Carousel Industries and Level 3 Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop and Extend Managed Services and Cloud Based Offerings to Enterprise Customers

    EXETER, RI, February 12, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Carousel Industries, a leader in unified communications, managed services, data solutions and visual communications, announced that it will offer a range of managed services and cloud-based products with Level 3 Communications,), a provider of local, national and global communications services. Through the new strategic alliance, Carousel provides IT managed services and capabilities to support Level 3's portfolio of business solutions ranging from Unified Communications and hosted video to cloud and data services for its enterprise customers.

Anchored by extensive fiber networks on three continents connected by undersea facilities, Level 3's global network reliably and securely provides enhanced, scalable network capabilities and a comprehensive portfolio of data, security, video, voice, unified communications and cloud-based solutions. Carousel, which maintains longstanding relationships with leading technology companies such as Microsoft, Avaya, Juniper Networks, Polycom and others, has developed a robust managed services offering through its SmartPoint program, helping companies achieve network efficiency while remaining focused on strategic business objectives. Together, the two companies will offer complete solutions to the issues facing enterprises today.

"As the market becomes increasingly reliant on secure, cloud-based solutions, enterprises are looking for trusted partners to deliver scalable, cloud-based solutions that are easily maintained," commented Jeff Gardner, Chief Executive Officer of Carousel Industries. "Through our strategic alliance with Level 3 -- a company that is able to provide enormous scale and expertise around cloud-based technologies -- Carousel will serve an important role in creating end-to-end communication solutions for organizations across a range of vertical markets including government, healthcare, finance and others."

Carousel will deliver Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) to customers and connect them directly to Level 3's network and range of managed services via its SmartPoint program. Its managed services extend from cloud-based offerings around Microsoft Lync to other unified communications offerings including voice, data and video. Additionally, through its Network Operations Center (NOC), Carousel is able to offer 24/7/365 network monitoring as well as providing a vast network of manufacturer certified engineers to provide expert installation and maintenance.

"The network is a critical link in enabling cloud computing and unified communications solutions," said Lisa Miller, Senior Vice President of Wholesale Markets and Alternate Channels at Level 3. "This alliance leverages Carousel's customer management expertise with Level 3's network and portfolio of secure, flexible solutions to tackle the challenges enterprises face today."

To learn more about Carousel's collaboration solutions, please visit http://www.carouselindustries.com/solutions/collaboration.

About Carousel
Carousel Industries consults, integrates, and manages technology solutions that solve business problems and contribute to your organizations' growth. This includes unified communications, managed services, virtualization, Voice over IP (VoIP), video conferencing and collaboration and data infrastructure solutions.

Today we have over 6,000 customers, including 35 of the Fortune 100. Carousel has been recognized by both VAR and CRN Magazines as one of the top technology integrators in the US and we've been listed in the Inc. 500/5000 seven times. Carousel is headquartered in Exeter, RI, with over 1,000 employees working from offices in 30 locations across the US, including over 250 service technicians deployed across the country. For more information visit: http://www.carouselindustries.com.

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