Quintum adds Italian VAD

by Stuart Wilson, Tuesday 9 September 2008

VoIP technologies vendor Quintum has signed up Bludis as a value-added distributor in Italy. Bludis, which offers VoIP expertise and services to resellers in Italy, will spearhead Quintum’s efforts in the country. Bludis will support and develop Quintum’s Tenor VoIP switch and gateway business and also target new Microsoft initiatives with Microsoft Office communications server 2007.

“Bludis will bring a host of value added services for Quintum customers in the Italian market,” said Simona Piacenti, director of marketing at Bludis. “Bludis plans to offer complete customer support packages including onsite installation, telephone support and advanced replacement contracts as well as pre-sales technical support, and is planning to launch Quintum technical training courses in Italy before the end of this year.”

Bludis is a certified technical education centre for Microsoft, specialising in areas of communication and IT management to international enterprises. Bludis provides services to a network of over 2,000 active resellers, offering extensive outbound marketing to both resellers and end users with advertising, telemarketing, road shows and targeted web-based lead generation efforts.

"Quintum’s relationship with Bludis will enable us to expand our business efforts in Italy, particularly as it relates to Microsoft," said Chuck Rutledge, VP of marketing at Quintum. "Bludis has the expertise, certifications and business savvy to provide their customers with the best VoIP solutions on the market, and we are proud to partner with them for their ’go to market’ strategy."

Maurizio Erbani, technical director at Bludis, added: "We are very excited about partnering with Quintum. The Quintum product portfolio is extensive and offers solutions that fit perfectly for our market and for our clients, and we are quite impressed by the efficiency and the level of Quintum’s technical support."

Quintum Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies.