in telecommunications and commercial data services. NGD can be reached at (484) 334-4115, or online at http://www.nextgendata.com. |
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OBJECTMANIA! CONSULTING ELECTS KATHLEEN DAHLBERG TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Oley, Pennsylvania, May 28, 2002 - ObjectMania! Consulting, Inc. today announced the election of Kathleen Dahlberg to the Company's Board of Directors. Ms. Dahlberg is currently the VP Worldwide Restaurant Solutions for McDonald's Corporation. In addition, Ms. Dahlberg is the founder of Open Vision Partners, a consortium of business and technical professionals bringing new technologies and businesses to market, and continues to work with businesses on the application of new technologies for business improvement and process change. Ms. Dahlberg was Vice President - e-business at BP Amoco from 1997 to 2001, where she led e-business development for the world's third-largest energy company. Previously she was Chief Information Officer and Vice President Downstream at BP Amoco, Vice President of Advanced Technologies at Viacom International, and from 1987 to 1996 Ms. Dahlberg was at Burger King Corporation where she held a series of senior executive positions including Vice President of Business Transformation, Vice President of Strategic Planning and Reporting and Vice President of Worldwide Retail Systems. "We are delighted to have Ms. Dahlberg join our Board of Directors," said Terry L. Carpenter Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ObjectMania! Consulting. "She brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge, talent, insight and experience in technology business operations and the application of new technologies for business profits, which will certainly have a significant impact on our consulting firm as we continue to expand and grow our operations." Ms. Dahlberg received a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from Oklahoma State University and a master's degree in management from Aurora University. About ObjectMania! Consulting, Inc. ObjectMania! Consulting, Inc. is a leader in enabling critical business processes to drive additional revenue and increased operational efficiencies through Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and outsourcing of IS services. ObjectMania provides strategic technology planning, integrated solutions development, and management of sophisticated business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications for a diverse group of clients from Internet start-up companies to Fortune 100 corporations. By leveraging Internet technologies to facilitate real-time communications between business entities, ObjectMania's Web-based and wireless applications facilitate and enhance critical business processes. A diverse enterprise experience and industry best practices in managing the entire software development life cycle enables clients to focus on their core business with confidence. For more information, visit http://www.objectmania.com/ |
