Cbeyond Sixth Fastest Growing Tech Company in U.S., According to Forbes

IP-based managed services provider Cbeyond (News - Alert) has been named sixth on the Forbes Fast Tech list of the fastest-growing technology companies in America.

 

The Atlanta-based company partners with value-added resellers and local area network consultants as well as IT and telecommunications consultants to resell its services, generating more than 20 percent of its annual revenue through the partner channel.

 

The list is derived by factoring in annual revenues, sales growth and profit, among other indicators.

 

Jim Geiger (News - Alert), chairman, president and CEO of Cbeyond, said the recognition is validation of the company’s business model and expertise in delivering the communications and IT services to small businesses and helping to increase productivity.

 

"We expect continued business growth in 2009 as we increase our market share in our existing 11 U.S. markets and launch two new markets."

 

Cbeyond has an extensive partner programs in the industry that provides partners with sales support, training courses and marketing programs enabling partners to sell solutions that are integrated with Cbeyond's voice, broadband, mobile and IT services.

 

Cbeyond's position on the list reflects the company's success in selling big business communications solutions to small businesses. Cbeyond's consultative sales approach features face to face meetings with small business entrepreneurs to assist them in building comprehensive solutions that meet their communications and IT services needs.

 

The company recently led an SIP Trunking educational sessions and exhibit at TMC's (News - Alert) INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO East 2009, held from Feb. 2 to Feb. 4 2009, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami.

 

Cbeyond's platform is a private, 100-percent IP based service allows the company to rapidly develop and deliver highly reliable, managed services to its customers.

 

The company’s 30 productivity-enhancing applications are used by approximately 42,000 small businesses and support the technology needs across diverse industries.

 

As previously reported by TMCnet, Cbeyond has forged important strategic partnerships with Cisco (News - Alert), Microsoft, Research In Motion and others designed to allow the company to provide innovative solutions traditionally reserved for and deployed in large enterprises.

 

In addition to Cbeyond's core BeyondVoice offering, an integrated package of local and long distance voice, broadband Internet and mobile services, the company has seen impressive adoption of its other communications and IT applications fundamental to small businesses. Since its 2006 launch, Cbeyond's customers have embraced its mobile application, BeyondMobile, and today more than 30 percent of them use the service. Cbeyond's web hosting and business-class email services have adoption rates of over 35 percent.