Join Compunetix at AFCEA West 2012!

Come join Compunetix at the upcoming AFCEA West 2012 exhibit to be held at the San Diego Convention Center on January 24-26th.  West 2012, co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute, is the largest such event on the left coast for finding information about  communications, electronics, intelligence, information systems, imaging, military weapon systems, aviation, shipbuilding, and more.

Compunetix will be on hand to demonstrate our extensive solutions in the areas of multipoint communication and collaboration.  From enterprise level Unified Collaboration (UC) appliances to red/black, secure/unsecure, and JITC-certified audio collaboration switches, Compunetix offers advanced collaboration technologies and network independence.

Come meet up with John Krofcheck and Jeff Lautenschlager in booth 1751 on the show floor.  Ask them about our Voyager™ Soft Video Client, EVERGREEN™ multimedia MCU, or MVP™ Mission Voice secure switching platforms.  Better yet, drop them a line at Jkrofcheck@compunetix.com or Jlautenschlager@compunetix.com and schedule a time for a demonstration. 

Take the Collaborative Communications Survey

Help to shape the future of collaboration – Telemanagement Resources International (TRI) is conducting a brief survey on collaborative communications. How are you using conferencing and unified collaboration technologies? What can be improved upon? Click here to give your two cents.  All respondents will receive a summary of the data collected. Your participation is invaluable; visit the link today!

Jerry Pompa on TechVibe Radio

Last week Jerry Pompa, Compunetix Senior Vice President and Manager of the Communications Systems Division, was featured on the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s TechVibe radio. To hear Jerry’s thoughts on unified collaboration in today’s business world, click here for the recording. Already have a TalkShoe account? Listen here!

Palgutanom: A New Compunetix Phenomenon …the phenomenon based on Michael Palguta’s artwork, hence the Palgutanom

It’s a bird … it’s a plane …
What exactly IS it??

The Compunetix annual company holiday card received overwhelming response from curious recipients; mostly along the lines of, “what is the colorful photo and story behind the artwork?”

Speculation ran the gamut: Magic Eye art? Angel? Our resident web/image guru and creator of the card, Mr. Michael Palguta, isn’t ready to reveal the picture behind the mystery quite yet (maybe he never will??).

Keep your browsers pointed to our blog and Twitter (www.twitter.com/CompunetixAudio) as we continue to give hints! In the meantime, what do YOU think the image is? Join the discussion and put your thoughts in the comments section below!

Didn’t receive the Compunetix holiday card in the mail? Here’s a peek at what all of the ruckus is about!

Compunetix Customer Gets Some Ink

Compunetix would like to congratulate our friend and customer Mr. Ben Schmitt for his recent publication in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Ben is the Marketing Director for the new web start-up Concert-oh, a social media site foucusing on audio and web communications.  Ben, fairly new to Concert-oh, previously lived and worked in the Detroit, Michigan area.  This experience forms the basis of the full-page spread that the Post-Gazette dedicated to his story this past Sunday.

Click here to go directly to the Post-Gazette story and picture.

Jerry Pompa Featured on “The American Entrepenuer” Radio Broadcast

The snow is on the ground, the jingle bells are keeping time, and Steelers are in the NFL playoffs, so it must be holiday time in Pittsburgh.  And once again this winter, Compunetix Senior VP and Communicatuions Systems Division Manager, Jerry Pompa was a featured guest on Ron Morris’ “The American Entrepenuer” radio talk show.

On Dec 22, Mr. Pompa was honored to have been asked to join David Iwinski, aka “The international Capitalist,” as David filled in for regular TAE host Ron Morris, in a segment entitled “Bringing People Together All Over The World.”  In this segment Mr. Pompa discusses recent Compunetix news as well as the strides Compunetix has made in deploying their teleconference capabilities in over 30 countries worldwide. 

A complete recording of the segment can be found at the link above – both to stream or to download the MP3.

As an interesting side note, and for the sake of full disclosure, it should also be noted that TAE and Ron Morris work closely with Talkshoe.com – a web-based service for personal and professional talk show production.  Talkshoe is a long time partner of Compunetix and has based much of their infrastructure on the CONTEX Summit media processor platform for large call and group communication.

Concert-Oh Making a Social Splash

Just a quick note to point you to a recent article in eTEQ magazine about a new partner of Compunetix: Concert-OH.

As we’ve mentioned before in this blog, Concert-Oh is a new social collaboration service offered by Chorus Call.  This unique service allows individuals to setup and host real-time collaborative sessions (audio, video and web conferencing) and to share information with their friends.

This article discusses the philosophy behind this new start-up and their often repeated  mantra “Talk More, Type Less.”

Click here for to go directly to the article.

Compunetix Makes Manufacturing Short List

If you’re in the Pittsburgh area, you might be aware that it’s time for the Pittsburgh Business Times to announce their Manufacturer of Year awards.

This annual program takes a hard look at the manufacturing base in Western PA, and identifies those companies that have made an impact across the region in the last fiscal year.  Finalists are identified in five classifications based on company size, and one special category – “Sustainable Manufacturing.”

This year, Compunetix has been named one of the five finalists in the “Large Company” category.

The finalists and winners of all categories will be announced and feted at an event at the Omni William Penn hotel on December 2, which will feature a reception, dinner and the awards program.

You can gather additional details for making reservations by clicking here.

Compunetix identified as “Fast Company” at PopCity.com

The Pittsburgh area e-magazine PopCity is highlighting Compunetix in this week’s online edition – click here.

PopCity, established in 2006, is a weekly e-magazine and website dedicated to promoting all things Pittsburgh.  Fast Company is PopCity’s regular column highlighting the area’s fastest growing and impactful organizations.

This week’s article discusses Compunetix’ impressive growth and is based on an interview with Jerry Pompa, Compunetix VP and Division Manager of the company’s Communications Systems Division.

<As a side note, this author would also like to congratulate Jerry, his wife Sue, and most importantly, his son Michael who just yesterday achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.  That makes it two-for-two at the Pompa house, as Michael is following in the steps of his older brother Anthony, also a Eagle Scout and who is currently enrolled at the Air Force Academy in CO.>

Mr. Pompa specifically calls out the high levels of of post college recruits in the area and the high caliber of training provided by Pittsburgh-area universities.

Concert-Oh on the Radio

This past week, Ben Schmitt of Chorus Call/Concert-Oh participated in a live radio interview on Pittsburgh’s TechVibe Radio. This interview discusses the origins of Concert-Oh, the relationship with Chorus Call and how the new social tool is being utilized.  The interview was captured on TechVibe’s Talkshoe page.

If you haven’t heard of it yet, TechVibe is the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting interviewing local entrepreneurs, business leaders and stakeholders behind the Pittsburgh region’s fast-moving technology industry.

This interview and other TechVibe recordings may also be accessed at:  http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=36639&cmd=tc