MegaPath Receives 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award

MegaPath's Comprehensive Managed Security Service Recognized for Outstanding Innovation

COSTA MESA, CA, June 8, 2009 — MegaPath, Inc., the leading provider of managed IP data, voice, and security services in North America, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named MegaPath’s Managed Security Services as a recipient of a 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

“Companies face new threats everyday and have the daunting task of keeping their sensitive corporate and customer data safe,” said Beth Tyebjee, SVP of Marketing at MegaPath. “MegaPath’s Managed Security Services give businesses the peace of mind that their networks are protected twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week with monitoring and support, without increasing their IT budgets and manpower. We are honored to have received this award from Communications Solutions magazine as it highlights the value MegaPath delivers to our customers.”

MegaPath’s Managed Security Services delivers a comprehensive, multi-layered approach that works to eliminate down-time from individual threats, reduces risk with blended threats and coordinates security alerting, logging and reporting. This fully-managed approach to network security ensures businesses protect their assets against attacks before it consumes the bandwidth of last mile circuits.

The components of MegaPath’s Managed Security Service include Managed Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware, Spam Tracker, Web Filtering, Site-to-Site IPSec VPN, Managed SSL VPN and Personal Protection Suite. Together, these services simplify and unify security management by reducing network complexity and providing easy and secure access to an increasingly mobile workforce.

“MegaPath has been recognized with a 2008 Product of the Year Award for their excellence in the advancement of voice and data communications,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief. “MegaPath has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as ROI for the companies that use them. I am pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future.”

The Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious award. The most innovative products and services brought to market in 2008 were selected as recipients of this year’s Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for their groundbreaking achievement.

MegaPath is consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership. In 2008, the Company was named one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States by Inc. Magazine and appeared on Deloitte’s Fast 500 and Technology Fast 50 in Orange County. MegaPath’s Channel Program was recognized as a 2008 Top 50 Channel Program by PHONE+ magazine, and most recently, the company’s Dan Foster appeared on CRN’s 2009 Channel Chiefs list.

MegaPath’s services also continue to receive industry accolades with its Duet™ voice and data service being named Internet Telephony’s Product of the Year for the second consecutive year. To view MegaPath’s awards visit: http://www.megapath.com/about/news-events/

Details on the 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award can be found on the INTERNET TELEPHONY and Customer Interaction Solutions Web sites.

 

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 Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two to three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends.  TMCnet is ranked as 2,921 in Quantcast's Top U.S. Sites placing TMCnet in the top .03% most visited Web sites in the US. In addition, TMC produces ITEXPO, 4GWE Conference, Digium|Asterisk World and Communications Developer Conference.

About MegaPath Inc.
MegaPath is the leading provider of managed IP communications services in North America. MegaPath leverages its wide selection of broadband connectivity, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Voice over IP (VoIP) and security technologies to enable businesses to lower costs, increase security and enhance productivity. Businesses of all sizes can easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, branch offices, retail locations, mobile workers, and business partners. To learn more about why over 23,000 companies have chosen MegaPath’s managed IP data, voice and security services to improve their business communications, visit www.megapath.com or call 1-877-MegaPath (634-2728).