Attendees From Across the U.S. and Canada Strengthen M4 Expertise at Annual Conference in Richmond, VA.
OCTOBER 17, 2014 – RICHMOND, VA – Mapcom Systems held their 13th Annual M4 Users Conference in Richmond, VA on October 7-9. The M4 Users Conference, themed “Creating Connections,” took place at the Richmond Marriott in Richmond, Virginia. The Conference provided networking and educational opportunities for telecommunication professionals who use Mapcom’s M4 Solutions visual operations software.
The M4 Users Conference was attended by over 130 employees of Mapcom’s clients from all over the U.S. and Canada. Attendees included clients with roles from Field Tech to General Manager. Thirty states as well as Canada were represented with clients traveling up to 3,700 miles to attend. The M4 Certification Program, in its 3rd year, certified many more M4 Users in attendance in each of the program’s four levels of expertise: Specialist, Professional, Expert and Master. Workshop presentations and General Session meetings covered a wide variety of topics and included a preview presentation of what’s to come in M4 v15.
During the Conference, four awards were presented to M4 client companies:
• Volcano Communications, headquartered in Pine Grove, California, received the 2014 Proactive Plant Management (PPM) Award in recognition of the company’s significant work in streamlining operations and enhancing customer service. The PPM Award spotlights innovative telecommunications leaders who maximize the capabilities of M4 Solutions to manage their operations.
• Shentel, headquartered in Edinburg, Virginia, received the 2014 Leadership Award in recognition of ‘excellence in expanding the breadth of M4 Solutions throughout their organization.’ This award spotlights a previous Proactive Plant Management award winner who continues to innovate and expand the use of M4 Solutions, while providing leadership with the M4 Users Group and the telecom industry.
• Pioneer Communications, headquartered in Ulysses, Kansas, received the 2014 Rookie Company of the Year Award in recognition of ‘exceptional speed and breadth in the implementation of M4 Solutions.’
• University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received the 2014 Campus Innovation Award in recognition of ‘outstanding implementation of M4 Solutions in a campus environment.’
Mapcom was also proud to include four of their integration partners at the Conference: Calix, headquartered in Petaluma, California; CommSoft, headquartered in Renselaer, New York; Mid America Computer Corporation, headquartered in Blair, Nebraska; and UDP, Inc., headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. These partners provided an excellent platform from which Mapcom showcased their integrations. Each attending partner had multiple clients attending the Conference. This provided a great opportunity for these clients to network with each other to see the possibilities available within these integrations.
About Mapcom Systems
Mapcom Systems is the developer of M4 Solutions – a visual operations platform that allows service providers to manage their workforce, as well as fiber, coax, wireless and copper networks, including both outside and inside plant at the physical and logical levels. M4 Solutions enables users to integrate and correlate data from existing billing, accounting, GPS tracking, element management and network monitoring applications in a powerful visual interface to all network elements. Since 1971, Mapcom has worked with independents, cooperatives, fiber communities, and campus telecommunications providers of all sizes across the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean. For more information, visit the Mapcom website at www.mapcom.com.
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