Stratos offers a full range of worldwide products and services from Inmarsat, Iridium and others; end-to-end microwave and VSAT solutions; as well as MarineSat/LandSat services to global organizations who need reliable voice, data and IP communications for mission-critical applications. Don’t know what that means? Either did I before I met the folks at Stratos. Think of it this way, whether you are surfing the web for updates on Hurricane Bertha from the 500 miles off the Florida Keys, or calling your family from the top of Everest, chances are you are using telecommunication products and services from Stratos Global.

With more than a century of service and over 20,000 customers, Stratos is doing things right. And we like partnering with customers that do things right.

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IceMedia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dialog Information Technology. With 8 offices across Australia and one in the UK, IceMedia is uniquely positioned to extend their reach both nationally and internationally to provide their customers with world class service.

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In researching and contacting possible partners around the world, it has proved frustrating to only have an hour or two in the morning and evening to be able to reach out to people and catch them during their workday. Generally, l like to find potential partners via their websites. In a perfect business development world, we’d all work the same hours, and I could just pick up the phone and give them a call. Unfortunately, more often than not it seems, it ends up being the middle of the night for them. Grrr! So to ease my frustration, I have relied heavily on email to get the conversations started with potential partners. It has worked to some extent, and my response rate is relatively high (I attribute this to how good Contour is, and not my writing skill). But for me, sending out emails like this will never be quite as effective as picking up the phone and giving someone a ring.

Secondly, once we get this program running full steam ahead, and our partners are fully engaged with Contour prospects, I will have to be available during the evening and early morning hours. My wife may not be all that thrilled with me getting up in the middle of the night to make calls to Singapore, Japan, China and other far-away places. I’m not actually going to like the getting out of bed part of it, as I like my sleep as much as the next person. But in a way I’m looking forward to it, because it will mean that we have done things right and our partners are achieving success with Contour and ultimately that’s why I joined Jama.

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