Contingent in the News

03/10/10 - Aritzia Signs a Deal for Contingent’s NetMedX Field and Logistics Services
CINCINNATI OH – March 10, 2010 Contingent Network Services has signed a deal with Aritzia, a North American chain of fashion boutiques for young women, to provide onsite IT support services across all of its locations. In conjunction with the onsite services, Contingent also provides logistics services from two geographically diverse depot sites in Canada and the US delivering rapid, same-day hardware replacement to reduce down time in the stores. Aritzia is utilizing Contingent’s NetMedX services which are focused on delivering a properly equipped and qualified technician onsite with a replacement device in as little as two hours and offer 100% coverage across North America. Contingent’s technicians arrive onsite ready to fix and repair Aritzia’s monitors, telephones and other in-store devices throughout their US and Canadian footprint. NetMedX offers a wide array of benefits including rapid response, real-time status, 100% coverage and a lifetime workmanship warranty. more...

03/09/10 - Creative Realities Signs a Deal for Contingent’s NetMedX Field Services
CINCINNATI OH – March 9, 2010 Contingent Network Services has signed a deal with Creative Realities, an explosive-growth technology and marketing firm to provide troubleshooting and repair services. NetMedX provides Creative Realities with onsite response times starting as fast as 2 hours from receipt of the request to keep their customers running. Creative Realities counts on Contingent’s NetMedX service to provide properly equipped technicians onsite to troubleshoot, fix and repair digital signage displays, monitors and audio equipment across all of its nationwide locations. NetMedX offers a wide array of benefits including rapid response, real-time status, 100% coverage and a lifetime workmanship warranty. Based on current run rates, Contingent is anticipating calls out to over 1000 sites per year and in part because of the prompt professional service also expects that number to grow as Creative Realities network of sites expands.  more...

02/25/10 - Contingent Inks a Deal with Thinking Phone Networks for a Nationwide VoIP Deployment Across 660 Locations
CINCINNATI OH – February 25, 2010 Contingent Network Services has signed a deal with Thinking Phone Networks, an enterprise VoIP communications company to deploy IP telephone equipment and infrastructure across 660 medical patient care centers nationwide. “Thinking Phones” is utilizing Contingent’s MACWorX suite of services which is focused on delivering activities required by telecommunication carriers to activate end customers. Thinking Phones is benefiting from MACWorX features like competitive menu-based national pricing, scheduling flexibility, real-time online status updates and Contingent’s 100% lifetime workmanship warranty. The project is expected to take eighteen months and will convert over 5,000 users to Thinking Phone Networks. more...

02/05/10 - Contingent is a Gold Sponsor of MURTEC March 10-12, 2010 in Las Vegas
Contingent is exhibiting as a gold sponsor at the 2010 Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference at Caesars Palace Las Vegas on March 10-12. more...

01/04/10 - U.S. Marine Veteran and Telecommunication Industry Expert Joins Contingent as Director of Business Development
CINCINNATI, OH—Richard Andrew (“Drew”) Allgeier, with over 20 years management experience within high-growth telecommunications companies, has joined Contingent as Director of Business Development. more...

10/22/09 - Contingent Awarded Three-year Contract to Manage Bob Evans Restaurant WAN Throughout North America
CINCINNATI—Contingent Network Services (www.contingent.net) today announced that it has secured the multi million dollar contract to deploy Contingent’s EverWorX Managed Wide Area Network Service to consolidate, speed and simplify restaurant management systems at 569 Bob Evans locations across the country. A virtual private broadband network to link all Bob Evans restaurants was completed this summer. Bob Evans initiated the deployment to enable the installation of more robust store-based web applications, remote network monitoring, and customer high-speed Internet access across all its locations. more...

09/21/09 - Contingent Completes Onsite Project in Over 1300 Wendy’s Corporate Stores in 43 Days
CINCINNATI—On July 31st, 2009 Contingent Network Services (www.contingent.com) completed a National rollout of integrating HME (HM Electronics) timing devices for 1330 Wendy’s corporate restaurants in 43 business days. Contingent’s success was best described by Michael Weber, Program Manager Legal Technology at Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. “Contingent has truly done a great job on the HME integration project. They have consistently worked very hard to ensure the best possible outcome for our restaurants. They have partnered not only with us but HME to quickly resolve issues as they have arisen. I am very glad to have them as part of this team. “ This particular project fell under Contingent’s StoreWorX service offering for Retail-specific networks with a focus on Return On Investment (ROI). In addition to StoreWorX, Wendy’s also utilizes Contingent’s NetMedX (field repair and troubleshoot) as well as MACWorX (field infrastructure installation service for telecommunications companies). more...

08/25/09 - Contingent Makes the Inc. 5000 List for the Second Year in a Row
CINCINNATI—Contingent Network Services (www.contingent.com) is proud to announce their placement on the 2009 Inc. 5000 List. This will be Contingent’s second consecutive year on the list. This year Contingent ranked in at number 2522, improving on last year’s ranking by 274 places. Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 Index, puts the company among an elite group that over the years has included Microsoft, Timberland, Jamba Juice, Oracle and UnderArmour. Many of today's most successful U.S. companies received their first public recognition when they appeared on the Inc. 5000 list. Inc. describes its list as “the most comprehensive look ever at the entrepreneurial engine driving the U.S. economy.” The 2009 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2008, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2005, and $2 million in 2008. More information can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/. more...

08/03/09 - Thomas & King Taps Contingent EverWorX Technology for Restaurant Franchise
Operating a multi-site restaurant chain is no easy feat, especially if the network a company uses isn’t up to par with the fast-paced industry. Lexington, Ky.-based Thomas & King – which operates 90 Applebee’s and seven Johnny Carino’s restaurants in Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania – knows this first-hand. Unhappy with its former provider’s help desk and engineered network, the company awarded Contingent Network Services with a three-year contract to install a wide-area network for its 97 locations. more...

08/03/09 - Xponential Group Launches Network Installation Channel on TMCnet
(Norwalk, CT – Aug. 3, 2009) – Technology Marketing Corporation today announced that the Network Installation channel, sponsored by Xponential Group, has been launched as the newest addition to the TMCnet channel program.  more...