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April 23rd 2010. Dave’s article “Is Cloud Computing Right for Your Business?” published online by the Portland Business Journal under the title “Investigate Cloud Computing While Keeping Pitfalls in Mind.” [Click here to read the article (subscription required)] or download the pdf on our cloud computing page.
April 13th 2010. Processor.com quotes Dave in editorial about the true cost of company downtime. [Click here to read the article]
January 25th 2010. Oregon Business Magazine publishes article showcasing Convergence’s recession-survival planning for their February issue. [Click here to read the article]
March 31st 2009. On March 31st, 2009 Convergence Networks, utilizing Deverra technology, scanned over 3000 desktops, Notebooks and servers for the Conflicker virus. Of our 3000+ clients, none of these systems were infected or at risk to the April 1st, 2009 threat. [Read the full story]
November 4th 2008. On April 4th, 2004 Convergence Networks created its first case in our current helpdesk systems Remedy. On November 4th 2008 we created case number 100,001, with us proactively alerting a client to their failure of their backup due to a drive not being in the backup drive. Convergence Networks is incredibly proud that in just 4 years and 8 months, Convergence Networks has created over 100,000 cases helping our clients both proactively and reactively, with everything from complete network outages to simple questions on setting a screen savers. Even with that volume of case load, as our surveys show, we still continue to amaze our clients with our level of service. A special thanks to our staff who have worked through this 100,001 cases.
November 1st 2008. CONVERGENCE NETWORKS TURNS 8. Eight years ago two young technicians had a dream of providing small business history-making customer service and support that was built around us doing it different, better, more proactive, less reactive, with the insight into IT that normally only large organizations could afford. It was then that Portland, Oregon’s first managed service provider was born. We started with two people and have grown to a staff of over 30 people. We started with six customers and have grown to over 125. Today their are many copycats, but there is and will be only one Convergence Networks. We were the first, we are the best. We have the best people, the best technology, the best customers, the best support and the ideas to continue to stay ahead of the curve. Convergence Networks is happy to celebrate our eight-year anniversary. Thank you to those of you who have helped and supported us and a special thanks to those of you who have been with us all eight years.
August 18th 2008. Convergence Networks invited the Big Brother Big Sister’s Portland Charter out to share with our staff some insight into the exciting and rewarding world of being a Big Brother Big Sister. From this meeting several of our staff have signed up to become a Big Brother or Big Sister to help those children in need within our community.
June 15th 2008. Convergence Networks donated our time in 2007 to assist Big Brother Big Sisters Portland Charter with completing a full network evaluation, present our findings and helping them apply for grants to receive funds allowing them to correct their crumbling network infrastructure, which was putting the organization at risk. In May 2008 the grants were rewarded and repair efforts have begun. Convergence Network is very proud to help such a great organization within the community.
April 1st 2008. Thanks to our Deverra © Proactive Monitoring Software and our Network Operations Center watching our clients desktops and Notebooks for hard drive failures, we were able to avoid over 100 failed hard drive crashes in the first quarter of 2008 alone. Over the same time period, our company experienced zero “emergency” drive failures on our clients networks, rather alerted our customers to all pending hard drive failures, coordinated replacement parts, scheduled a technician to make the proper repairs within a time window that was convenient for our clients and imaged the data to a new drive avoiding data loss and costly user downtime.
February 21st 2008. Convergence has done it again, nailing a 4th consecutive year of being on the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon. This accomplishment continues to be in-line with the values of our organization from the conception and matches one of our key goals that Dave Murray our CEO has set for the company, “build a company were employees love to work.”
June 1st 2007. Convergence Networks made a large investment into our proactive monitoring, alerting and asset management infrastructure giving us the ability to monitor all our clients servers, Notebooks and desktops as part of our service level agreement.
March 15th 2007. Dave Murray, who started with Convergence Networks in 2004 as our Sales and Marketing Manager accepted a promotion as CEO of Convergence Networks. We are extremely excited to have Dave Murray at the helm, a position we feel Dave Murray was
born to be in. Read more about Dave Murray.
February 18th 2007. Convergence is yet again recognized by its employees as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon. This is the third year that Convergence has received this award. This matches Co-founder Eric Gray’s goal of giving our employees a place they love to work.
November 11th and 18th 2006. The employees and family members of Convergence volunteer their time to help the Habitat for Humanity Foundation with construction on a new home. The home will be used to raise funds that will ultimately support families that participate in the Foundation.
November 1st 2006. Convergence launches its first electronic newsletter. Although a simple objective was finally achieved, the company is taking great pride in the release. Whereas most newsletters take on some form of marketing, Convergence set out its goals for the newsletter to be: have fun, inform, and educate. The first attempt seemed to accomplish those goals and it looks like there is a never ending supply of content to support those goals as well.
September 22nd 2006. Convergence is pleased to participate and help sponsor the Annual Trinity Carpet Golf Classic. This classic is held each year by Trinity to help support CityTeam ministries in the work they do to help homeless and families in need.
February 13th 2006. Convergence is once again recognized by its employees as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon. This is the second year that Convergence has received this award. Co-founder Lance Pederson states that staying on this list is a permanent objective of the company.
September 15th 2005. Dell Corporation notified Convergence Networks that they were the number one reseller of Dell equipment in the Pacific Northwest. Receiving this notification is the result of hard work and team effort from its employees who are able to continually provide the highest level of service to customers. Convergence expects to reinforce its relationship with Dell as a preferred solutions provider.
May 18th 2005. Convergence Networks was ranked as one of the regions fastest growing companies by the Portland Business Alliance at its annual meeting today. Convergence took fourth place within the small business category. The company attributes its success to staying focused on its core values and services to small businesses.
May 12th 2005. Convergence Networks participates in the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME) annual trade show. Sam Brooks, the President of OAME recognized Convergence as a major contributor to the organization.
April 11th 2005. Convergence is notified by The Portland Business Alliance that it has been selected as one of the fastest growing companies in Oregon. The awards ceremony is scheduled at the annual meeting on May 18th 2005.
March 4th 2005. At a major awards ceremony where over 1,200 business people attended, Convergence was named as the 33rd best company to work for in Oregon.
January 14th 2005. Convergence Networks has been selected as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon” by the Oregon Business Magazine. The awards ceremony is scheduled for March 4th 2005 at the Oregon Convention Center.
October 1st 2004. Convergence Northwest changes its name to Convergence Networks. Convergence provides network support to companies in 11 states. The name change more closely reflects the operational reach of the organization and its expansion plans.
October 1st 2004. Convergence Networks launches new web site. After a couple of years with a less than exciting web presence, the company has evolved to a more contemporary site. Co-founder, Eric Gray said: “We wanted to change the site awhile ago, but we knew we were changing the name of the company. We also wanted to have a better reflection of all the products and services we offer.” The new web site focuses on the seven aspects of network health: Consulting, designing, procurement, deploying, monitoring, fixing, and supporting.
September 20th 2004. Convergence Networks leases new office. On September 20th the company executed a letter of agreement to lease over 8,000sf of office space to accommodate its rapidly growing customer support needs. Much of the space will be dedicated to further developing the companies call center where the company processes hundreds of computer support requests daily. The company intends on developing a contemporary network operations center. Other space will be allocated to receiving, sales support, and administrative support.
September 11th 2004. Lance and Jenn Pederson welcomed their new daughter into the world. Her name is Mabel Grace. Lance is one of the co-founders of Convergence. The family is doing well and mother, daughter, and father are all healthy.
August 2nd 2004. The company retained Zen Creative to develop its new web site. Zen is a progressive, local web developer in Portland. They have created many imaginative and highly visible sites. Their ability to design the site for ease of use and tailor the look and feel of the site were the primary reasons Zen was chosen.
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