Quartet Service Acquires Strategic Telecom Advisors

Professional Services Consulting Beefed Up at Quartet

"This latest acquisition fits perfectly with our aggressive growthstrategy to fulfill clients IT needs whether big or small," says RobertBracey, Quartet's President and CEO. "Strategic Telecom's know-how in pickingand implementing the right telecom system for each client gives us yet anotherarrow in our consulting division's quiver. We're targeting not onlytraditionally underserved mid-tier firms with platinum service and products,but also more large enterprises like the Greater Toronto Airport Authority."

With more than 20 years experience serving organizations in the privatesector and non-profit areas such as education, manufacturing, financialservices and healthcare, Strategic Telecom Advisors is an expert in modelingtelecom infrastructure, benchmarking and outsourcing IT services, negotiatingvendor contracts, and much more. The purchase of STA comes a month afterintegration of a large consulting team from NexInnovations Inc., the insolventIT infrastructure and services company, with Quartet's professional servicesteam.

"The strengths of Strategic Telecom Advisors are many, but telecomcost-benefit analysis is where it truly shines," says Piero Romani, Quartet'svice-president of consulting solutions. "That is why STA services are in highdemand not only among business firms but also among non-profits with tightbudgets."

STA recently project managed and deployed an advanced VoIP networklinking 20 locations of a not-for-profit home healthcare organization with3,700 employees.

Quartet is a Microsoft Gold Partner with infrastructure and informationworker specialization, Cisco Premier Partner in the VoIP category andcertified Blackberry Partner. It specializes in serving the growing call frommid-tier companies for sophisticated technical services such as remotemanagement, disaster recovery and third-party IT infrastructure management.

About Quartet

Quartet is an IT outsourcing firm specializing in small and mid-tiercompanies in the GTA. It offers 35 a-la-carte services backed by sophisticatedIT infrastructure to support its clients with Internet, telephony and dataservices. Quartet's services range from designing its clients' data andtelecommunications networks and acquiring equipment to migrating data andproviding on-going service support.

For further information

Mary Northover, Marketing and Public Relations,Quartet Service, (416) 483-8332 x 2035,