ConnectSolutions: Cloud and Professional Services for Microsoft Skype for Business

ConnectSolutions is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in cloud and professional services for Skype for Business. The company transforms the Microsoft Skype for Business experience to support its customers’ business-critical use cases. With 8+ billion minutes of cloud collaboration already delivered, ConnectSolutions is uniquely positioned to transform Unified Communications deployments by allowing organizations to build their Microsoft Skype for Business solutions from the ground up with care, customization and reliability to best support their needs.
ConnectSolutions distinguishes itself by delivering unrivaled subject-matter expertise combined with a history of driving Unified Communications customer success for the most demanding businesses and US government agencies. Its technology exceeds the security, reliability and quality requirements of typical deployments and meets the most stringent requirements of government agencies.
ConnectSolutions has always focused on Added Security for online meetings, Increased Reliability for virtual training, Reduced Complexity for web conferencing, Lower Cost of telephony infrastructure, and High Availability for critical crisis communications.
ConnectSolutions is also unmatched when it comes to the combination of skills and experience housed within the company’s Skype for Business/Lync team, whose seasoned IT and telephony experts have spent years delivering solutions for the entire Microsoft stack.
Customization, Control and Reliability
The CoSo Private Cloud for Skype for Business is specially engineered to deliver hosted Unified Communications tailored to the customer’s specific organizational needs and unique workplace dynamics. Highly customizable, the CoSo Cloud is compatible with any PBX and other legacy systems, custom integrations, and third party tools and applications, with advanced analytics and technical integration with SSO, LMS, and telephony systems.
The CoSo Cloud’s always-on, global, redundant infrastructure ensures absolute reliability that’s proven: ‘Every month CoSo delivers over 1 million user sessions, 50 million minutes of collaboration, and 225,000 meetings’.
CoSo caters to Microsoft IT management in mid-market and major enterprises and US government agencies. Customers include Bayer, Citibank, General Motors, Kaplan, KPMG, Learning Tree International, Raytheon, Wharton University, and Young & Rubicam as well as such government organizations as the General Services Administration, FEMA, Food Protection and Defense Institute, and the Transportation Security Administration.
Expert Managed and Professional Services 
The Connect Solutions team has unparalleled expertise and domain knowledge in the Unified Communication space, managing complex deployments and security levels that meet government agencies’ strictest requirements. Their professional services team and engineers manage all the details, enabling organizations to focus on their work, not on technology.
When security and reliability are of utmost importance, its private managed cloud offers clients added security, reliability, and the ability to customize the client’s Skype for Business deployment.
Supported Products & Solutions:
For Microsoft Skype for Business, ConnectSolutions delivers expert managed and professional services with custom integration support on the trusted CoSo Cloud private platform, for customer on-premise deployments, or with hybrid implementations.
Glen D. Vondrick, CEO of ConnectSolutions
Previously, Glen served as CEO at Sendmail Inc., where Glen transformed the company into a leading email infrastructure security provider before it was acquired. Prior to this, as CEO, Glen turned FaceTime Communications (now Actiance) into the leading provider of IM security and management solutions. Glen has also held executive sales positions at Autodesk, Inference, Prime Computer, and Ithaca Software. He holds a B.A. in business and public administration from the University of Arizona.
With more than 1 million user sessions, 50 million minutes and 225,000 meetings delivered per month, companies count on Connect Solutions to deliver the most secure, reliable, and proven private-cloud solutions for business-critical real-time communications.