PCN Joins Infoblox Managed Services Partner Program

Wayne, PA—PC Network Inc. (PCN), a customer focused technology and infrastructure service company, is excited to join market leading Infoblox’s Managed Services Partner Program. 

Building on a decade long partnership with Infoblox, forged delivering managed DDI services on behalf of Tier 1 global system integrator and service provider partners, PCN is excited to offer its proven managed services to enterprise buyers looking specifically for managed DDI support.  Described as delivering “All the Benefits of Infoblox Enterprise Grade DDI – with less effort and expense,” managed services enable organizations to procure outcomes instead of technology and support. 

PCN’s offering distinguishes itself through its DDI Portal which is designed to maximize your Infoblox investment by overlaying governance, workflow automation, and intelligent self-service. “Think of it as an “Easy Button” for 80% of high-volume low impact changes” said PCN’s GM DDI and CTO James Nutt adding that “Our customers find the PCN Portal provides increased agility in a co-managed environment while reducing the risk, cost, and skill level necessary to safely make changes to core network services.”.  Further, PCN’s purpose built DDI Monitor provides comprehensive visibility into Infoblox virtual and physical appliances, as well as the DNS, DHCP, and NTP services that run on them.  PCN compliments this technology suite with hundreds of years of DDI expertise spanning consultation, design, build, operations, maintenance, and project management.

PCN is one of only three Managed Service Partners recognized by Infoblox on its website Partner Program page, joining IBM and Neustar. 

Contact: PCN Marketing
Phone: (267) 236-0015
Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

PCN Attends WBEC PA-DE-sNJ Executive Leadership Luncheon

PCN’s President and CEO, Katrin Hillner attended the Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBEC) PA-DE-sNJ “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government” Executive Leadership Luncheon on Friday, March 11 at The Union League of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The focus of the Leadership Luncheon was Celebrating National Women Making History Month.  The Executive Leadership Luncheon series links women business enterprises with women business executives, supplier diversity and purchasing professionals to gain access to opportunities and to build social & power networks. Panelists at the luncheon included, Angela Dowd-Burton (Executive Director, City of Philadelphia), Beverly Hudson (Deputy Secretary for Administration, Department of General Services) and Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco. Curt Topper, Secretary of the Department of General Services provided opening remarks and the panel was moderated by, Theresa Harrison (EY, Diversity & Inclusiveness Procurement Leader Chair, WBENC Board of Directors).

 

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

Verizon and PCN Shine on WBENC’s “Innovation: The Game Changer” Panel

On July 29th, PCN’s CEO & President, Katrin Hillner, spoke at Women’s Business Enterprise Council of PA-DE-sNJ’s “Innovation: The Game Changer” in Wilmington Delaware together with Verizon’s Pat Patterson. The Verizon PCN team was joined by Comcast’s Jay Burks and Partner’s Consulting’s Peggy Gionta. The panel provided women business owners (WBEs) with broad insight and strategies on how to improve their opportunities to earn business through innovation.

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

 

PCN Attends 2015 WBENC National Conference

PCN’s CEO & President, Katrin Hillner, and PCN’s Technical Account Manager, Devon Jones attended the 2015 WBENC National Conference on June 22nd-26th in Austin, Texas. The National Conference & Business Fair is the largest of its kind for women business owners in the United States. The conference provided attendees with lectures and presentations from today’s thought leaders, panel discussions, MatchMaker sessions, networking receptions, and a business fair featuring over 300 exhibitors.

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

PCN and Riverbed Distribution Agreement

PCN is pleased to announce that we have entered a distribution agreement with Riverbed Technology. PCN and Riverbed have worked together under the auspices of a mutual third party partner. In the course of this work, PCN and Riverbed worked together to innovate new applications for Riverbed technology that leverages PCN’s DDI infrastructure expertise.

Riverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise, specializing in wide area network (WAN) optimization, application delivery and mobility that increases the efficiency of customer’s IT infrastructure. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

PCN Attends Verizon and GPCC Small Business Week Event

On Friday, May 15th, PCN’s Marketing Coordinator, Ashley Branco attended the “Successful Marketing Strategies for Any Business” event, hosted by Verizon and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. This signature event was the close to Philadelphia’s Small Business Week and it provided attendees with insight into marketing strategies that are applicable to any business.

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

PCN Attends VMWare User Group (VMUG) Conference 2015

On May 12, 2015, PCN’s Systems Engineer Kenneth Shinn attended the Philadelphia VMWare User Group Conference at the Valley Forge Casino and Resort in Valley Forge, PA, which was hosted by VMware. This was the largest VMWare event that has ever been held in the Philadelphia Region. The day was packed with product demonstrations from VMware and VMware vendors and partners, including Dell, Symantec, Rackspace, and many more.

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

PCN Exhibits at PA Intergovernmental Technology Conference

PCN was an exhibitor at the 19th Annual Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Technology Conference (ITC) in Harrisburg, PA, on April 20-21. The ITC is one of the largest conferences of its kind, bringing together technology leaders and professionals from 22 states and the District of Columbia. This year’s conference had sessions on cyber-security, project management, networking, architecture, cloud, mobility, big data, innovation, and more. The ITC is a once-a-year opportunity for IT Professionals at all levels to update their skills, be exposed to new ideas, and stay current on industry trends.

Katrin Hillner, Shaun Antram, Ron Lynch, and Jon Worman supported PCN’s exhibition and participation. Katrin also moderated a panel on Network Technologies featuring industry experts from Riverbed (industry-leading provider of application performance and wan optimization infrastructure), CDW-G (government-focused provider of technology solutions) and Presidio (provider of managed services & network solutions technology). The two-day conference provided great networking and relationship building with PCN strategic partners including Verizon, Unisys, IBM, and Riverbed as well as key Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Agency stakeholders.

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

PCN Q215 Social Media Campaign Supports TechGirlz

PCN is engaged in a Q215 initiative to build our digital presence and give back to the community. We have created a social media campaign, #HelpPCNSupportTechGirlzQ215, that will be taking place between 4/1/2015 and 6/30/2015. This campaign will fund up to 100 “Girl Hours” of Technology Programming in recognition of new Twitter and LinkedIn followers on PCN’s social media accounts.

How it works—PCN will be donating $1.00 and matching $1.00 in honor of our new followers. We aspire to strengthen our online community and provide the ultimate experience for young girls looking to be involved in the TechGirlz organization.

TechGirlz is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to empowering girls to be future technology leaders and to reducing — and, we hope, ultimately eliminating — the gender gap in technology occupations.

 

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com

PCN Supports International Women’s Day 2015

In recognition of International Women’s Day, PCN employees wore purple to show support to the wonderful Women’s Day organization.  This year, International Women’s Day was celebrated on Sunday, March 8th, but that did not stop the PCN team from Philadelphia Headquarters, remote sites, and client sites in Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC  to come together on Monday, March 9th, to observe a day that celebrates women’s achievements and a call for greater equality—which resonates quite well with this year’s theme of “Make it Happen.”

 

 

 

Contact: PCN Marketing

Phone: (267) 236-0015

Email: Marketing@PCN-inc.com