NextGen Technology Group, an IP-centric telephony integrator organization, has selected Estech Systems, Inc. (ESI (News - Alert)), a manufacturer of digital and IP business phone systems, as a NextGen Preferred SMB Technology Solution Provider. Under the agreement, NextGen will also provide strategic input to ESI product development efforts.

 

This alliance will enable ESI to leverage NextGen’s success and expertise in delivering, supporting and managing a variety of telecommunications solutions to nearly 30,000 customers nationwide.

 

“Our new relationship with NextGen gives us the ability to more quickly validate the evolution of our award-winning products by leveraging the day-to-day experience of NextGen members, each of whom has helped thousands of customers solve a wide variety of real-world communications challenges with innovative IP solutions and applications,” said Doug Boyd, president and chief operating officer of ESI.

 

ESI Communications Servers provide standards-based IP technologies in a platform that provides NextGen customers with the flexibility to choose when and just how much IP technology is right for their business. Unique solutions like ESI Cellular Management and ESI Presence Management, in addition to a complement of IP capabilities such as remote phones, softphones, and SIP phones, are ideal for a single-site business or one of many in a multi-site network.

 

“As an ESI Certified Reseller, I know first-hand that my fellow NextGen members are excited to offer ESI’s line of Communication Servers because of their unmatched feature set, competitive pricing, and easy integration with a customer’s existing infrastructure,” said David Roberts, a founding member of NextGen Technology Group and president of Atlanta, Georgia-based Ascend Technologies, Inc. “NextGen was created to help independent telephony integrators succeed by leveraging the collective technical and business expertise of our members. We now bring that same spirit of collaboration and support to our new partnership with ESI.”