March 20th, 2013 – Global Communication Networks recognized as Telx 2012 Partner of the year.
Pompano Beach, FL – Telx has once again honored Global Communication Networks Inc (GCN) with the 2012 Telx partner of the Year award. The award recognizes GCN as the Partner with the highest contracted Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) with a weighting factor attributed to the several new logos that were contracted and colocated with Telx.
“Global Communication Networks has been awarded our coveted Partner of the Year for the second consecutive year. They have achieved this award in recognition of the most new revenue closed together during 2012, “ says William Kolman, Executive Vice President of Sales at Telx who presented the award. “We highly value the commitment and relationship we have built together with GCN. It’s this commitment that has allowed the successful growth of our partnership. We look forward to continued success together in the coming year.”
With every client and new project, GCN has vetted Telx against several other colocation companies within each geography. In each contracted sale, GCN and the client agreed that Telx was the right fit for their individual business needs. This is notable to the fact that GCN, as a carrier neutral firm, has over 150 carriers and data center providers in its portfolio. GCN and Telx have been partners for three years and company cultures synergize in a way that makes doing business together a natural fit.
“The partnership that GCN has built with Telx has enabled us to be their Partner of the Year not once but twice in the last two consecutive years.” states Chris Palermo, GCN’s founder, President and CEO. “Our customers demand colocation facilities built to the highest standards, with global reaching, carrier neutral, On Net connectivity and Telx offers some of the most connected buildings across the United States. Thanks to the loyalty of our customers and the hard work of the staff here at GCN we have proven the value of the Channel and Partners like GCN.”
About Global Communication Networks
Founded in 1997, Global Communication Networks, Inc. provides businesses, SMB to Fortune 500, with voice, data, colocation, and managed data center services solutions from over 150 partner providers worldwide. GCN is a consultative technology agency that has a broad and diverse toolkit of solutions that works to meet the most challenging needs of their clients, domestically or anywhere in the world. They save their clients time and effort by efficiently managing the right service providers to leverage the best solutions at the most effective price.
About Telx
Telx is a leading provider of interconnection and data center services in strategic, high-demand North American markets. With 19 premier C3 Cloud Connection Centers by Telx SM, Telx increases speed to market and reduces connectivity costs by providing direct connections to a community of the industry’s highest performance networks and access to 1,000+ customers, including leading telecommunications carriers, ISPs, cloud providers, content providers and enterprises. Telx is a privately held company headquartered in New York City, servicing 13 US markets with five facilities across the New York / New Jersey Metro area, two facilities in Chicago, two facilities in Dallas, four facilities in California, (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and two in Santa Clara), two Pacific Northwest facilities, Seattle and Portland and facilities in Atlanta, Miami, Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C.
Aug 21th, 2012 - Global Communication Networks ranks number 3197 on the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 list with three-year sales growth of 65%.
Pompano Beach, FL – Inc. Magazine has notified Global Communication Networks that the firm ranks number 3197 on Inc.’s sixth annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs. GCN joins Facebook, CDW, and Publix Supermarkets, among other prominent companies featured on this year’s list.
“Thanks to the loyalty of our clients, to our growing reputation as a customer centric company, and the hard work of the entire GCN team, a mature fifteen years old company has once again been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of America’s fastest growing companies. It shows that the GCN philosophy of taking a consultative approach to fulfilling our clients strategic telecommunications needs works in our industry.” Noted Chris Palermo, GCN’s founder, President and CEO.
A complete overview of GCN’s inclusion and position in the Inc. 500|5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/global-communication-networks
Methodology
The 2012 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2008 to 2011. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2008. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2011. The minimum revenue required for 2011 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500|5000 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at www.inc.com/500/.
About Global Communication Networks
Founded in 1997, Global Communication Networks, Inc. (www.gcnsolutions.com) provides businesses, SMB to Fortune 500, with voice, data, colocation, and managed data center services solutions from over 150 partner providers worldwide. GCN is a consultative technology agency that has a broad and diverse toolkit of solutions that is utilized to meet the most challenging needs of their clients, domestically or anywhere in the world. They save their clients time and effort by efficiently managing the right service providers to leverage the best solutions at the most effective price.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 710,106, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology.
Pompano Beach, FL – March 12, 2012 - Global Communication Networks, Inc. announces expansion of our advisory and sourcing services to include hosted PBX and on-premise VoIP telephony solutions.
Effectively relocating business offices is a time consuming and complicated task that involves ensuring that important office infrastructure, like telephone systems, are up and running on schedule with pre-existing telephone numbers in full operation.
One of GCN's clients, a well known institutional financial broker that has been in business since the late 1970’s faced some timing problems in late 2011 when they decided to move their offices from Manhattan to New Jersey. The company was looking for an upgraded, VoIP telephone system that would enable enhanced voice services for their new offices. However, their planning process allowed only a strict three week timeline to get everything implemented and operational.
Taking all the client's solution needs, as well as an accelerated timeline into consideration, GCN was able to source the right solution out of a group of top-tier technology partners to initiate a successful and cost-effective project. A well-regarded hosted PBX business partner successfully implemented the hosted PBX functionality, installed new programmed phones and ported over all telephone numbers to the new system, including the full trading desk and the president of the company, without any issues and within a two week timeframe.
This solution made their office move much less stressful by exceeding the aggressive timeline and was more cost effective than investing in traditional voice services. In addition to enhanced features, their new system also allows the company to scale as needed, adding remote extension-dial users as if they were sitting in the local office.
It has been nearly five months since the new services were implemented and they haven’t had a single issue and couldn’t be happier with the project, their new Polycom 335 and 450 phones, support and service.
About Global Communication Networks, Inc.
Founded in 1997 and privately held, Global Communication Networks, Inc. provides businesses, SMB to Fortune 500, with voice, data, cloud, colocation and managed data center services solutions from over 150 partner providers worldwide. GCN is a consultative technology advisory that has a broad and diverse toolkit of solutions that is utilized to meet the most challenging needs of their clients, domestically or anywhere in the world. GCN saves their clients time and effort by efficiently managing the right service providers to leverage the best solutions at the most effective price.
Pompano Beach, FL – February 28, 2012 - Global Communication Networks, Inc. today announced their year-end summary and financial results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.
“GCN performed extremely well during the 2011 fiscal year, with 31% year-over-year revenue growth driven by sales strength across all major verticals and geographies.” said S. Chris Palermo, CEO and President of Global Communication Networks, Inc. “We are thankful for our customers as they are always our number one focus. Going forward, we remain committed to continuing investments to further accelerate our growth while remaining debt free and financially strong."
2011 Highlights
- Industry success - during 2011 GCN initiated new customer relationships or enhanced existing ones with organizations in the business areas of online retailing, professional services, media, non-profits, PEO, software services, entertainment, international telecommunications, online gaming, real estate, online music streaming, secondary education, online travel, healthcare, financial services, internet domain services, nutritional supplements, manufacturing and distribution.
- Geographic presence - the diversity of the GCN client list is also shown by all the geographies where business was conducted in 2011 - domestically in Florida, California, New York, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Texas, Oregon, Arizona, West Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Washington, Delaware, Illinois and Indiana. International business was conducted in England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Canada and Bermuda.
- Personnel - Steve Latos, Vice President of Sales and Operations, joined us early in the year to spearhead the assembly of a high performance sales team and to make improvements in our marketing efforts and infrastructure. We also had three other key associates join us in the areas of sales, project management and sales support.
- Infrastructure - as of the end of 2011 all key infrastructure applications and tools had been migrated to the "cloud." Hosted VoIP telephony was implemented as well as the migration to a cloud-based email system and a new, simplified, but more functional CRM system was deployed. All collaboration, sales and support tools as well as customer contracts and other legal documents reside inside cloud architecture. In the event of any type of an issue that might prevent physical access to GCN offices, all personnel can work effectively from any location that has an internet connection.
- Marketing - GCN has always relied upon a strong reputation with new business often coming from executive referrals. In an effort to capture a broader base of clientele, an initiative was started in September utilizing the software platform and consulting resources from Hubspot to assist in the development of an integrated and comprehensive inbound marketing strategy.
- Partners - GCN continued to review and added key Technology Partners to fill specific niches in the pre-existing Partner Portfolio of more than 150.
- Accolades and awards - in addition to being recognized for sales performance at several Channel and Partner events during 2011, GCN’s growth was recognized by Inc. Magazine by the inclusion on the Inc. 5000 list for 2011. GCN ranked as the 1,347th fastest growing company in America, as well as the 45th fastest growing telecommunications company.
About Global Communication Networks, Inc.
Founded in 1997 and privately held, Global Communication Networks, Inc. provides businesses, SMB to Fortune 500, with voice, data, cloud, colocation and managed data center services solutions from over 150 partner providers worldwide. GCN is a consultative technology advisory that has a broad and diverse toolkit of solutions that is utilized to meet the most challenging needs of their clients, domestically or anywhere in the world. GCN saves their clients time and effort by efficiently managing the right service providers to leverage the best solutions at the most effective price.
Aug 30th, 2011 - Global Communication Networks ranks number 1,347 on the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 with three-year sales growth of 212%.
Pompano Beach, FL – Inc. Magazine has notified Global Communication Networks that the firm ranks number 1,347 on Inc.’s fifth annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs. GCN joins Spirit Airlines, television maker Vizio, Honest Tea and Dunkin, among other prominent brands featured on this year’s list.
In addition, GCN was ranked as the 45th fastest growing telecommunications company in the nation, as well as one of the fastest growing companies in Florida.
“We are thrilled with Inc. Magazine’s recognition of our outstanding growth record of 212% over the past three years and look forward to even greater growth as we move through 2011 and into 2012,” noted Chris Palermo, GCN’s founder, President and CEO. “In this ever changing world of telecommunications and cloud computing, it is exciting for us to be validated by our customers as their partner and strategist – they vote with their business and this recognition is a simple reflection of the value they see in allowing GCN to serve them.”
A complete overview of GCN’s inclusion and position in the Inc. 500|5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/global-communication-networks.
Methodology
The 2011 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2007 to 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2007. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2010. The minimum revenue required for 2010 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500|5000 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at www.inc.com/500/.
About Global Communication Networks
Founded in 1997, Global Communication Networks, Inc. (www.gcnsolutions.com) provides businesses, SMB to Fortune 500, with voice, data, colocation and managed data center services solutions from over 150 partner providers worldwide. GCN is a consultative technology agency that has a broad and diverse toolkit of solutions that is utilized to meet the most challenging needs of their clients, domestically or anywhere in the world. They save their clients time and effort by efficiently managing the right service providers to leverage the best solutions at the most effective price.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 710,106, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology.
Dec 2nd, 2010 - GCN announced today the successful implementation of one of their premier on-line gaming clients at Terremark’s new datacenter facility in Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul Turkey — Global Communication Networks (GCN), a leading telecommunications consulting firm, announced today the successful implementation of one of their premier on-line gaming clients at Terremark’s (NASDAQ:TMRK) new datacenter facility in Istanbul, Turkey.
“We searched around the globe for the right facility and choose Terremark’s NAP of Turkey because of its state-of-the-art infrastructure and geographic reach to gamers in both Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Terremark was clearly one of the leading providers in the region and the implementation went flawlessly. We have a long-standing relationship with Terremark and it continues to be one of the premier global providers of IT infrastructure,” said S. Chris Palermo, President and CEO of GCN.
GCN provides enterprise businesses across the globe with Colocation, IP Transit, and Network solutions from more than 100 Colocation providers and carriers worldwide. From Seattle to Singapore and Boston to Beijing, GCN has proven solutions to fit their clients' needs. GCN has been selected to be the telecommunications consulting firm for an impressive list of today’s Fortune 500 companies.
Terremark’s recently launched NAP of Turkey is the latest addition to the company’s strategic footprint of global datacenter locations. Similar to its datacenters in North America, Latin America and Europe, the facility provides diverse connectivity from a physically robust facility that meets the IT infrastructure needs of large multinational enterprises and government agencies.
“Through the NAP of Turkey, we are distinctly capable of offering global companies access to our comprehensive set of IT infrastructure services that are supported by large amounts of bandwidth and reliable infrastructure,” said Senem Arcan, General Manager of Terremark’s NAP of Turkey. “This ability to offer carrier-neutral connectivity, which is unique in the Turkish market, was a key factor in the decision-making process for GCN’s customer. We look forward to expanding our partnership with GCN as we pursue additional business opportunities in the region.”
About Global Communications Networks
Global Communication Networks (GCN), a Florida based corporation has been a premier telecommunications consulting firm for over 14 years providing businesses with solutions to meet virtually any telecom requirement. GCN specializes in large suite global colocation deployments, IP Transit, Private line and Wavelength services, and complex voice and data solutions such as MPLS and VoIP networks. All this coupled with world class Project Management has allowed GCN to become the sought after firm to some of the world’s largest corporations. For more information about Global Communication Networks visit http://www.gcnsolutions.com or call 800.789.6131.
About Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
Terremark Worldwide (NASDAQ:TMRK) is a leading global provider of IT infrastructure services delivered on the industry’s most robust and advanced technology platform. Leveraging data centers in the United States, Europe and Latin America with access to massive and diverse network connectivity, Terremark delivers government and enterprise customers a comprehensive suite of managed solutions including managed hosting, colocation, disaster recovery, security and cloud computing services. Terremark’s acclaimed Infinistructure™ utility computing architecture has redefined industry standards for scalable and flexible computing infrastructure and its DigitalOps® service platform combines end-to-end systems management workflow with a comprehensive customer portal. More information about Terremark Worldwide can be found at http://www.terremark.com.
Oct 7th, 2010 - GCN Today announced it has added Corelink to its portfolio of services.
Chicago Colocation Provider, CoreLink Data Centers, Announces New Partnership with Global Communication Networks
Mount Prospect, IL (Vocus) October 20, 2010
Chicago colocation provider, CoreLink Data Centers, is pleased to announce a partnership with Global Communication Networks, a Florida-based telecommunications consulting firm.
“Adding CoreLink to our portfolio of colocation service providers gives our clients significant opportunities in the key areas of the country they serve. In this business we place a huge standard on service and CoreLink truly stands out as one of the best,” said S. Chris Palermo, President and CEO of Global Communication Networks.
Global Communication Networks (GCN) provides enterprise businesses across the globe with Colocation, IP Transit, and Network solutions from over a hundred Colocation providers and carriers worldwide. From Seattle to Singapore, Boston to Beijing, GCN has proven solutions to fit their clients' needs. GCN is the chosen telecommunications consulting firm to an impressive list of today’s fortune 500 companies.
“As a leading Chicago colocation provider, who also operates four other state-of-the-art data centers across the nation, CoreLink is extremely excited about the partnership with Global Communication Networks,” said Michael Duckett, President of CoreLink Data Centers. “We expect GCN to be a key contributor to our future growth across our markets.”
CoreLink offers all sized businesses, from large multi-national enterprises to small and medium sized businesses, the flexible colocation solutions and expert service they need to maintain their critical IT infrastructure. With data centers in Chicago, Seattle, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, CoreLink operates a national network of top-tier colocation facilities.
CoreLink customers enjoy the following benefits:
- 100% uptime Service Level Agreements for mission critical applications
- The ability to scale up or down without the usual data center constraints
- Reduced operating costs due to outsourcing
- CoreLink’s “state-of-the-art” data center design and industry expertise.
Contact CoreLink Data Centers for more information about Chicago colocation and enterprise hosting or call 866.435.2375.
About Global Communications Networks
Global Communication Networks (GCN), a Florida based corporation has been a premier telecommunications consulting firm for over 14 years providing businesses with solutions to meet virtually any telecom requirement. GCN specializes in large suite global colocation deployments, IP Transit, Private line and Wavelength services, and complex voice and data solutions such as MPLS and VoIP networks. All this coupled with world class Project Management has allowed GCN to become the sought after firm to some of the world’s largest corporations.
For more information about Global Communication Networks visit http://www.gcnsolutions.com or call 800.789.6131.
About CoreLink Data Centers
CoreLink is a leading colocation provider of critical infrastructure services delivered on a “state of the art,” robust and environmentally friendly technology platform. By leveraging data centers in Chicago, Seattle, Phoenix, and Las Vegas with access to massive and diverse network connectivity, CoreLink delivers small, medium and large enterprise customers and service providers with high quality and uniquely agile, data center services. CoreLink's focus on aligning customer needs with the proper solution, combined with a relentless focus on service, provides the flexibility and peace of mind all businesses require from a data center provider.
Contact CoreLink Data Centers for more information about Chicago colocation and enterprise hosting or call 866.435.2375.
Source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/chicago-colocation/corelink-data-centers/prweb4668954.htm
Sep 8th, 2010 - GCN and Chris Palermo are one of the entrepreneurs featured in this book who have built their own business from ground into highly successful companies. Read an excerpt from the book below and then click the link for free copy.
Go it Alone!
By Bruce Judson
Husband and Wife (“When to Quit Your Day Job” Chapter 11, Page 180)
Working on your new enterprise at night and on weekends, while you keep your day job, isn’t always possible. 
One entrepreneur who had to leave his existing employer—because of potential conflicts—before starting his new career is Chris Palermo. Today, Palermo’s enterprise, Global Communication Networks, Inc. (www.gcnsolutions.com), is a substantial success and one of Sprint’s top five revenue producers in the nation.
Palermo had a skill in selling and customer service, with experience as a global account manager at AT&T, and a district sales manager at Cable & Wireless. He saw the opportunity to develop a telecommunications agency in his home turf of South Florida because he believed that business customers were frustrated by the lack of good customer service, which he knew he could provide.
His approach to creating the business reflects a discipline that’s important for any go-it-alone initiative. He says:
First, my wife was working and I had one substantial commission payment that I would still receive from my previous employer. My wife and I figured out our finances and determined that we could live for a year on her income and this final payment. We were very serious. I had a year to make it work or I was honor-bound to go back to a job in the corporate world.
To start out, I worked every day with extraordinary discipline. I used what’s called the fifty-point system. Each day, you have to earn fifty points. A successful phone contact with someone at a business with whom you have never had any previous contact counts as one point. An appointment to meet with someone counts as ten points. Your day does not end until you have hit fifty points. It’s really sales 101, but as people progress, they forget the need for discipline, focus, and determination. I really think a major reason I succeeded was that I stuck to this very disciplined approach to generating new customers, and because it was my all-consuming focus.
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Capitalizing on Colo
by Khali Henderson-May 2008
CHINA, HOLLAND, HONG KONG, India, Japan, Sweden, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom —these are but a few of the exotic locations where Global Communication Networks Inc., Pompano Beach, FL, is contracted to set up colocation space for its clients this year. 
This is a surprising itinerary for a telecom agency that fulfilled its first colo contract little more than 18 months ago. The company’s dramatic transformation from selling SMB accounts to building out colocation for multinational companies has been not only quick but lucrative. In its first nine years, GCN built up a base of SMB clients billing around $1 million per month. In the last two, it added another $700,000 per month in billables from colo and IP transit customers. In a very short time, colocation has come to represent 30 percent of GCN’s revenue. What makes the transformation even more astounding is the company has only six employees and not one salesperson, unless you count its president, S. Chris Palermo. Palermo founded the company in 1997 and said it has been built primarily on referrals. Over the years and as the base grew, he has added three account managers and a provisioning manager and, most recently, a project manager for the colo deployments at facilities operated by Equinix, Switch and Data, and others.
The two sides of GCN’s business are very different from one another in respect to customer size, product set and required skill sets. In fact, Palermo is considering splitting the two apart. But, business has been so brisk, he hasn’t had time to make it happen.
A few years ago, GCN began selling in earnest big bandwidth — gigabit Ethernet and waves. This, in turn, put them in touch with increasingly larger clients — many of which contacted GCN on referral to help them source circuits from diverse carriers at competitive rates. As Palermo gained the confidence of these larger customers, he began asking them about how they sourced their colocation. “[We] found that they had a void in sourcing data centers,” he said, noting they were doing it on their own and finding it difficult to find the best ones with their limited knowledge. “So, we tried to educate ourselves as much as possible on that and source and staff our company to be able to really cater to our clients.” This meant locating data centers and knowing which carriers were collocated. It also meant bringing in a project manager — not just any project manager, but a certified program manager, Vlad “Sal” Salomatoff, with experience managing data centers. Sal, in turn, is teaching the account managers how to manage some of the smaller implementations.
Palermo said the company had early success with domestic deployments and even landed work with a marquee MNC, on referral from data center Terremark Worldwide Inc., which uses GCN to source bandwidth. It wasn’t long before this MNC started asking about international colocation, specifically in Tokyo. “They are on the other end of the phone, beads of sweat are coming down my head,” Palermo said, not wanting to disappoint his new client. “I honestly told them, ‘Let me get back with you.’… I went straight to Wikipedia.....
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