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Featured Articles » 6fusion and Cloud Services Depot Partner on Solution for Resellers and MSPs » VAR Annese & Associates Deploys Zyrion Monitoring Solution » VAR Dynamics Becomes MSPAlliance Member   Sponsored By: Transverse WEBINAR: Evolve Your Subscription Business With Dynamic Revenue Management Wednesday September 28, 2011 12:00pm ET/ 9:00am PT A Webinar about how companies building subscription businesses can build personal and sustainable relationships with customers, as well as long-term profitability and loyalty, will take place September 28th at 12:00 EDT. The panelists will define and educate listeners about the critical elements of Dynamic Revenue Management, including: Sophisticated, real-time rating engines; Rapid-fire analytics capable of converting flat data into dynamic sources of information; Business-friendly front-ends and dashboards that empower business users to make decisions without having to wait for IT resources to free up.   Top Stories » Master Agent EarthLink Selected as Communications Provider for Milwaukee Public Schools » Telcentris VoIP Reseller Platform Selected by Data-Max Wireless » Enteracloud Launches Metro Ethernet Reseller Program in San Diego   From The Expert Corner September 19, 2011 Master Agent: PAETEC Shareholders to have Say in Windstream Deal through Votes By Jamie Epstein TMCnet Web Editor Last month, TMCnet reported that Windstream (News - Alert) Corporation, a preferred master agent carrier of TBI, revealed that it will be buying PAETEC (News - Alert) Holding Corporation for $891 million in stock, which is a 27 percent increase over PAETEC’s closing price. Windstream has also agreed to incur $1.4 billion worth of debt, bringing the total cost of the deal to around $2.3 billion. However next month, shareholders of PAETEC Holding Corp. will finally get to voice their opinions of the acquisition, through voting that will be used to determine whether or not it actually plays out according to plan. A recent article revealed that the vote is scheduled to take place on October 27, according to a filing completed by Windstream that was disclosed last week. Thus far, state public service commissions and the FCC (News - Alert) have kept mum on what they think about the deal. At this time, multiple other uncertainties still remain as well. First, Windstream has yet to announce if they will comply with PAETEC’s plans to build a new state- of-the-art facility or how many people’s jobs will be put on the chopping block due to the Windtream-PAETEC merger... Read More   Featured Video Interview with Autonomy   Featured Channels » VoIP Reseller News   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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