AGT Names Kennesaw Office Headquarters

Leading Provider of Video Conferencing Technology and Cloud Services Returns to its Georgia Roots; Company Poised for Growth in 2014

Applied Global Technologies (AGT), a leading provider of managed and cloud video conferencing solutions, today announces the company has re-established its Kennesaw, Ga. office as headquarters. Founded in 1993 by two Georgia Tech Research Institute engineers, AGT was originally headquartered in metro-Atlanta before opening a second office in Rockledge, Fla. and subsequently naming it headquarters in 1996. Today’s announcement follows several notable milestones for AGT in 2013, including a new CEO appointment, a refined brand and partner strategy, significant technology advances and the company’s 20th year in business.

AGT was founded by Ben Atha and Mike Valletutti while working together as research engineers at Georgia Tech Research Institute and was established as a Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) company. During the company’s first five years, AGT specialized in the design and integration of complex video networks. Over the next decade, the company developed several successful products for Network Aware Scheduling and IP video testing, while also serving as one of Polycom’s top video equipment resellers. AGT continued its success by pioneering managed services for video conferencing and developing cloud-based video solutions that connect mobile devices, desktops and web browsers with high definition conference rooms.

Co-founder Ben Atha, a Georgia resident who served as AGT’s CTO for 19 years and is now CEO, states, “Although we have always had a large presence in metro-Atlanta, we are excited to officially return AGT’s headquarters to its Georgia roots here in Kennesaw. We approached 2013 as a year of strategic refinement and technology growth, and Kennesaw is a great central location for our company, partners and customers. We also look forward to expanding our engagement with the Atlanta community, which is experiencing phenomenal technology activity and growth."

AGT’s new headquarters resides in its Chastain Center office and data center in Kennesaw. AGT will continue to operate an office in Rockledge and has employees that work at customer sites as part of the company’s managed services division, such as Ericsson, State of Georgia, Motorola and BNP Paribas.

A Changing Industry 
As worldwide video conferencing equipment sales continue to decline due to a slow demand of expensive hardware and the availability of software-based video tools, end users and service providers are seeking video conferencing as a service. The video-as-a-service (VaaS) industry is poised for dramatic growth in 2014 and AGT has equipped itself to be on the forefront of the expansion with its technology expertise and its unique partner program, which allows service providers to white-label and launch video services with little time to market. With no up-front capital investment and quick ROI, AGT partners generate high recurring margins and please end users demanding video conferencing that is simple, affordable and scalable.

To learn more about AGT and its renewed presence in metro-Atlanta, please visit http://www.appliedglobal.com.

About AGT │ Applied Global Technologies 
AGT offers a variety of turnkey managed and cloud video solutions that make video conferencing simple, affordable and scalable. AGT’s suite of services and technology focus on delivering partners and clients a Video-as-a-Service platform. The company’s proven ability to power private and public video clouds extend video communication beyond the limitations of the traditional conference room to any location, device or endpoint. As the pioneer of managed services for video conferencing, AGT also offers unmatched remote video monitoring and management expertise. AGT is a trusted partner for service providers, unified communications providers, resellers and system integrators – and has served Fortune 1000 companies for two decades. For more information, please visithttp://www.appliedglobal.com and @agt_video.