Qoncert Donates All-Star Game Tickets to Team Smile
January 22, 2011. Qoncert sponsored 20 children participating in the TeamSmile program to attend the East West Shrine College All-Star Game in Orlando, Florida. TeamSmile™ is a non-profit organization that teams up with major sports organizations to provide quality dental care to underserved populations, while encouraging volunteerism within the dental community.
With the help of local dental professionals, TeamSmile provides free oral health education, screening, and treatment for children who might not otherwise receive it. The children received dental treatment before attending the game.
New Horizons, Qoncert buy in Laurel center
By Sean Roth | Real Estate Editor – Friday, November 19, 2010
BUYER: LTJ Group Holdings LLC (principal: Joseph Tortoretti) University Park SELLER: Laurel Street Commerce Center LLC PROPERTY: 5402 Laurel Road, Tampa PRICE: $1.54 million PREVIOUS PRICE: $4.5 million, June 2006 TITLE FIRM ON DEED: Tampa Title Co., Tampa PLANS, DESCRIPTION: Two Tampa technology-focused businesses purchased 56,000 square feet of commercial condo space in the Laurel Street Commerce Center, plus two acres, for $1.54 million. The condominium space was a building shell. The buyers, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers and Qoncert, plan to occupy 20,000 square feet of space in the building. The firms will consider selling or leasing the rest of the space.
Gregory Morgan of Morgan Realty Advisors handled the transaction. “The economics there are awesome,” Morgan says. “It’s on Highway 60, which carries 147,000 cars a day. It’s near the airport and an interchange right in the heart of Westshore. ”
Qoncert, pronounced concert, is an IT firm. New Horizons Tampa teaches technology classes in Brandon, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers and Naples.
Qoncert Announces Managed, Monitored, and Support Platform
Qoncert, a leading systems integration firm and Cisco Gold Partner, announces the Bedrock Support System.
Tampa, FL – August 17th, 2010 –
Qoncert, a leading systems integration firm and Cisco Gold Partner, has announced they will be introducing a Managed, Monitored, and Support Platform named “Bedrock”. The system will allow their clientele to receive managed, monitored, and pre-paid support hours under a single agreement. “With Qoncert’s growing list of clients and incredible growth, customers had been asking for a standard way to get support with a clearly defined of the costs. Customers were also asking for monitoring services, so in the interest of meeting both those needs we created the Bedrock System.” said CEO, Lou Rossi.
Used in conjunction with Qoncert’s new Enterprise Class Hosted Collaboration Services (ECHo CS), Bedrock can create a self healing network and voice system where the end user is unaware a problem even exists until after it has been resolved.” Bedrock allows customers to purchase pre-paid blocks of hours with a service level agreement attached, giving customers the flexibility of paying for only the service hours used while still enjoying the comfort of a guaranteed response. In addition, monitoring services can be added to the service allowing engineers to receive automated alerts when a network issue occurs, thus enabling the engineers to fix the issue before the customer is even aware.
About Qoncert: Qoncert (www.qoncert.com) is a systems integration and value added reseller services company based in Tampa, FL. Its engineering staff includes certified individuals in Cisco, Novell, Microsoft, NetApp, VMware, and Emerson/Liebert. Qoncert is a part of the Saint Augustine, FL based A Rossi Incorporated, a holding company for technology based companies such as www.ccprep.com.
Qoncert Announces Hosted Business Voice over IP Product Line
Lou Rossi, President and CEO of Qoncert announced on February 15th that Qoncert will now offer the complete line of hosted Voice over IP product lines utilizing a new start of the art Data Center in Inland Fiber and Data’s facility in Winter Haven, Florida. With Qoncert’s long history and experience with Unified Communications, Cisco’s new Unified Communications 8.0 Platforms, Cisco’s Data Center 3.0 Initiative, and Inland Fiber’s recently completed robust technology center, Qoncert is in a position to provide a premiere Hosted Voice over IP solution.
Tampa, FL – February 15th, 2010 — Qoncert, a Cisco Gold Partner, has announced they will be offering a full line of Hosted Voice over IP Products. Qoncert was created as an extension of CCPrep.com, a Cisco Learning Partner, in 2003. Qoncert has always utilized Cisco’s Unified Communications Suite of applications from Communications Manager 4 to 6, for internal company purposes. With Qoncert’s new partnership with Inland Fiber and Data and the new state of the art facility in Winter Haven, the next logical step was to extend its line card to include hosted phone services. Currently there are many hosted VoIP providers for the small business market. However, Qoncert’s solution is primarily targeted at customers with a minimum of 100 handsets differing from other providers’ models.
“We have seen over the last several years that larger companies are interested in Cloud Computing and Software as a Service models for many different aspects of their network infrastructures. With our new offering organizations will now be able to reap all of the same benefits of cloud computing but for their voice system infrastructures.” said Rossi. Cisco Systems Incorporated of San Jose, CA has recently announced a new Unified Communications 8.0 suite of applications, to complement its existing Data Center 3.0 suite of products. Qoncert, a specialized partner in these technologies is building virtualized servers running all of the Unified Communications 8.0 products on Cisco’s new Unified Computing System (UCS). Cisco’s new UCS servers are leading edge blade servers capable of running hundreds of virtual machines due to their advanced Intel Processors (designed specifically for virtualization) and extended memory capabilities. Qoncert’s implementation calls for completely redundant configurations at both their home offices in Tampa and Inland Fiber’s facility in Winter Haven yielding a system resilient to virtually any failure. In addition, by partnering with the Florida Business Continuity Center, located in the Winter Haven facility, Qoncert is now able to offer compelling business continuity options.
“Our partnership with the Florida Business Continuity Center is a critical component to our business plan moving forward as it allows us to take disaster recovery one step further by offering onsite facilities to house call center agents, mission critical employees, and executives who will have access to their voice services as if they were still in their office.” continued Rossi.
Qoncert, a Tampa based systems integration firm providing Information Technology services is also a Value Added Reseller (VAR) with products from leading manufacturers such as Cisco, VMware, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Liebert, and Tandberg.
Qoncert becomes official Wireless Data Provider of the Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Pete Times Forum
Tampa, FL – November 20th, 2008 — Qoncert, a leading systems integration firm, has been named the official wireless data provider of the Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Pete Times Forum. Qoncert, a Cisco Gold Partner and Cisco Advanced Unified Wireless Specialized Partner, has upgraded the 802.11b and 802.11g radios in the facility to Cisco’s highly advanced 1242 Access Points ensuring patrons and media quick and easy access to all of the wireless resources of the St. Pete Times Forum, including Internet access.
Terms of the agreement include the implementation and upgrade of the wireless components inside the venue, as well as a service and maintenance agreement. Qoncert is providing wireless equipment from market leader Cisco. Patrons should notice enhanced coverage for their personal data devices and laptop notebook computers. This includes enhanced coverage for the media.
President and CEO of Qoncert, Lou Rossi remarked “The Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Pete Times Forum has been a long time client and we are thrilled we were able to elevate our relationship. We feel attendees of the many events at the St. Pete Times Forum will see a marked improvement in the covered areas, as well as overall performance”. Qoncert will be implementing the IEEE 802.11 b/g technology to allow for greater bandwidth. In addition, Qoncert will be implementing more access points to ensure coverage throughout the arena. David Everett, II SR. VP Administration for the Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Pete Times Forum commented “We at the Tampa Bay Lightning/St. Pete Times Forum are pleased to have Qoncert as our official Wireless Data provider. Qoncert has provided us tremendous service over the years and we are sure that our patrons will be pleased with the Wireless Data services inside the Times Forum provided by Qoncert.”
To celebrate, Qoncert took several of their top clients to the November 13th Red Wings game at the CCM Club, an open air suite in the venue. In addition to enjoying a great evening with clients, Qoncert was able to demonstrate their advanced capabilities with Cisco Wireless Products.
About Qoncert: Qoncert (www.qoncert.com) is a systems integration and value added reseller services company based in Tampa, FL. Its engineering staff includes certified individuals in Cisco, Novell, Microsoft, HP, IBM, and Tandberg. Qoncert is a part of the Saint Augustine, FL based A Rossi Incorporated, a holding company for technology based companies such as www.ccprep.com.
Qoncert Achieves Cisco Gold Certification
Qoncert, a leading systems integration firm and Cisco Partner, has achieved Cisco Gold Partner, Cisco’s Highest Level of Certification.
Tampa, FL – September 23rd, 2008 – Qoncert, a leading systems integration firm and Cisco Partner, has achieved Cisco’s Highest Level of Certification and is now a Cisco Gold Partner. Qoncert, a Tampa based systems integration firm providing Information Technology services is also a Value Added Reseller (VAR) with products from leading manufacturers such as Cisco, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Liebert. Cisco is the largest manufacturer of Computer Networking Components in the world. Based in San Jose, California Cisco expects revenue in Fiscal year 2009 of over $45 Billion Dollars.
Cisco’s Gold Certification requires the partner meet a combination of engineering expertise, certification, and lab requirements. Qoncert’s CEO and President Lou Rossi stated “Qoncert achieving Gold Status has been a long time goal of the organization and demonstrates to our clients a commitment to the Cisco Product Lines.” He continued “Cisco’s wide range of products combined with Qoncert’s enormous engineering talent provide our customers with much more than an organization with which to buy product, but rather an extension of an organization’s IT department.”
Cisco’s South Channels had this to say “Cisco South Channels recognizes that Qoncert has achieved Cisco Gold Certification on September 3, 2008…, which means they have attained the highest level of credibility and the broadest range of expertise across multiple technologies by achieving all of the following four advanced specializations: Unified Communications, Routing and Switching, Security, and wireless LAN. They have also integrated the deepest level of Cisco Lifecycle Services expertise into their offerings and demonstrate a measurably high level of customer satisfaction. Congratulations Qoncert.”
About Qoncert: Qoncert (www.qoncert.com) is a systems integration and value added reseller services company based in Tampa, FL. Its engineering staff includes certified individuals in Cisco, Novell, Microsoft, HP, IBM, and Tandberg. Qoncert is a part of the Saint Augustine, FL based A Rossi Incorporated, a holding company for technology based companies such as www.ccprep.com.
Qoncert wins Purveyor of the year from Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar
May 25th, 2007 — Qoncert, a leading systems integration firm, has been awarded Purveyor of the Year by Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar. Fleming’s, a member of the Outback Steakhouse International (OSI) Restaurant Partner’s family of restaurants, is a premium steakhouse with over fifty locations nationwide.
Qoncert, a Tampa based systems integration firm providing Information Technology services is also a Value Added Reseller (VAR) with products from leading manufacturers such as Cisco, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Liebert, and Tandberg. Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is one of the most highly regarded premium steakhouse concepts in the country offering an exceptional wine list throughout its vast array of restaurants. The Purveyor of the Year award, awarded annually at OSI’s annual conference is given to vendors that demonstrate a high level of service and go above and beyond people’s expectations. Qoncert has been working with Fleming’s for over two years on their table management, customer relations management, and online reservations.
Utilizing the Guestbridge software suite from Guestbridge Inc., Qoncert has been able to successfully expand Fleming’s capability to provide unprecedented service to their Guests by keeping a detailed database of their guests.
In addition Qoncert has recently implemented a High Definition (HD) Video Conferencing system in their private dining rooms allowing customers to have meetings in multiple cities. “The level of support that we receive from Qoncert is truly ‘whatever it takes’. I am very grateful to have true partners like Qoncert supporting my business.” said Tanya Sparkman, Director of Marketing for Fleming’s, of Qoncert’s service. “Fleming’s ability to understand and utilize Information Technology is one of the reasons they are so successful and we are honored to be involved.” responded Lou Rossi, President of Qoncert.
For more information please contact Marie Molyneaux, Director of Operations at (813) 387-0150. You can also find out more by visiting www.qoncert.com. About Qoncert: Qoncert (www.qoncert.com) is a systems integration and value added reseller services company based in Tampa, FL. Its engineering staff includes certified individuals in Cisco, Novell, Microsoft, HP, IBM, and Tandberg. Qoncert is a part of the Saint Augustine, FL based A Rossi Incorporated, a holding company for technology based companies such as www.ccprep.com.
