eZuce Develops Strategic Business Partnership with Copper State Communications

Newburyport, MA, January 12, 2011 --(PR.com)-- eZuce continues to expand its partner community with the addition of Copper State Communications, based in Phoenix, AZ., as they are now officially enrolled in the EZ Partner Program as an EZ Elite partner. The eZuce EZ Partner Program delivers customizable tools, resources, and programs that enable its channel partners to go-to-market successfully with the complete portfolio of eZuce open communication solutions, while delivering professional support services directly to their customers.

As an EZ Elite partner, Copper State Communications collaborates with eZuce to deliver open communications to the mid to large enterprise marketplace providing an IP PBX migration strategy that enables customers to move off legacy and expensive platforms, leverages existing IT investments, and transition to an all software solution while lowering overall communication costs per user.

In addition, Copper State Communications will be transitioning their own internal communications infrastructure by upgrading their existing legacy PBX system, Avaya SCS, to the eZuce openUC solution so they can experience the benefits of an all software-based solution which delivers an all new, presence based, user experience.

Copper State Communications is an established reseller in the Southwestern United States. As an eZuce EZ Elite Partner they will be introducing the eZuce open communications portfolio to their installed base of accounts within state and local municipalities, agencies, educational institutions, and enterprises in the Arizona region. The eZuce openUC managed services edition is a perfect fit for Copper State Communications supporting their strategy of increasing revenue and profits offering managed services around software based open communications solution. Copper State Communication’s customers can share in the UC experience cost-effectively with access to all product features and unlimited device support for three to five times less than comparable unified communication solutions.

“Copper State Communications is pleased to join the eZuce partner community as an EZ Elite partner. We are excited to begin offering the complete portfolio of open communication solutions and managed service offerings from eZuce to our customers as they migrate from their current IP PBX systems to next generation UC technology. We believe eZuce will provide incremental revenues and profits to Copper State and become an integral part of our go-to-market strategy for 2011.”
Steve Sutton, CEO, Copper State Communications

Copper State Communications provides proven solutions that enable enterprises to enhance their communications and collaborative efforts with key customers and business partners by delivering:
· Contact Center Solutions
· Collaboration Solutions
· Mobility Solutions
· Unified Communication Solutions
· Managed Services

Copper State Communications will leverage exclusive offers such as the eZuce Nortel/Avaya SCS Investment Protection program to assist their Nortel customers with implementing an upgrade and step-by-step system migration strategy that addresses their communications requirements and ensures all users have a positive experience through
· An all new user experience based on presence enabled communications
· Better Value = Competitive Price + Consistent Quality
· Better Design = Industry Standards + Open Architecture
· Better Economics = Lower Costs + IT Investment Protection
· Better Delivery = All Inclusive Features With Unlimited Device Support + All Software Solution

“With Copper State Communications we are building a network of strategic Elite business partnerships that enable eZuce to expand our mutual market presence and share for mid to large enterprises in need of a proven, cost effective unified communications solution that delivers a better user experience every time.”
David Grazio, VP of Product Marketing, eZuce Inc.

About Copper State Communications
Copper State Communications was founded in 1982 and has grown into one of the leaders in the telecommunications industry. We have established quality long term relationships with companies throughout Arizona and the US in order to deliver all of their needs for high quality communications products, installation, service and training. Communications continue to change but Copper State Communication's focus on excellence, partnerships and service has remained consistent and is at the heart of our success. For more information about Copper State Communications please visit our website at www.copper-state.com.

About eZuce, Inc.
eZuce, Inc. delivers open communications enabling social business and collaboration designed for mid to large enterprises. eZuce serves as the commercial support entity and primary contributor sponsoring SIPfoundry and the sipXecs open source project. It is the first company to provide a SIP-based software only solution to enable Unified Communications-as-a-Service as the platform for next-generation, open UC architecture. For more information about eZuce, please visit our Web site at http://www.ezuce.com

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Contact Info
David Grazio
eZuce, Inc.
+1.978.502.0126
dgrazio@ezuce.com

Carmen Harris
Connect2 Communications, for eZuce, Inc.
+1.919.435.9115
carmen@connect2comm.com

Marcia Krumwiede
Copper State Communications
+1.520.318.6309
mkrumwiede@copper-state.com

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