Case Studies

Technology Solutions For All Industries

ADAM Systems

ADAM Systems thrives on excellent customer relations. So, when it came time to move communications providers, they wanted a provider that could professionally handle the cutover efficiently in a very limited amount of time.

Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc.

With locations in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, and Gainesville, AEL needed an experienced provider who could first link the four offices together. With Windstream’s VoIP and Data solution, AEL consolidated their bill and reduced their long distance charges.

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Lori McCauley, Director of Telecommunications at Arkansas Childrens Hospital, explains why the hospital chooses Windstream for service.

Bank of Bolivar

As Bank of Bolivar experienced growth and expanded its number of locations, the business needed a solution to connect its branches.

Calloway Consolidated Group: Five Guys Burgers & Fries

Calloway Consolidated relies on Windstream for high-speed Internet, fax and phone service to power its communications abilities, from telephone to the connections needed to power the POS system at each restaurant location, including instantaneous credit card approval.

Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. set out to find a technology provider that shared its local interests, but operated on an enterprise level. With the web becoming a much more powerful medium, John Clark, general manager for WRAL.com, realized the need for a more robust web presence.

ChannelAdvisor

In the summer of 2005, ChannelAdvisor’s agreement with their current colocation provider was coming to an end. With rapid growth in their technology platforms and a need to cover critical business functions worldwide, ChannelAdvisor began an extensive search for another colocation provider that could provide the company the level of service they needed to accomplish their agressive growth strategy.

Christus St. Michael Health System

Windstream helped Christus St. Michael with a private branch exchange (PBX) system upgrade and created at telecommunications plan for the hospital that included local phone and long distance service with specialized billing to meet the needs of the hospital’s accounting department.

Cooper Hotels

Cooper Hotels faced bandwidth limitations and increasing costs for a solution that simply wasn’t working. Windstream representatives worked carefully with Cooper Hotels to first ensure bandwidth needs were met. Networking the locations together through an MPLS Networking solution allowed each location to more efficiently use the bandwidth.

Crawford & Crawford, LLP

When it came to communications, Crawford & Crawford needed a secure network that provides a broad range of services to match their fast pace. Windstream designed a solution consisting of Voice over IP, which allowed them to maximize their bandwidth, along with data backup.

Education Corporation Of America - Virginia College

As Virginia College grew rapidly through existing campus expansions, the addition of new physical campus locations and a growing online presence, so did their voice and data infrastructure needs. Windstream Business help them migrate to a MPLS solution providing each campus with it’s own private circuit to the MPLS cloud.

Finebloom & Haenel

Prior to their switch to Windstream, the attorneys at Finebloom & Haenel were spending far too much time dealing with a low-grade telecommunications solution that included two carriers. After moving to Windstream's Hosted VoIP and Data Bundle, they are enjoying the efficiency of one bill and relying directly on Windstream for any carrier issues and upgrades.

First Federal Bank

Windstream provided First Federal Bank with a cost-effective Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) meshed solution in place of their costly, slow, and outdated point-to-point connections. This solution allowed the bank to make customer information available over their own private network to all bank branches without compliance complications that come with the public Internet.

Freedom Health

Amin Chikalia, CIO of Freedom Health, chooses Windstream for reliability and advanced technology.

Insight Ecosystems

Insight Ecosystems’ biggest challenge was finding a solution that provided sufficient bandwidth, as well as network security. Insight Ecosystems was one of the first Windstream customers to sign up for the Hosted VoIP and Data Bundle.

Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare

Renowned hospital system depends on Windstream to care for its communications network.

McAlister-Smith Funeral Home

Using “any-to-any connectivity,” McAlister-Smith Funeral Homes can access servers and databases from multiple office locations over Windstream’s Virtual LAN Service.

Missouri Mavericks

Brent Thiessen, President/GM of the Missouri Mavericks, explains why the Mavericks partner with Windstream Business for their communications needs.

OmniSource Southeast

OmniSource Southeast needed a more effective way to communicate across their footprint. They needed a solution that would be flexible and scalable, making it easy to layer services as their network continues to grow. A Windstream MPLS Networking Solution and 100 Mbps of Ethernet Internet were exactly what OmniSource Southeast needed.

Progressive Design Collaborative, Inc.

PDC didn’t have the time to deal with the intricacies of managing their own telecommunications solution. Windstream readily identified the needs of PDC, upgrading them from DSL to a Hosted VoIP and Data Bundle, Managed Network Security, and a way to back up their files in case of an emergency.

Ralston Public Schools

Preparing students for the future is a priority for Ralston Public School District in Ralston, Nebraska.

REMAX Heartland, REALTORS

Windstream’s Hosted VoIP and Data bundle proved to be the perfect match for RE/MAX's four real estate offices. The “Find Me, Follow Me” and Call Forwarding features ensure RE/MAX agents that they will never miss another call.

Risk Metrics

Windstream provided Risk Metrics, the nation’s leading database supplier of Workers Compensation prospect information, with a VoIP and Data solution that optimized Risk Metrics’ bandwidth use based on traffic prioritization. While conventional telecommunications require separate channels for voice and data traffic, Windstream VoIP and Data allows voice, Internet, and WAN services to coexist.

Serenity Hospice

In the years since Hurricane Katrina, Serenity Hospice has continued to grow, and has continued to rely on Windstream to meet its telecommunications needs.

Transactis

Chuck Kelso, Transactis’ chief operating officer, realized that to scale his organization and keep up with its rapid growth, he needed higher level support from a partner that could provide more sophisticated offerings and grow with him. He got that from Windstream Hosted Solutions.

University of Kentucky Federal Credit Union

Working with Windstream team of consultants, the UK Federal Credit Union realized it needed more than just an upgrade to its Internet connection; it would benefit from an improvement to its phone systems as well.

West Central Alabama Rehab Center

WCARC’s old method of storing data consisted of changing tapes and drives and then rotating them in and out of the vault. After a few times where data had been lost due to equipment failure, WCARC saw firsthand how it took weeks of work to retrieve and restore their data. Windstream's Online Backup and Managed Network Security were the perfect solution for WCARC's data needs.

Welsch, Flatness, & Lutz

WFL needed a provider that could keep them up to speed on evolving technology which would in turn make them more efficient. WFL decided to employ Windstream’s T1 Bundle solution using TDM technology.

Whitaker Bank

Windstream Aids Whitaker Bank with Cutting-Edge Technology to Maintain Dedicated Customer Base.