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Nectar Receives Unified Communications(R) Magazine's 2008 Product of the Year Award
Converged Management Platform Recognized for Outstanding Innovation
| Source: Nectar Services Corp.
FARMINGDALE, NY--(Marketwire - March 24, 2009) - Nectar Services Corp., an IP communications
services provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Juma Technology Corp.
(OTCBB : JUMT ), announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation's
(TMC®) Unified Communications magazine has named the Nectar Converged
Management Platform (nectar/CMP) as a recipient of its 2008 Product of the
Year Award.
"We are thrilled to have Nectar's Converged Management Platform selected as
a Product of the Year by Unified Communications magazine. This award is a
testament to our technical innovation and the superiority of the Nectar
offering," said Edmond Baydian, Senior Vice-President of Product
Development.
"Being named Product of the Year is a clear demonstration that nectar/CMP
provides our partners and clients with the best industry-leading solution
to manage today's increasingly complex, multi-vendor environment," said
David Giangano, President of Global Channels.
"Nectar has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while
addressing real needs in the marketplace. Unified Communications is pleased
to grant a 2008 Product of the Year Award to their Converged Management
Platform (CMP)," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of
Unified Communications magazine. "We're proud to honor their hard work and
accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from Nectar
in the future."
Anthony M. Servidio, Chief Executive Officer of Nectar's parent-company
Juma Technology, welcomed the industry accolade and said it is yet another
affirmation of the Nectar platform. "We have an extraordinary solution that
truly helps companies to solve business problems. It is a wonderful tribute
to have our solution recognized and its powerful benefits validated."
A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the
March/April, 2009 issue of Unified Communications magazine, www.uc-mag.com.
About Nectar Services Corp. (www.nectarcorp.com)
Nectar Services Corp. is an IP communications firm specializing in managed
services for voice and data networks. Nectar, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Juma Technology Corp. (OTCBB : JUMT ), maintains a suite of service
platforms: Enterprise Session Management (ESM), Hosted Telephony Systems
(HTS) and the Converged Management Platform (CMP). The Nectar offerings
preserve investments in existing telecommunications systems while
transitioning to IP and provide advanced monitoring and management for
complex networks. These innovative solutions deliver significant cost
savings, inherent business continuity, intelligent call routing and the
centralization of both applications and management. For more information
visit www.nectarcorp.com.
About Unified Communications magazine (www.uc-mag.com)
Launched in July 2007, Unified Communications magazine is devoted to
educating enterprise decision makers on why and how they need to deploy
unified communications (UC) solutions. Every issue of Unified
Communications magazine features a comprehensive news section; case studies
of successful deployments and lessons learned; interviews with leading
hardware and software companies; and an 'industry' section, featuring
analysis of important mergers and acquisition, partnerships and a Wall
Street perspective on the unified communications market. Unified
Communications has a readership of 100,000. For more information, please
visit www.uc-mag.com.
About TMC (www.tmcnet.com)
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. Ranked 2,724 by Quantcast, TMCnet
is 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.
TMC also recently launched new industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com,
Cable.TMCnet.com, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com,
Green.TMCnet.com.