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Cbeyond, Inc. (formerly Cbeyond Communications) was a telecommunications and information technology company based in Atlanta, Georgia, until it was purchased by and became part of Birch Comm in July 2014. Founded in 1999 by Jim Geiger, Cbeyond, which developed the world's first 100% Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network,〔(''Company Profile: Cbeyond'' ). VoIP-News.com Retrieved on October 25, 2011.〕 provided voice, data, mobile, and cloud services to over 60,000 small and medium-sized businesses in 14 markets across the domestic United States.〔(''About Us'' ). Cbeyond.net Retrieved on October 24, 2011.〕 ==History and Development== Cbeyond was founded in November 1999 as a provider of managed technology services to small and medium-sized businesses,〔( ''Executive Management Team'' ). Cbeyond.net Retrieved on October 24, 2011.〕 and began serving the Atlanta area in 2001. In October of that year, Cbeyond opened a Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas branch, serving small and medium-sized businesses in the Metroplex. In 2002, the Denver, Colorado branch was opened, serving businesses in Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, and other locations in the Front Range Urban Corridor. In March 2004, Cbeyond's fourth market branch was opened in Houston, Texas. On November 2, 2005, Cbeyond went public, opening at $12 a share.〔( ''Cbeyond Goes Public at $12 a Share'' ). WRALtechwire.com Retrieved on October 24, 2011.〕 Also in 2005, Cbeyond added SIPconnect service (see below: Technology) to its service offerings, and opened its service branch in Chicago, Illinois. In the following year, 2006, Cbeyond launched its Mobile Services division, integrating BlackBerry smartphones and BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) service to its small and medium-size business-oriented offerings, and opened its Los Angeles, California service branch. In 2007. Cbeyond launched new branches in the San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego markets in California, and in the Detroit, Michigan market. Miami, Florida and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota branches were launched in 2008, and Cbeyond expanded into Washington, DC and Seattle, Washington (with service in Olympia and Tacoma in 2009. In June 2010, Cbeyond launched its fourteenth branch, serving the greater Boston, Massachusetts area.〔( ''Cbeyond Brings Innovative IT Services and Communications to Boston Area Small Businesses'' ). TelecomRamblings.com Retrieved on October 24, 2011.〕 In October 2010, Cbeyond opened a second customer care and technical support call center in Denver, CO.〔( ''Cbeyond opens Denver call center '' ). BizJournals.com Retrieved on October 24, 2011.〕 In November 2010, Cbeyond expanded its service offerings to include cloud services, purchasing cloud services providers MaximumASP, based in Louisville, Kentucky, and Aretta, based in Roswell, Georgia, for a combined $40 million.〔( ''Cbeyond buys 2 Aretta, MaxiumASP'' ). BizJournals.com Retrieved on October 24, 2011.〕 The acquisitions were combined in a new division within the company, called Cbeyond Cloud Services.〔( ''Cbeyond Cloud Services'' ). cbeyondcloudservices.net Retrieved on October 24, 2011.〕 On April 21, 2014 Birch Comm entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Cbeyond for US$323 Million. 〔http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304279904579515183565989074〕 In November 2014, Cbeyond protected its users' privacy by challenging Rightscorp, when Cbeyond was asked to hand over the identities of users behind more than a thousand IP addresses. 〔http://torrentfreak.com/isp-protects-subscribers-from-piracy-fishing-expedition-141111/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cbeyond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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