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04/11/08 - AT&T Renews National Infrastructure Contract with Contingent
CINCINNATI, OH—Contingent Network Services (www.contingent.net) is proud to announce that its contract to provide network infrastructure services for AT&T has been renewed.  more...

04/01/08 - NeoSynergy Celebrates 100th Dealer, Announces New Partnerships
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — NeoSynergy announced it has signed the 100th dealer to its Best Deals online advertising program, just one month into the software's release.  more...

01/15/08 - Desert Storm Veteran and Xavier MBA Joins Contingent Network Services as Controller
CINCINNATI, OH—Contingent Network Services has hired Jeff Stine as Controller and Director of Human Resources. Prior to joining Contingent, Stine served as Controller and Director of Human Resources for PediaMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Northern Kentucky and as Manager of Internal Audit for Omnicare, Inc. Throughout his career, Stine has managed internal audits and implemented accounting systems for a variety of Fortune 500 companies. He is a certified public accountant and served in the Army Reserves during Operation Desert Storm. more...

01/15/08 - Contingent Hires U.S. Army Logistics Specialist and Xavier MBA as Senior Project Manager
CINCINNATI, OH—David Epling, a U.S. Army veteran with experience in managing teams across the globe, has joined Contingent Network Services as Senior Project Manager. In his role as Senior Project Manager, Epling will oversee network implementations at Contingent client sites throughout North America. more...

10/23/07 - Contingent Announces New Partner Automation Tools
Contingent Network Services announced today the launch of its "EInvoice" electronic partner invoicing platform and its "ADPO" real-time open invoice payment estimating tool. more...

04/17/07 - Ditching Dial-up: Outsourcing network integration can save money, time and headaches
Internet and intranet access are no longer nice conveniences; they’re vital to survival in today’s competitive retail marketplace. Speedier credit card transactions and a wide-ranging list of services become possible when a virtual private broadband network (VPN) is installed. But what if a company doesn’t have the time, manpower or expertise to devote to designing and managing the network? If it has hundreds of locations served by a variety of Internet providers? Outsourcing network integration may be the most cost-efficient solution. more...

02/2/07 - Handling Growing Complexity - Taking A Look At Network Design & Installation Services
Networks—in many organizations they began with a simple file server connected to several workstations. As technology and the company grew, so did the network, adding mail servers, Web servers, and application servers. Eventually, firewalls, IDS/IPS (intrusion detection system/intrusion prevention system), and antivirus/spam/spyware gateways were installed to protect the private network from the external threats, as private networks hooked into the Internet. The number of workstations increased into the tens of thousands on a single network. Subnets, segments, remote locations, video, VoIP, and wireless have also presented new challenges to topology design and implementation. more...

01/26/07 - Credit Card Industry Struggling with PCI Security Standard
Major credit card companies have made it mandatory for merchants and payment processors to comply with stringent network security rules that went into effect in mid-2005. But getting buy-in from the millions of companies that handle credit card information remains elusive. more...

08/28/06 - Contingent Consolidates and Strengthens Wide Area Network and Store Support for Largest Hardee’s Franchisee in North America
CINCINNATI—Boddie-Noell Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Hardees restaurants in the nation, has signed a multi-year contract with Contingent Network Services (www.contingent.net) for its EverWorX Managed Network Service to consolidate, speed and simplify store management systems for over 366 restaurants across the country. A virtual private broadband network linking 52 restaurants has already been implemented, and will expand to at least 40 more locations by the end of the year. Initiated to enable faster credit card processing, remote network monitoring, energy management and high-speed Internet access across Boddie-Noell’s various restaurant franchises. more...

7/11/06 - Contingent Client Greene Memorial Hospital Named One of Nation's Most Improved Wired Hospitals in 2006
Most Wired Hospitals Lead the Field in Consumer-directed Health Care. Greene Memorial Hospital has been named one of the nation’s Most Improved Wired Hospitals. The results of the 2006 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study were released yesterday in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, which has named the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems since 1999.  more...