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Nokia and Empire Access bring ultra-broadband services to Southern New York
Nokia is enabling Empire Access to upgrade its network from GPON to XGS-PON technology to deliver ultra-quick broadband speeds along with built-in reliability needed by people to easily work , learn and play online from home .
Empire Access is modernizing its network to deliver new services to its customers including broadband Internet , phone , security , business-class ethernet and metro-ethernet .
Sandy Motley , President , Fixed Networks at Nokia , said : “ The global pandemic has highlighted the need for gigabit connectivity by consumers and businesses alike that live and work in every corner of the US .
“ We are partnering with Empire Access to ensure that everyone in the Southern region of New York has access to the fastest Internet available today so they can continue to thrive in today ’ s connected world .”
Nokia is working with Empire Access , a communications provider in upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania , to deliver up to 10GB / s speeds to new subscribers in the Greater Binghamton region west of the Catskill Mountains in New York state . Over 10,000 new subsribers will have access as part of the deal .
Bob VanDelinder , Director of Marketing , Empire Access , said : “ We are extending our partnership with Nokia to bring the absolute best performance in Internet connectivity and communications technology to our customers as we expand service to new areas in Southern New York .”
RSM selects Workday to accelerate Digital Transformation
Workday , a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources , has been selected by RSM to scale its growing business .
It will deliver better customer service by utilizing Workday Financial Management , Workday Human Capital Management ( HCM ) and Workday Professional Services Automation ( PSA ). With more than 13,000 employees , RSM is the nation ’ s fifth largest accounting firm by revenue and delivers world-class audit , tax and consulting services focused on middle market businesses .
Brian Vickers , Controller , RSM , said : “ We have ambitious growth and revenue goals and recognized we needed to accelerate our Digital Transformation initiative to support those goals . With Workday , we can break down data silos , streamline processes and eliminate inefficiencies in order to better manage our performance as we scale .
“ We expect to elevate our customer service as we continue to focus on being the RSM First Choice Advisor among middle market companies and showing our customers the power of being understood .”
Terrance Wampler , General Manager , Financial Management , Workday , said : “ We look forward to partnering with RSM , one of the world ’ s largest accounting firms , to help bring them to the leading edge of innovation by combining people , projects and profits in a single system .”
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