{"id":43465,"date":"2021-01-14T11:47:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=43465"},"modified":"2021-01-14T12:37:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T20:37:04","slug":"netsmart-plus-adds-voip-products-and-carrier-services-with-recent-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/feature-articles\/2021\/01\/netsmart-plus-adds-voip-products-and-carrier-services-with-recent-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"NetSmart Plus Adds VoIP Products and Carrier Services with Recent Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bryan Teipel, NetSmart Plus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NetSmart Plus, a division of award-winning office technology provider Applied Imaging, has partnered with Holland-based Blackport Solutions, effective Dec. 14, 2020. With this partnership, NetSmart Plus is able to offer voice over IP (VoIP) systems and carrier services under the Blackport Solutions brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackport Solutions\u2019 customers and employees will partner with NetSmart Plus, a rapidly growing division of Applied Imaging responsible for information technology support and managed network services. According to NetSmart Plus\u2019 General Manager Bryan Teipel, adding telephony products and carrier services enhances the company\u2019s mission of helping businesses communicate better with their customers, vendors, and employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Blackport Solutions products and team complete the full collaboration and communication strategy for NetSmart Plus. This will further enhance the customer experience with our combined expertise,\u201d Teipel said. \u201cWe can now offer phone solutions that are reliable, scalable, and easy-to-use for customers ranging from small businesses with a few phones to enterprise customers utilizing a dedicated call center.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackport Solutions is the fifth acquisition Applied Imaging, parent company to NetSmart Plus, has completed during the COVID-19 pandemic which included: Lasers Resource in Grand Rapids, Kopy Sales in Traverse City, Michigan, Upstream Office Solutions in Tampa, Florida, and ACR in Luna Pier, Michigan. This acquisition is very strategic and will be important to adapt to changes in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About NetSmart Plus<\/strong>
From its roots in Grand Rapids, NetSmart Plus<\/a> has grown to service clients nationwide, with offices in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Lansing, Traverse City, Flint, Petoskey, Alpena, Southfield, Ann Arbor, Toledo, Ohio and Tampa, Florida. NetSmart Plus\u2019 portfolio includes managed and co-managed IT services, security, infrastructure, and now collaboration, telephony, and carrier services. Manufacturers represented by NetSmart Plus are Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Datto, KnowBe4, and VMWare, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NetSmart Plus, a division of award-winning office technology provider Applied Imaging, has partnered with Holland-based Blackport Solutions, effective Dec. 14, 2020. With this partnership, NetSmart Plus is able to offer voice over IP (VoIP) systems and carrier services under the Blackport Solutions brand. Blackport Solutions\u2019 customers and employees will partner with NetSmart Plus, a rapidly growing division of Applied Imaging responsible for information technology support and managed network services. According to NetSmart Plus\u2019 General Manager Bryan Teipel, adding telephony products and carrier services enhances the company\u2019s mission of helping businesses communicate better with their customers, vendors, and employees. \u201cThe Blackport Solutions products and team complete the full collaboration and communication strategy for NetSmart Plus. This will further enhance the customer experience with our combined expertise,\u201d Teipel said. \u201cWe can now offer phone solutions that are reliable, scalable, and easy-to-use for customers ranging from small businesses with a few phones to enterprise customers utilizing a dedicated call center.\u201d Blackport Solutions is the fifth acquisition Applied Imaging, parent company to NetSmart Plus, has completed during the COVID-19 pandemic which included: Lasers Resource in Grand Rapids, Kopy Sales in Traverse City, Michigan, Upstream Office Solutions in Tampa, Florida, and ACR in Luna Pier, Michigan. This acquisition is very strategic and will be important to adapt to changes in the industry. ### About NetSmart PlusFrom its roots in Grand Rapids, NetSmart Plus has grown to service clients nationwide, with offices in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Lansing, Traverse City, Flint, Petoskey, Alpena, Southfield, Ann Arbor, Toledo, Ohio and Tampa, Florida. NetSmart Plus\u2019 portfolio includes managed and co-managed IT services, security, infrastructure, and now collaboration, telephony, and carrier services. Manufacturers represented by NetSmart Plus are Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Datto, KnowBe4, and VMWare, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":43466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1650,82,87,1638],"tags":[368,3945],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43472,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43465\/revisions\/43472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}