Premiere Global Services
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| Type | Public (NYSE:PGI) |
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| Founded | Atlanta, Georgia USA (1991) |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Key people | Boland T. Jones Founder, Chairman and CEO |
| Industry | Communication Technologies |
| Revenue | $624M USD (2008) |
| Employees | 2,700+ (2008) |
| Website | www.premiereglobal.com |
Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE:PGI) is a multinational company and global provider of communication technologies. Founded by Chairman and CEO, Boland T. Jones in 1991, the company has approximately 2,700 employees in 24 countries around the world including major offices in Ireland, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Paris, Frankfurt, New York, Chicago and Austin. The corporate headquarters is located in Atlanta, Georgia USA.
The company follows a Software as a Service model; its communication technologies-based solutions require no customer investment in hardware or software. The Premiere Global Communications Operating System, or PGiCOS, sends approximately 50 million communications a day and supports applications within the following solution sets:
• PGiMeet: Audio, Web and Event Conferencing & Collaboration
• PGiSend: Fax & Document Delivery
• PGiMarket: eMarketing & Customer Engagement
• PGiNotify: Notifications & Reminders (including Accounts Receivable Management)
Premiere Global has an established customer base of over 50,000 companies, including nearly 97% of the Fortune 100.
The company’s corporate website, www.premiereglobal.com, houses global access to multi-lingual international websites for Australia, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK, and Vietnam.
The company’s stock symbol is PGI.
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[edit] Products and Services
Premiere Global Services provides industry-specific, on-demand business applications. Premiere Global sells its servicea in a wide range of industries including sales and marketing, finance and banking, legal and investor relations, human resources, operations and information technology, healthcare and transportation.
PGiMeet solutions allow real-time collaborative meetings using conference calls and web-enabled presentations.
PGiSend solutions enable businesses and individual employees to send faxed documents directly from their computer desktops, laptops or PDAs. An automated system allows businesses to easily fax to multiple recipients at once and streamline processes for industries with heavy dependence on fax communication. PGiSend solutions also turn paper documents into digital, electronic documents.
PGiMarket solutions are designed for email marketing campaigns.
PGiNotify provides businesses with the ability to send automated updates to their clients and customers via automated voice, email, text message (SMS) or fax.
[edit] Acquisitions
North America:
August 2008 – Soundpath Conferencing Services: US-based audio and web conferencing provider
September 2006 – eNunciate: Canadian-based audio and web conferencing provider
January 2006 – Accucast: US-based email communications provider
August 2005 – Netspoke: US-based audio and web conferencing provider
June 2005 – Intelligent Meetings: US-based audio and web conferencing provider
March 2005 – Citizens Communications: US-based conferencing provider
Europe:
November 2007 – Meet24: Nordic-based conferencing and web collaboration provider
Asia Pacific:
November 2006 – ECT: Australian-based audio and web conferencing provider
[edit] External links
- Premiere Global Services, Inc. — Hoover’s Factsheet
- Premiere Global Services, Inc. — Yahoo Finance
- Premiere Global Services, Inc. — AOL Money & Finance
[edit] See also
- Premiere Global Services, Inc. Realizes Efficiencies with NetSuite’s CRM Solution
- Premiere Global Services, Inc. — Seeking Alpha 2007 Q4 Earnings Call Transcript
- Premiere Global Services Profit Spikes 31% — Atlanta Business Journal
- Macromedia and Premiere Global Services Partner to Deliver Advanced Conferencing Solution
