, Change is the only constant

Volume 12 | June 12th, 2020

Change is the only constant

Dear Greetings!

As summer arrives in New England, change is in the air, and we are working here at Granite to improve our customer service experience. Our internal teams are merging and combining so we can be faster, speedier, better, and, most importantly, to improve our communication with you.

We are also relaunching our Granite Guardian platform and continuing to make enhancements to our SD-WAN solutions. Our approach is called: “ WAN-size fits all.”

Please continue to read below to learn about these two products, their details and click on the video links included for further information.

Please, contact me directly to schedule a conversation. We can help you and your organization in optimizing your WAN, network infrastructure, and any other network services.

Finally, a minor typo was brought to my attention in our CEO’s quote from last week. As a simple reminder that we are all in this together, the updated quote is below and I have included more inspiring quotes for the week.

Wishing you a fantastic summer season.

Sincerely,

Raul

Raul Medina, Relationship Development Manager

P: 617-890-6782

M: 617-953-3070

E: rmedina@granitenet.com

Granite Instant Meeting:

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Introducing Granite Guardian

The video link below will help you understand Granite’s new monitoring tool Granite Guardian.

Click here to learn more about Granite Guardian

How does Granite Guardian work?

In order to monitor any of our customer’s network elements, Granite uses several communication protocols to pull reachability status and analytics into the new Granite Guardian Monitoring.

Granite Guardian connects to our internal billing system and our NOC ticketing system. This interconnection allows Granite to receive an alert that a customer’s network element is unreachable. At that time, Granite Guardian communicates with the billing system to determine services and customer details.

Then those details are used to generate a new NOC ticket automatically. After the new NOC ticket is open, Granite Guardian will automatically send an email to the customer’s contact with the NOC ticket information.

Achieve peace of mind Granite is monitoring your network elements 24/7

If your business experiences an issue, Granite will already be working towards a remedy and communicate through appropriate contact to ensure clear communication throughout.

Granite's "WAN" size fits all needs approach

North America’s Choice for SD-WAN

Click here to learn more about SD WAN

Today I am sharing a video that will help you understand our Granite “WAN” Size Fits all approach for SD-WAN Technology

What does it mean?

It means that Granite has the largest and most diverse selection of access products, which includes:

Mobility
Broadband
Dedicated Internet
and much more

These products can be delivered with industry-leading SD-WAN technologies from

Fortinet
Cisco
vmware

Granite can deploy these solutions anywhere in North America, and we are continually adding new technologies.

With 24/7 monitoring, automated alerting, and proactive remediation, Granite’s US-based team, can provide technical assistance into your existing solution or build one to your specifications while managing it end to end.

In today’s evolving business landscape, It is more important to choose a partner that gives you the flexibility and reliability that Granite Guardian’s WAN Optimization platform can provide.

To ensure that you have the BEST Network solution and support for your business and your budget.

Let us be your choice for your WAN size fits all needs .

Our CEO's quote from last week. (revised)

"We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now"

Marin Luther King, Jr.

Additional inspiring quotes

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”— Martin Luther King, Jr.

“We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring."— Catherine Pulsifer

“Hope will never be silent.” - Harvey Milk

“Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.”— Author Unknown

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done. - Frederick Douglass

Industry and Technology Articles of the week

SD-WAN an Enterprise Favorite for Securing the Cloud

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/sd-wan-an-enterprise-favorite-for-securing-the-cloud/2020/06/

14 technology winners and losers, post-COVID-19

https://www.cio.com/article/3561609/14-technology-winners-and-losers-post-covid-19.html

Wireless industry fears 5G protest day could lead to damaged cell towers

https://fortune.com/2020/06/05/wireless-industry-fears-5g-protest-day-could-lead-to-damaged-cell-towers/

Frontier winds its way through state utility approvals as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings

https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/frontier-winds-its-way-through-state-utility-approvals-as-part-its-chapter-11-bankruptcy

Featured products - Fixed Wireless

FIXED WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS THE FIBER ALTERNATIVE

Granite’s Fixed Wireless is Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) to a single location - via radio waves.

By utilizing antennas, towers, and an express line of sight (LoS) to transmit point-to-point signals, fixed wireless technology can be deployed in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost of terrestrial fiber.

Fixed wireless – DIA everywhere and anywhere, giving you greater geographical freedom.

Granite offers business-class Fixed Wireless Internet with high bandwidth, true network redundancy, and guaranteed speeds reaching up to 10 Gbps; backed by a carrier-grade service level agreement.

For other Fixed Wireless alternatives such as Fixed Wireless Broadband and Fixed Wireless Point to Point, do not hesitate to contact me at 617-890-6782 or RMedina@granitenet.com

Rapid SIP Deployment

RAPID SIP Deployment

in 24 to 48 hrs turn-up

and

NO contractual term.

Granite Business SIP Trunking uses Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and our state-of-the-art voice optimized network.

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24 - 48 hour turn up, no term

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SIP Trunks provisioned and setup within 24- 48 hours

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Same day testing available prior to deployment / installation

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IP Business Trunking is available as digital trunks or as emulated (Analog Handoff) PRI lines

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Granite SIP Trunking is compatible with all major IP PBX’s that are capable of SIP registration

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SIP helps save money compared to current local, long distance and Internet service rates

Learn more on Granite SIP Trunking