| 2008 News Flash |
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For Immediate Release
Digicon Ranked #9 for Voice and Data Providers
July 15, 2008, Herndon, Va. This week, in the Washington Business Journal July 11 print issue, Digicon was again named in the top 10 for Voice and Data Service Providers. Digicon received a ranking this year of #9, up from the 2007 ranking of #10. This recognition reinforces the value our clients receive by working with a leader in the industry. Digicon was also ranked #23 for Systems Integrators in the metro area based on employees.
Digicon is noted in the July 11 issue on page 42 and 41 and will be included in the annual Book of Lists publication and noted at the annual reception hosted by the Washington Business Journal. Last year's event was at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C. and was a standing room only networking event for all the movers and shakers in the area.
Digicon is proud to again be included in the lists and thanks our employee owners for making us a great place to work.
About Digicon Corporation
Built on a quarter century of experience, Digicon is a full service IT integrator and provider supporting the public sector and private business with advanced technological solutions and cost savings initiatives. Our goal is to align our services with government’s mission and enable the vision of our clients. We continue to provide excellent services to our clients by providing best practice solutions and unique attention to mission objectives.
We are a Cisco Gold, Microsoft Gold and Oracle Certified Partner with clients that include the Federal Aviation Administration, agencies at the NIH, Defense Department and Army FORSCOM, the Department of Homeland Security, public sector and commercial enterprise. Visit Digicon at www.digicon.com or contact us at 800.304.6830 for more information.
For additional information or interviews, please contact: Judith Schneider, Strategic Alliance Manager Digicon Corporation 703.621.1013 Judith.schneider@digiconasp.com
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For Immediate Release
Digicon Brings Solutions Architect to Team
July 2, 2008, Herndon, Va. Digicon, a leading IT services and solutions firm, located in the Dulles technology corridor announced Sassan Dehghan joined the Business Development Group as Solutions Architect and Systems Engineer. Mr. Dehghan comes to Digicon with more than 12 years experience in solutions architecture, sales engineering, technical training, customer interfacing and management in both the public and commercial sectors. Sassan’s Cisco expertise and Microsoft MCSE certifications will add to the current Cisco Gold and Microsoft Gold core competencies of Digicon which include custom application development, managed services and communications.
“We are looking forward to leveraging his expertise in designing solutions for client’s network infrastructure, WAN, security, enterprise applications, virtualization and business continuity solutions,” John Wu, CEO and President of Digicon commented today. “Sassan joins our team and will support the business development group in expansion in both government and commercial enterprise.”
Mr. Dehghan will develop detailed designs for technological solutions for Unified Communications, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange, WAN LAN, storage and other needs crucial to our client’s business success and agency missions. In addition to previous experience at Unisys, Accenture and other IT Systems integrators in the area, he was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland, Community Colleges for 9 years.
About Digicon Corporation
Built on a quarter century of experience, Digicon is a full service IT integrator and provider supporting the public sector and private business with advanced technological solutions and cost savings initiatives. Our goal is to align our services with government’s mission and enable the vision of our clients. We continue to provide excellent services to our clients by providing best practice solutions and unique attention to mission objectives.
We are a Cisco Gold, Microsoft Gold and Oracle Certified Partner with clients that include the Federal Aviation Administration, agencies at the NIH, Defense Department and Army FORSCOM, the Department of Homeland Security, public sector and commercial enterprise. Visit Digicon at www.digicon.com or contact us at 800.304.6830 for more information.
For additional information or interviews, please contact: Judith Schneider, Strategic Alliance Manager Digicon Corporation 703.621.1013 Judith.schneider@digiconasp.com
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For Immediate Release
Bob Macfarlane Appointed Vice President of Business Development IT Entrepreneur and Business Leader to Head Government Sales
April 8, 2008, Herndon, Va. Digicon Corporation, a leading IT services and solutions firm located in the Dulles Technology corridor, announced the appointment of Robert “Bob” Macfarlane as the new Vice President of Business Development. Bob will be responsible for Digicon’s Business Development group to include IT Services Business Development, Proposal Development, Product Solutions, Marketing Support and Sales.
Mr. Macfarlane joins the Digicon organization with more than 25 years of experience in the information technology arena as an accomplished entrepreneur and sales leader. With a successful track record in meeting sales and profitability goals, Bob has a demonstrated history of leadership and know-how to create solid opportunity capture plans and winning proposals that produce new business in the federal, state and local government marketplace. As Vice President of the Federal Civilian Business Unit at CIBER, Inc., Bob was responsible for winning and delivering business at the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Centers for Disease Control and DoD Military Health Services; he also held leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Corporation, Unisys Corporation, Andersen Consulting and the Systemhouse Corporation.
John Wu, CEO and President of Digicon commented, “As Employee-Owners, the Digicon staff welcomes Bob and wish him every success in assisting our organization achieve our growth objectives we expect to see under his leadership and business development expertise.”
Mr. Macfarlane holds a BA in Government and Public Administration from American University, an MS in Criminal Justice Administration from Michigan State University, and participated in the Management Information Systems Masters Program at American University.
About Digicon Corporation
Established in 1985, Digicon is a full service IT integrator and provider servicing the network engineering and software development disciplines of the business infrastructure environment. Digicon’s staff of 300 dedicated professionals work on more than 65 contracts encompassing software engineering, business process reengineering, DBMS/data warehouse design and development, Internet and Intranet website and web-based applications, client-server applications, validation and testing, 508 compliance and information security. Digicon is a Cisco Gold, Microsoft Gold and Sun Microsystems Certified Partner. Our clients include the FAA; Research Institutes at the NIH; DoD; state and local governments and commercial enterprise.
For additional information or interviews, please contact: Judith Schneider, Strategic Alliance Manager Digicon Corporation 703.621.1013 Judith.schneider@digiconasp.com
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For Immediate Release
Digicon Moves Headquarters Data Center to Host Clients 24/7
January 10, 2008, Herndon, Va. Digicon Corporation, a leading IT services and solutions firm, announced today that they have moved their corporate headquarters to 510 Spring Street, in Herndon, Virginia, to better serve the needs of their clients 24/7 Mission Critical services and to remain centrally located for staff. Digicon provides IT support services for federal, state, local government and commercial enterprise. Services include: 24/7 Data Center; Application Service Provider (ASP); Managed Services (MSP); Consultant for software and services; Database design and support, Wireless LAN; Hosted Websites, Information Assurance Security, Unified Communications and Help Desk Services.
The new office will feature a sophisticated lab and new demo room for development and showcase technology advancements; the data center will be SCIF enabled (Secure Compartmentalized Information Facility) for federal contracts in the future. Customers and potential clients will be invited to an official Open House and tours of the facility April 16th.
Digicon also wants to announce the formation of the Open Source Intelligence Center (OSINT). Digicon OSINT services will provide information processing that involves finding, selecting and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence.
“We are thrilled to be in the new space, the added demo room for clients and new data center will be cutting edge. We hope to continue to support the area with our presence and growth as one of the top IT firms in the Washington, D.C. region,” notes John Wu, CEO and President of Digicon.
About Digicon Corporation
Established in 1985, Digicon is a full service IT integrator and provider servicing the network engineering and software development disciplines of the business infrastructure environment. Digicon’s staff of 300 dedicated professionals work on more than 65 contracts encompassing software engineering, business process reengineering, DBMS/data warehouse design and development, Internet and Intranet website and web-based applications, client-server applications, validation and testing, 508 compliance and information security. Digicon is a Cisco Gold, Microsoft Gold and Sun Microsystems Certified Partner. Our clients include the FAA; Research Institutes at the NIH; DoD; state and local governments and commercial enterprise.
For More Information Contact: Judith Schneider, Strategic Alliance Manager Digicon Corporation 703.621.1013 Judith.schneider@digiconasp.com
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| 2007 News Flash |
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For Immediate Release
Digicon and nexVortex Team to Offer nexStream Communications Providers Offer Complete VoIP Solutions at Substantial Savings
August 20, 2007, Herndon, Va. Digicon Corporation a leading IT services and solutions firm announced today that they have teamed up with nexVortex, an internet telephony service provider to provide nexStream Unified Communications to commercial users at substantial savings over traditional legacy TDM key systems and PBXs. Users switch to increase productivity, lower total cost of operations and afford flexibility in managing their communication services. Digicon’s clients will take advantage of the inherent IP capabilities of the IP PBX and route outbound traffic via the Internet to lower their toll charges by as much as 40%.
Digicon solutions include design, installation and support of Voice over IP (VoIP) applications, LAN/WAN networking, Call Centers and Unified Messaging. The teaming solution provides a unique set of skills to handle voice applications running on a data backbone. Digicon designs solutions that simplify IT management, provide new and more efficient desktop applications and provide cost cutting opportunities at a time when financial resources and people resources are being tested. nexVortex solutions will simplify the process by providing services designed from the ground up to meet the needs of business users - allowing them to take advantage of VoIP, including: Outbound, Toll Free, Inbound and 911 call services.
“This team will provide expanded services to our existing clients as well as new users to VoIP/ Unified Communications technologies”, John Wu, Digicon’s President notes. “The nexStream Bundle offers solutions to the small and mid-size business of up to XXX users easily over Cisco Call Manager IP phones or other industry phones systems such as Shoretel.”
Fred Fromm, CEO of nexVortex remarked, “We are pleased to be a part of Digicon’s offering of technology solutions and look forward to expanding our role in the commercial VoIP market by providing their clients with serious cost savings for communications.”
Adding nexVortex to their family of solutions expands Digicon’s Core Services of IPT Solutions; Network Engineering Architecture; Data Communications & Connectivity (ISP); Advanced Communications & Application Development (ASP); Monitoring, Management & Security (MSP); Information Technology Consulting & Professional Services; and Disaster Recovery & Planning.
About Digicon Corporation
Established in 1985, Digicon is a full service IT integrator and provider servicing the network engineering and software development disciplines of the business infrastructure environment. Digicon’s staff of 300 dedicated professionals work on more than 65 contracts encompassing software engineering, business process reengineering, DBMS/data warehouse design and development, Internet and Intranet website and web-based applications, client-server applications, validation and testing, 508 compliance and information security. Digicon is a Cisco Gold, Microsoft Gold and Sun Microsystems Certified Partner. Our clients include the FAA; Research Institutes at the NIH; DoD; state and local governments and commercial enterprise.
About nexVortex
nexVortex, an internet telephony service provider specializing in business grade VoIP. nexVortex VoIP services allow businesses to make and receive calls using an IP PBX or VoIP gateway connected to the internet to help business cut operating costs an average of 40% compared to traditional telecom services; advanced features provide unprecedented flexibility in deploying services, and users gain greater control managing their services.
For More Information Contact: Judith Schneider, Strategic Alliance Manager Digicon Corporation 703.621.1013 Judith.schneider@digiconasp.com
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For Immediate Release
Len Pomata Appointed President of Digicon Industry Leader to Head Government Operations
August 7, 2007, Herndon, Va. Digicon Corporation, a leading IT services and solutions firm, announced the appointment of Len Pomata as the new President of Government Operations. Len will lead the management of Digicon’s federal operations to include all Federal DoD and Civilian agencies, and state and local governments business.
Mr. Pomata joins the Digicon organization with more than 35 years of operations management and leadership experience. As the past President of PRC, Inc. a subsidiary of Litton Industries, he led a major growth initiative achieving substantial revenue expansion. He was instrumental in building the company to over $900M and 6,000 employees. Other leadership positions held include President of webMethods, Inc. Government Business Unit; Senior Vice President, Oracle Corporation; Operations Director, Computer Sciences Corporation; and Site Manager at AT&T Bell Laboratories/Western Electric.
John Wu, President and CEO of Digicon commented, “We are excited to have Len join the Digicon team, and wish him every success in assisting our organization achieve operational excellence. We expect to see significant growth with him at the helm of our federal activities.”
Mr. Pomata holds a BS Degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and a MS Degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Sciences from New York University. He currently serves on the VA Information Technology Agency (VITA) Technology Investment Board; the AFCEA International Board and past President of AFCEA Washington Chapter; the Northern Virginia Technology Council Senior Advisory Board, Executive Board Member and the George Mason University Board of Visitors as appointed by the Governor.
About Digicon Corporation
Established in 1985, Digicon is a full service IT integrator and provider servicing the network engineering and software development disciplines of the business infrastructure environment. Digicon’s staff of 300 dedicated professionals work on more than 65 contracts encompassing software engineering, business process reengineering, DBMS/data warehouse design and development, Internet and Intranet website and web-based applications, client-server applications, validation and testing, 508 compliance and information security. Digicon is a Cisco Gold, Microsoft Gold and Sun Microsystems Certified Partner. Our clients include the FAA; research institutes at the NIH; DoD; state and local governments and commercial enterprise.
For More Information Contact: Judith Schneider, Strategic Alliance Manager Digicon Corporation 703.621.1013 Judith.schneider@digiconasp.com
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For Immediate Release
Digicon Ranks in the Top 10 Voice and Data Providers Northern Virginia IT Firm Rates Among the Highest in the Region for Services
August 6, 2007, Herndon, Va. Digicon Corporation, a leading IT services and solutions firm, was recently placed tenth in a listing of top voice and data service providers in the Washington, D.C. region. The listing, ranked by metro-area employees, recognizes Digicon’s expertise as a leader in the IP Telephony Services industry. The annual survey, published in the June 21 issue of the Washington Business Journal, places Digicon among some of the largest and most successful firms in the nation as a commercial provider of VoIP technology. Digicon also ranked among the top 25 for systems integrators in the metro-area. The rankings will be included in the annual Book of Lists, a highly acclaimed “who’s who” in the business world.
John Wu, President and CEO of Digicon commented, “We are thrilled to be recognized among our peers as a leader in the voice and data category and for systems integrators. Our growth in the field of IP Telephony enables us to provide clients with services and solutions designed to bring the best value and return on investment for technology.”
With solutions that include complete design, installation and on-going monitoring and support of Voice over IP applications, LAN/WAN networking, Call Centers and Unified Messaging, Digicon is a leader in future IP Telephony and IT Services technologies. The company has built a strong reputation in not only the voice and data industry, but also as an expert in Information Assurance (IA) services, network engineering, IT consulting, custom applications and Data Centers. Digicon staff support both civilian and defense agencies, state and local governments, and commercial enterprise with onsite services as well as remote monitoring.
About Digicon Corporation
Digicon is a full-service Information Technology (IT) solution provider that develops reliable infrastructures to empower commercial businesses, federal, state and local government agencies with the intelligence needed to accelerate their organization’s prowess. Established in 1985, Digicon is a Cisco Gold, Microsoft Gold and Sun Microsystems Certified Partner. Our clients include the Federal Aviation Administration; Institutes at the NIH; DoD; state and local governments and commercial end-users. For more information, please visit www.digicon.com.
For More Information Contact: Judith Schneider, Strategic Alliance Manager Digicon Corporation 703.621.1013 Judith.schneider@digiconasp.com
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Performance of this work will fall under the responsibility of our Technical Services Group, Consulting Services and Network Services business units. As is this case with all business wins, this was truly a team effort, with deserving recognition and thanks for a job well done to the following Digicon organizations:
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Digicon Corporation Awarded Fairfax County, VA IT Services and Expert Assistance Contract Vehicle
Performance of this work will fall under the responsibility of our Technical Services Group, Network and Consulting Services business units. As is this case with all business wins, this was truly a team effort, with deserving recognition and thanks for a job well done to the following Digicon organizations:
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Digicon Wins the Department of Veterans Affairs Subcontract
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Another Proposal Win for Digicon |
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Integrated Communication Solution (ICS) Sale
Digicon is excited to announce its first Integrated Communication
Solution (ICS) sale to Progress and Freedom Foundation. The sales
team was able to sell
not just a Cisco IP Call Manager and Unity Voice system but a whole
new data network including a router, switches, and new cable plant.
They went on to sell a T1, Network Operation Center (NOC) services
and managed services as required. Maintenance was sold and
everything was put on a Cisco lease. This is the first time that
Digicon has sold most of the products we offer at the same time to a
single customer. It is hoped that this ICS model will be the
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Twin
Digicon Awards
For the Fauquier
County proposal, submitted on January 20, 2005, the team presented a
solution for Information Technology Consulting Services. The
proposal used a format that included highlight boxes at the top
right of all major sections and bolded theme statements to be easily
identified. Winning this proposal allows Digicon to be eligible for
further bids on upcoming contracts.
Both proposals had the necessary input from the capture managers that led to a complete understanding of the requirements and a close relationship with the key players on the customer side. With this knowledge, George Khater and later, Luigi Valentini (on the CFTC proposal) and Brian Vanderhoof (on the Fauquier County proposal) were able to focus on important elements that needed to be addressed in the proposal. Upfront marketing helped us to evaluate what the customers really desired, and then write to those specific needs so that our proposal stood out among the competition. |
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Digicon Intranet Goes Wireless
The owners of WinCE
wireless devices, such as iPAQ Pocket PCs, now have an easy, secure,
and reliable way to access Digicon .OfficeTM V3 suite. The Software
Development group of Technical Services Division has developed the
wireless versions of six applications. They are Email, Contacts,
Calendar, Notice Board, Discussions, and To Do List. To connect, log
on to the same URL (http://office3.centrivity.net/v3) by entering
your username/password data. The Web server will automatically
detect that you are using a micro browser and provide the starting
page of Wireless .OfficeTM for you.
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Volunteer Day - Digicon Employees Make Over 70 Bag Lunches for a
Local Shelter Digicon
held its brown bag lunch volunteer project. For this occasion many Digicon
employees gathered in the kitchen during the lunch hour and made
bagged lunches for a local shelter. Each bag included a peanut
butter and jelly sandwich, a bag of chips, and a juice box. The
meals were delivered to the Montgomery County Coalition for the
Homeless.The Bag Lunch volunteer hour was a huge success! Each employee executed a certain task, which allowed for a highly efficient and speedy assembly of the lunches. We ended up with a grand total of over 70 full lunches, which was more than enough to feed the entire shelter. We look forward to more fulfilling endeavors like this in the future. |
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Digicon employees have played an integral part in the mobilization and deployment of tens of thousands of army troops for more than six years. Digicon developers originally developed used “mobilization level application software” (Moblas) in Foxpro and have continued to support the application through visual basic and now as a web based java application.
For several years, mobilization stations used Moblas to assist in the validation for deployment of military and civilians. The level of detail this program offered to the army for tracking individual and unit mobilizations proved to be invaluable, and in 2003, resources were identified to take it to the next level of technology to provide even better support to the processes.
The development team worked exhaustive schedules to develop requirements, program, and deploy the web based system, while continuing to support the legacy application. Conversion from Moblas to the DA approved “deployment and reconstitution tracking software” (darts) program at all priority projection platforms and priority support platforms has almost been completed. Fielding and training at all remote sites is also accomplished.
Darts takes the army's mobilization visibility to the next level. This software allows HQDA visibility on mobilized personnel assets and residual reserve component capabilities for future mobilizations. The software is designed to be an upgrade from Moblas with few operator-level changes. The main feature of the software is that it collects all army mobilization data on a single web-based server. The army now has visibility of assets army-wide. This improves fidelity of data and relieves stress on the mob station. Not only does darts support U.S. Army Active Reserves, USAR, and guard soldiers, DA civilians, and contractors, but is also is capable of support at all levels of the department of defense mobilization efforts. |
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Digicon Obtains
a Presence Within NIH/CIT Although the Center for Information Technology (CIT) at NIH is a likely place for Digicon to provide support, it has been difficult for us to get the attention of Division heads within CIT. Approximately two years ago, the Division of Enterprise and Custom Applications (DECA), expressed a need that we were able to fill. Digicon provides monitoring of SQL servers to assure efficient and reliable operation while collaborating with developers to tune queries and optimize indexes for dependable high-throughput operation. In addition, Digicon migrates SQL modules from the development environment to the test environment and finally into the production environment while designing and implementing physical databases among various instances of SQL server to improve integrity and performance while facilitating development, backup and recovery. When NIH needed someone to take the lead in managing the upgrade to a new release of SQL Server, Digicon was trusted to take on that responsibility. For the past several months, Digicon has managed a workgroup comprised of technical staff members from CIT, the Clinical Center, and the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases. The workgroup is charged with developing the requirements for a system that collects information from underlying monitors and then represents the information on a single dashboard-like screen. The underlying monitors are already in place monitoring the health and well-being of applications (like the NIH Homepage or NIH Business Systems), but there is no one place to go to see the information from all of the monitors. The system will be called the Monitor of Monitors or (MoM). After developing the requirements of the system, the workgroup identified as many as seven products that could satisfy the requirements. Three products were selected on which to perform pilot projects. The pilot projects are now complete and the workgroup has selected a product. They will make their recommendation to NIH executives in the next week or two. |
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Winning New Business at FAA
Under the scope of this contract, Digicon will provide a variety of services that range from system administration to web development. The primary goal for the Digicon team is to ensure business continuity and risk mitigation to three AST Division Space System Development Divisions (AST-100), the Licensing and Safety Division (AST-200), and the Systems Engineering and Training Division (AST-300). This new contract has a base year with the option of four years that extends to 2011. |
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Digicon Receives Sun's Prestigious SunTone
Certification for Managed Hosting and Co-location
Services
The SunTone Initiative, led by Sun Microsystems, is a collaborative industry effort to define best practices and audit solution provider infrastructure, operational practices, hardware, software and overall service delivery. SunTone certification provides a quality “seal of approval,” confirming that Digicon’s Managed Hosting and Co-location Services meet stringent scalability, availability, reliability and performance standards necessary for quality deployment of network-based IT services or applications. Customers can be confident that Digicon’s Managed Hosting and Co-location Services have met the initiative’s high quality standards.
Digicon’s Managed Hosting Services are comprised of a comprehensive portfolio of “best-of-class” solutions including:
Digicon’s Co-location Services platform provides a cost-effective and highly specialized way for customers to operate their business-critical hardware and services in a data center that is SunTone certified for Co-location Services. These services are designed for organizations that have the capability and desire to manage a server but need the enhanced network capacity, performance and special equipment protection to guarantee its availability. Server co-location eliminates the need to build a private infrastructure while providing direct backbone connectivity to crucial services.
“Receiving SunTone certification underscores our commitment to provide high quality solutions and services to our customers,” said Randy Luten, Vice President of Operations for Digicon Corporation. “We have invested heavily in the scalability, security and stability of our Managed Hosting and Co-location Services and are proud to be a member of the SunTone certified community.” “We congratulate Digicon on earning SunTone certification,” said Terry Erdle, vice president of Sun Services Marketing and Strategy at Sun Microsystems, Inc. “By achieving SunTone certification for its Managed Hosting and Co-location Services, Digicon has passed a rigorous review process and customers can be confident that Digicon’s solutions are delivered and managed according to the industry best practices and policies of the SunTone Initiative.” |