Pacific Crest Securities Selects Wesley Clover Solutions for Unified IP Communications Solution
Technology-focused investment banking leader to rollout Unified Communications and IP Trading Turret platform linking more than 125 professionals in all US offices
New York, NY - April 26, 2011 - Wesley Clover Solutions, a leading provider of IP communications products and services for financial trading firms, today announced that Pacific Crest Securities, a privately owned technology sector focused investment bank, headquartered in Portland, Oregon and operating in major US and Asian financial centers has selected Wesley Clover Solutions integrated IP communications platform for all US offices.
The IP communications platform will replace Pacific Crest's legacy trading
turret and PBX systems and connect staff both on and off the trading
floor in a single, virtual platform. The clustered system design using
the company's Wide Area Network will provide maximum availability, adherence
to company business continuity plans, link remote offices and facilitate
simplified management, maintenance and software updates for all nodes
and endpoints from a centralized, browser-based management interface.
The WCS solution is a software-oriented, server-based platform enabling
trading firms dealing in the capital markets to significantly reduce
space and power requirements, virtualize their voice applications, assure
business continuity, easily open new offices and connect remote workers
and leverage their enterprise IT infrastructure while conforming to corporate
policy and regulatory mandates.
"Firms like Pacific Crest know that the timely flow of information
among all employees, offices and time zones can be a competitive advantage
for them" said Ted Pearson, VP of Western Region Sales for Wesley
Clover Solutions. He added "our system optimizes communication and
collaboration for staff on a single, resilient communications platform
that offers an array of IP trading desktops, IP phones and software-based
unified communications, conferencing and mobility applications.
"After a thorough evaluation of potential vendors we chose WCS on
the basis of the ability of their solution to meet the needs of staff
both on and off the trading floor and across all business activities" said
Steve Thompson, Vice President of Information Services at Pacific Crest
Securities. "The versatility of the system, ability to leverage
our existing IT assets, WCS's track record with similar kinds of customers
and national support presence were deciding factors in our decision."
As Mitel's exclusive US partner for the capital markets sector, Wesley
Clover Solutions enables customers to reap the benefits of a single,
scalable communications platform that supports the unique requirements
of the trading floor, executives, analysts, investment bankers and the
back office in multi-location enterprises.
About Wesley Clover Solutions
Wesley Clover Solutions designs, sells, installs and maintains IP communications platforms for financial trading organizations, global enterprises and command and control centers. Wesley Clover Solutions meets the growing demand for expertise in managing the transition from Legacy to IP voice communications solutions while reducing risks, complexity and costs. The Company's flagship Crossover Series of IP Desktop Trading Platforms blends the instant communications capability of trading turrets with a comprehensive suite of enterprise voice applications including presence-enabled unified communications, collaboration and messaging in a single, scalable, platform.
About Pacific Crest
Pacific Crest Securities is the leading full-service investment bank
for the Technology sector. We provide investment and primary research,
institutional brokerage, corporate finance and M&A advisory services
to Technology's most notable institutional investors and companies worldwide.
In recent surveys by Greenwich Associates, our equity research and sales
professionals were ranked No. 1 for quality in the Technology sector
among all full-service investment banks while our trading execution was
recognized as No. 2 in the sector among non-bulge firms. Our investment
banking team applies a partnership approach in providing corporate finance
and M&A advisory services to our clients who include AutoNavi, Codexis,
Demand Media, Gomez, IntraLinks, Mail.ru, MakeMyTrip, Motricity, RealPage,
Spansion and Youku, among others.
Pacific Crest is privately-owned and headquartered in the United States
with North American offices in Boston, New York, Portland, Ore., San
Francisco and Stamford, Conn., and Asian offices in Beijing and Taipei.
Pacific Crest Securities:
Jen McBee
Program Director
503-248-0721
info@pacific-crest.com