New name, new structure and exclusive focus on large-scale secure video and media delivery services for enterprises — that’s what Keystone Enterprise Services message is. “The word ‘Keystone’ is a great analogy for our philosophy of ‘one-stop shop’ service and support going forward,” said Cahoon. “The idea of a Keystone suggests the key role we play supporting our customers and integrating the supporting elements they need under one solid structure,” said Keven Cahoon, Keystone Enterprise Services’ President.
The name change comes two years after the company completed a transaction to purchase the U.S.-based enterprise services business unit of France Telecom subsidiary GlobeCast, the leading global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. The business unit served as GlobeCast America’s arm in providing satellite platforms for business networks worldwide.
To better position the business for new opportunities, it was joined in March 2007 by two new entities: Simmons Media Group, a multi-media company; and Epic Venture Fund/Zions, a $40 billion investment and banking organization, and it has now been spun out of France Telecom. The company has demonstrated significant successes and increased customer value under its new structure. These include: Growing revenues 50 percent in the past year through enhanced product offerings; Increasing its customer base, adding multiple new Business Television, Interactive Distance Training, Digital Signage, 2-Way VSAT and Mobile, and Special Events clients; Increasing its fiber and satellite network assets, including the addition of a nationwide fiber IP/MPLS access network; Expanding the depth and breadth of its customer support systems and staff.
“Keystone Enterprise Services’ new name pays homage to the company’s pioneering heritage and leadership role in the satellite transmission industry, while signaling our future focus,” said Keven Cahoon, Keystone Enterprise Services’ President.
Keystone Enterprise Services first began operations as Bonneville Satellite and was responsible for the design and build-out of one of the first satellite-based corporate television networks in the U.S. It became Keystone Communications in 1989, and as the leading U.S.-based provider of satellite transmission services it was acquired by France Telecom in 1996. Coming full circle and taking the name Keystone Enterprise Services, the new company continues its 28-year legacy of providing large-scale secure video delivery systems for business.
