Blue Beacon Capital

Blue Beacon Capital is one of the leading, private investment banks serving companies in the communications and technology industries.

We represent middle market and growth stage companies on mergers, acquisitions, exclusive sales, restructurings, private placements and fairness opinions.

We provide high impact strategic and financial advice to senior management and boards of directors always recommending ideas and strategies that we would pursue ourselves were we acting in management’s capacity.  We have an established reputation as a trusted advisor helping to devise and execute transactions that enhance shareholder value. We combine a broad network of relationships with deep sector knowledge and seasoned strategic advisory expertise to deliver a superior, senior level of service for clients who value experience, judgment, candor and insight.

Our senior team is comprised of proven, battle-tested investment bankers who formerly ran large industry groups at prestigious Wall Street firms.  Collectively, our team has completed hundreds of transactions representing over $75 billion of value over the past 15 years across the communications and technology sectors.

Our team has represented such companies as Bell Canada, PSINet, Teleglobe, Adelphia Communications, Savvis, Colt Telecom, Intermedia Communications, XM Satellite Radio, Digital Island, TRICOM, Focal Communications, Mpower Communications, AppliedTheory, Teligent, Speakeasy, New Global Telecom, NextWeb, TMC Communications, Excel Telecom, IDT, GLOBALINX, and a wide variety of smaller private companies.

The volume of business Blue Beacon Capital receives through referrals as well as follow-on assignments from existing clients attests to the success of the Firm.

For more information about our services, please contact Roger Valdovinos at 609.514.8500.

Silver Oak Advisors

Silver Oak Advisors’ founders bring over 40 years of Big 4 and Industry property tax experience. Silver Oak was formed to provide taxpayers in need of State and Local Tax (SALT) assistance. We are former Big 4 and industry experienced professionals with specific industry and/or property expertise.

Most firms are forced to use internal firm personnel for all engagements regardless if use of the professional is in the best interest of the client. Silver Oak recognizes this problem and has a team of the best SALT professionals with expertise in your industry and in the markets throughout the U.S. who work directly with our Directors to handle your SALT issues.

Today, the most sought after professionals in our business work for themselves in smaller practices and boutique law firms. Silver Oak works together with these firms to supplement our professional’s expertise in order to provide our clientele with the “best in class”. This gives your company the right professional with the expertise in your industry and in the markets throughout the U.S. where you need the assistance the most.

We are working Directors allowing us to provide a higher level of service at a cost effective rate, passing on the savings to you.

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Ben Bronston - Telecom Lawyer

Ben Bronston is a nationally recognized expert in the field of telecommunications law and regulation. For over 20 years, he has developed an extensive knowledge of legal and regulatory issues affecting telecommunications service providers, agents, VARs, TEM consultants, carriers, resellers and providers of new technologies, such as hosted PBX and other cloud services. He has provided advice and counsel to many of the most highly regarded agencies, consultants and service providers in the industry and was recently selected as the winner of the Telecom Association’s 2010 Member’s Choice award in the telecom legal category. Ben has served as a director for several telecommunications companies, including most recently a triple-play provider of satellite television, high-speed Internet and telephone services. Ben actively represents clients in the areas of agent agreements and negotiations; vendor agreements; and complex telecom transactions. Ben has the distinction of representing several of the industry’s largest master agents and cutting edge service providers. He is also a regular contributing author on channel issues for both Channel Partners Magazine and Channel Vision Magazine. He was a co-founder of a private venture capital fund dedicated exclusively to the communications industry and is a former member of the Channel Partners Advisory Board. Bronston is a summa cum laude graduate of Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business and Tulane Law School.

Ben Bronston has earned a reputation as being one of the most respected lawyers specializing in the telecommunications industry. Ben’s broad-based corporate and legal background, combined with extensive experience in representing telecommunications and technology companies, enable him to offer a unique combination of talent and experience to his clients.

For more information, please visit www.telecomlawyer.net or contact Ben Bronston at 713-778-1000 or bbronston@telecomlawyer.net.

HotLava Systems

HotLava Systems is a privately held company engaged in the design and manufacturing of innovative, server class multi-port Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapters. Founded in 2003 and based in Oakland, California, HotLava’s customers include industry-leading innovators of network security solutions and Internet service providers throughout the world.

By reducing or eliminating congestion at the network interface, HotLava network adapters enable today’s powerful servers and workstations to deliver more productivity through increased port density and higher throughput. Based on world class components and drivers from companies such as Intel, every HotLava network adapter card is natively supported by virtually all operating systems.

HotLava network adapters are ideally suited for space-limited network appliances and servers, providing the maximum port density and network bandwidth required by demanding I/O intensive applications such as:

• Server virtualization
• Unified Threat Management appliances
• High availability, failover, backup, and redundancy
• Bandwidth intensive file transfer applications such as video and graphic design environments
• Traffic generation for server, switch, and router performance testing
• QoS load Balancing
• Link Aggregation
• Ethernet switch and server consolidation

With their high performance, low cost-per-port, and ease of installation, HotLava products offer the best value in multi-port Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet network adapters.

For more information on HotLava Systems, please visit http://hotlavasystems.com or call 1.855.HOT.LAVA (468.5282).

You may also reach HotLava Systems via email at hotinfo@hotlavasystems.com.

StrataScale

StrataScale offers innovative dedicated server and cloud hosting solutions to meet the IT infrastructure needs of businesses of all sizes.  StrataScale cloud computing environments are built on a world-class data center, with web portal access to a UI to manage and scale all of your resources in minutes.  Every StrataScale hosting environment is custom and scalable – backed by guaranteed uptime, features financial-grade security, and delivers 24×7 engineering support.  What StrataScale clients avoid is CapEx and IT infrastructure headaches, and what they get is agility, latest technologies, and peace of mind.

StrataScale solutions are enterprise-grade, affordable, highly scalable, very secure, and super reliable: great for businesses of any size, age, industry, geography.  StrataScale clients include a mix of large enterprises and SMBs, and a number of VAR channel partners.  Sectors served include health care services providers, game developers, E-tail companies, and SaaS developers.

Do you want to know more about The Cloud?  Please go to Free Cloud Hosting Guide to receive a cloud whitepaper.  How can we help you?  Please go to StrataScale.com, call us at 866.955.4519, or send an Email to jrichard@stratascale.com.

TMC’s Erik Linask speaks with ThermoCredit’s Executive Vice President, Seth Block

The increased funds will be used by the Texas based company to support its continued aggressive growth and to aid in future business expansion. All Access Telecom’s President Lamar Carter stated, “Thermo Credit continues to fuel our continued growth in the domestic carrier market from a solid financial perspective.”

Thermo Credit’s Executive Vice President Seth Block commented on the expanded relationship with All Access, “We are excited to be expanding this facility with All Access. They have really performed well since we started funding them and we believe this expansion will help them grow and make the company even stronger.”

Global Convergence Solutions

Global Convergence Solutions (GCS, Inc.) is the leading provider of Next Generation Solutions that are reshaping how carriers acquire, manipulate, utilize and distribute information across networks in real-time.   The company, based in NJ, is a pioneer of Routing & Rating solutions for the telecommunications marketplace.

Their customers include: Vonage, KDDI, One Communications and dozens of others both here in the U.S. and internationally. These carriers are using the GCS solutions to centralize their network intelligence which allows them to optimize their network performance from both a margin and traffic perspective.

The company offers its products and services in both a SaaS based and licensed based delivery model. To learn more about GCS and how its products and services are helping carriers please click here or contact them directly at: +1.732.853.0510.

Situated three miles from the Los Angeles International Airport, the new office is located in the Howard Hughes Center in West Los Angeles. Seth Block, the company’s Executive Vice President of External Operations commented “We are very excited to be opening this new office. We feel it will help us serve the California market with much greater efficiency.”

In addition to the California office, the New Orleans based company also has an east coast office located in Charleston, SC and anticipates further expansion within the year.