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The document outlines global technology trends and the strategic direction of Black Box®, an IT solutions provider. It highlights the importance of AI, cloud platforms, and digital immunity in enhancing business operations, while also detailing Black Box's extensive global presence, innovative solutions, and partnerships. Additionally, it showcases various case studies demonstrating the company's capabilities in data centers, cyber security, enterprise networking, and unified communications.

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The document outlines global technology trends and the strategic direction of Black Box®, an IT solutions provider. It highlights the importance of AI, cloud platforms, and digital immunity in enhancing business operations, while also detailing Black Box's extensive global presence, innovative solutions, and partnerships. Additionally, it showcases various case studies demonstrating the company's capabilities in data centers, cyber security, enterprise networking, and unified communications.

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Global Corporate

Presentation
Global Trends
Adapting to Evolving Technology Trends

By 2026, organizations that operationalize


AI transparency, trust and security will see By 2027, more than 50% of enterprises will
their AI models achieve a 50% result use industry cloud platforms to accelerate
improvement in terms of adoption, business their business initiatives.
goals and user acceptance.

By 2026, enterprises that have adopted AI


engineering practices to build and manage By 2025, organizations that invest in
adaptive AI systems will outperform their building digital immunity will increase
peers in the operationalizing AI models by customer satisfaction by decreasing
at least 25%. downtime by 80%.

By 2025, 50% of enterprise wireless


By 2027, more than 50% of the global
endpoints will use networking services that
population will be daily active users of
deliver additional capabilities beyond
multiple superapps.
communication, up from less than 15%.

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IT Has Evolved As A Catalyst For Business Impact
Structured
Cabling
Global Multisite Data
Deployments Center
5G Customer
& OnGo Experience

Edge
Networking Cyber Security

Digital Reimagined
Workplace Workplace

Connected Audio Visual


Buildings Integrations
Biometrics Autonomic
Systems

Robotics AI 3D Printing
Engineering

ITeS Retail Manufacturing Government Retail Healthcare Hospitality Business BFSI Financial
Services Services
BUSINESSES

3
Corporate Overview

Black Box® is a trusted IT solutions provider delivering cutting-edge technology


solutions and world-class consulting services to businesses around the globe.

The breadth of our global reach, continuous innovation, and depth of our expertise
accelerate customer success by bringing people, ideas, and technology together to
solve real-world business problems.

Our IT infrastructure solutions, services, and products enable secure, flawless


connectivity and meaningful collaboration for businesses in every major market
across six continents.

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A Snapshot
Innovative and customized digital,
cloud-ready, secure solutions and
services portfolio
35+ 30+ 5,000+
Presence in Countries Global Technology Active Client Locations
Partnerships Serviced On-Site Future-ready technology products
portfolio

Best-in-class technology partners


75 3,800+ 4,000+
Delivery & Support Centers Global Certifications Worldwide multivendor, multisite
Across 6 Continents Representatives support

Agile, flexible, right-size organization

250+ 8,000+
Fortune 500 Clients Global Customers

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Moving Forward as ONE

Tata exits AGC goes global


Tata Telecom forms JV & Avaya Global Connect and expands into North
with AT&T in India is formed America & MEA

1986 1994
1994 1996 2004 2010 2011 2014

2019
AGC founded as AT&T exits, Avaya exits – Essar AGC forms Multi-Alliances Growing the
Tata Telecom Tata-Avaya JV enters & AGC providing Multi-Solutions global organization
Ltd. takes shape Networks is born in Multi-Geos Expanding global One Name,
presence, AGC acquires One Brand,
Black Box Corporation, One Language
and Black Box delists.

Grows from a small 2020-22 2022 & Beyond


y
catalog to Known for its
“The Big Book” & 24x7 tech support.
becomes Black Box. Black Box expands Black Box named one of the Global capability
HQ moves from international presence “200 Best Small & delivery
Simi Valley, California and forms JVs in Europe, Companies in America” expansion
to Lawrence, PA APAC, and South America by Forbes magazine. with acquisitions
of Fujisoft, Pyrios,
Mobiquest,
1976 1980-90 1992 1996 1998 1999 2000-10 - Z Services,
Sxtreo, and COPC

Black Box founded Black Box Black Box’s GSI Black Box acquires
as Expandor, Inc. goes public division begins multiple IT
Mails first catalog (NASDAQ: BBOX) service providers
with 9 products
in 6 pages
Global Footprint*
Seamlessly transforming technology across enterprises economically, uniformly, and with scale at a global level
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Ireland
Netherlands
Norway
Spain Asia-Pacific
Sweden
Australia
Switzerland
Bangladesh
UK
China
North America Hong Kong
Canada Japan
USA Malaysia
New Zealand
India Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan

Latin America
Brazil Middle East & Africa
Chile Kenya
US HQ Costa Rica Saudi Arabia
Colombia UAE
Registered and India HQ Mexico
Puerto Rico
*Black Box Offices

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Our Approach
The Roadmap to Technology Integration

Relevance Relationships Results


Understanding industry Fostering deep relationships Leveraging more than 46 years
landscapes, gauging business with our technology partners, of dedicated efforts towards
futures, securing IT, and aligning directed towards helping delivering objective results
the relevant technology from our customer succeed aligned to the larger customer
global leaders organization, but driven by
technology

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Black Box Portfolio
Solutions, Services, and Products

Global Solutions Xcelerate Technology


Integration Services Products Solutions

• Connected Buildings • Consulting & Design • AV & KVM


• Digital Workplace
• Project Management • IoT
• Customer Experience
• Field Services • Analytics & Control Solutions
• In-Building 5G/OnGo®
• Support Services • Network Infrastructure
• Data Centers
• Managed Services • Support & Services
• Enterprise Networking
• Cyber Security • Customer Success

9
Global Solutions Integration
Differentiated Global Solutions Integrator That Accelerates Business Outcomes

Differentiated Strategic Global Local


Solutions Partnerships Reach Execution

10
GSI Portfolio
In-Building 5G/OnGo®

Customer Experience Data Centers


Support
Services Managed
Services

Field
Digital Workplace Services Enterprise Networking
Customer
Success
CUSTOMER

Project
Services Consulting &
Design Services
Connected Buildings Cyber Security

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Connected Buildings

Global Multisite 1,500


Deployments PROJECTS PER MONTH

Structured Cabling

Audio Video
Solutions

120+
Deployment
of IoT Devices
100s COUNTRIES

OF SITES PER NIGHT

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Digital Workplace
IT Management

Reimagined Workplace
PHONE COLLABORATION

MANAGED
Hybrid Workplace
SERVICES

UC / UCaaS
(Public/Private) FILE SHARING
VIDEO
CONFERENCING

Premise to Cloud APPLICATIONS


Upgrade

*Logos are the property of the respective owners.

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Customer Experience

Omnichannel Resilient Staffing


Experience Solutions

Digital First / AI Agent Engagement

Global CX Approach
Guidance, Platforms, Success

CX Service Journey Fully Integrated Digital Custom Application


evaluation with First/AI technology Services, Global Response
executable roadmaps transforms CX beyond Centers, PS, MS, and CSM
simplifies & accelerates CCaaS into an options ensure
business transformation Omnichannel solution continuous improvement

*Logos are the property of the respective owners.

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In-Building 5G and OnGo®
Public Network
5G 100x Faster Mobile Broadband
Ultra-Reliable, Low-Latency
Massive Internet of Things

OnGo® (USA)

Private Wireless
(ROW) Private Network
Allocated (Coordinated) Spectrum
Full End-to-End Security
Predictable, High Capacity, Higher QoS
Public Safety DAS

RTLS

*Logos are the property of the respective owners.


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Data Centers

Data Center Build

Outside Plant Build

DC Operations

Hyperscale, Colocation,
Edge, and Enterprise

*Logos are the property of the respective owners.

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Enterprise Networking
SD-WAN
Secure Worker

Wi-Fi 6

Security

Core Routing &


Switching

WiFi as a Service
(WaaS)

*Logos are the property of the respective owners.

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Cyber Security
Outcome based | Complete lifecycle services | Tailored to clients’
needs | Best of the breed technologies | Cost effective

Advisory and GRC Cloud Security

Managed XDR OT & IoT Security

Infrastructure and
Data Security Application Security

Identity and
Access Management

Consulting Services
System Integration Services
Managed Services

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*Logos are the property of the respective owners.
Strong Relationship with Global Tech Partners
Supporting IT Innovation Together

*Logos are the property of the respective owners.


*Partnerships may change as per region

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Technology Products Solutions and Services
Driving Innovation Through Human-Centric Technology Solutions

State-of-the-art 24/7 pre- and post-sales Network of technical Professionally


R&D incubation centers technical support experts across the globe equipped demonstration
and training centers

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Technology Products Solutions Portfolio

Audio Video/IoT

AV IoT

Switching Visualization Connected/Smart Buildings Telemetry/Positioning


Products

Desktop Enterprise Signage/


Distribution Sensors Gateways Sensors Gateways
KVM KVM Video Walls

Unified Control & Management IoT Analytics Software Platform

Connectivity Products

Support & Professional Services


Services

Consulting: Factory Pre-Configuration: Support:


Tailored combinations of IT infrastructure, hardware and Through all project and product
technologies and products software setup and maintenance lifecycle stages

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What We Do

AV Switching Video Walls and IoT Monitoring,


and Extension Digital Signage Sensors, and Gateways
Simplify signal management Make decisions from a Monitor your building,
with reliable switching and common operating picture rooms, and equipment from
extension equipment. or shared display. anywhere, at any time.

Sources/Server Rooms Signal Management Operator Consoles Video Wall

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Product Partners
Leveraging our Relationships with Global Distributors

*Logos are the property of the respective owners.

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Entrenched Customer Relationship
Empowering enterprises through cutting-edge technology
solutions and world-class consulting services

Technology Healthcare Manufacturing Utilities


8 of the Fortune 100 4 of the 6 Largest 7 of the 10 Largest 3 of the Fortune 50 Largest
Tech Companies Hospitals Global Manufacturers US Utility Companies

Broadcasting Retail Hospitality Banking


7 of Forbes’ Top 10 US 3 of the 6 Largest The 3 HNN Largest 6 of Forbes’ 10
Broadcast Companies US Retailers Hotels in the World Largest US Banks

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Customers & Use Cases

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Consultative Approach

• Identify the customer’s business goals and


pain points
• Define the problem and analyze its effect in
the long run
• Recommend a solution that will specifically
address that problem
• Ascertain and clearly define the business
value associated to this solution to the
customer
• Provide an informative implementation
plan to decision makers

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Case Study – Data Centers
Building Global Hyperscale Data Centers for a Data Center Giant

The
The Client The Solution Benefits
Challenge
One of the largest data Construct multiple Black Box has a global As a preferred data center
center holders around the hyperscale data centers strategy and partner, Black Box has
world globally with complex methodology of been continuously
requirements and standardizing and entrusted with new build-
aggressive go-live ensuring repeatable, outs while operating data
deadlines while predictable outcomes. centers with skilled,
maintaining data centers Recruit, train, and retain certified, in-house talent
that carry massive traffic cultivated talent for long-
throughout the world term projects and
resource reallocation

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Case Study – Cyber Security
Turn-key Vulnerability and Gaps Assessment for Geauga County

The
The Client The Solution Benefits
Challenge
Geauga County, a county • Visibility • Vulnerability and gaps • Optimization of
in the U.S. state of Ohio, • Cyber security gaps assessment on external security assets
in support of the richly • Cyber security risks and internal IT • Devices and systems
dynamic culture of its • Security policies infrastructure hardening
• Series of reports
citizenry, required a addressing the new • Improved security
identifying the findings,
robust, secure, and privacy & security posture
risks, & remediation
vulnerability free IT compliance efforts • Security policy
infrastructure requirements • Remediation ensuring privacy and
engineering, security safety protections
policy vCISO services &
security program
maturity development

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Case Study – Enterprise Networking
Drive Network Transformation for a Carwash Technology Company

The
The Client The Solution Benefits
Challenge
The client is one of the The challenge was Custom-design a single, With one strategic move
fastest growing threefold. One, to enterprise-wide SD-WAN to a centralized SD-WAN,
software/hardware consolidate and with policies for each the company centralized
technology company that centralize a complex, specific business and simplified network
serves carwash retailers, dispersed network. Two: operation. Segment and management with a single
processing one million To ensure PCI compliance secure PCI data and dashboard, and ensured
transactions a day and scalability across all install next-gen security PCI compliance eliminated
locations. Three: Manage appliances. Develop a the risk of data breaches
the network with limited single dashboard for and cost non-compliance
IT resources network management by fees
a small IT team

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Case Study – Unified Communications
Communications Continuity for a Public Utility

The
The Client The Solution Benefits
Challenge
Operating for more than To ensure After an exhaustive The Utility improved
50 years, this citizen- communications search, the Utility took the customer service by
owned public utility continuity and top-of-the- digital leap with a high- reducing wait times and
provides electricity, water, line customer service, the availability, NEC UC using modern messaging
and telecom for a town of client needed to upgrade solution that provides and automated functions.
60,000 in the Pacific its end-of-life, no-longer redundancy for disaster During a snow emergency,
Northwest, USA supported hard-wired recovery, modern the power went down, but
communications system functionality, mobility, the phones, and customer
to one that provided scalability and service stayed up. IT likes
modern contact center transparency across the scalability and
and collaboration multiple call centers connectivity for networked
features and mobility locations

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Case Study – AlertWerks (IoT)
Environmental Monitoring for Taiwan Railways Administration

The Client The Challenge The Solution Benefits

Taiwan Railways Replace the railway’s legacy To keep the railway's The system integrates with
Administration is a Ministry remote environmental network operating without other devices, such as IP
of Transportation and monitoring system that heat or humidity damage, cameras and UPSs, for
Communications in Asia included some damaged Black Box deployed the flexibility. It also provides
operating and maintaining hardware and out-of-date, AlertWerks Wired personnel flexibility as no
more than 60 in-house proprietary, customized Monitoring System. The professional training is
data centers software which tied them system was installed in 18 needed for system
to using only the original control rooms with the configuration. Managed by
supplier dual temperature & a GUI-enabled software
humidity controls, smoke program, IT administrators
detectors, and door access can easily expand or
sensors update the system

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Case Study – AV-over-IoT
Shannon Brewing Company Implements Complete AV-IoT Solution

The Client The Challenge The Solution Benefits

Shannon Brewing The brewing company Black Box’s MCX-AVoIP Debuting on Super Bowl
Company is proud of their faced two challenges: video matrix system Sunday, the brewery rolled
one-of-a-kind, award- enhancing the video combines the eleven TVs out the AV-IoT solution
winning fire-brewed beer. entertainment in the and eight media sources to from Black Box. The big
Made with pure Texas customer-service area and be able to send any source game was broadcast on
spring water, whole grain, transitioning the to any TV, at any time. The the video walls in the bar
and whole flower hops, the monitoring equipment AlertWerks IoT Web area and outside patio.
beer is sure to satisfy the from the analog age to the Gateway and LoRaWAN The environmental
palate with its rich, malt digital age in the brewing wireless sensors monitor monitoring equipment in
flavor area temperature, humidity, the back room operates
water leak detection, door efficiently, maintaining the
operation, and more quality and taste of the
beer brewed on-site

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Case Study – KVM-over-IP
Returkraft Deploys Emerald PE and Central Power Hub in a Brand-New Control Room

The Client The Challenge The Solution Benefits

Returkraft recycles ordinary Last June, the Returkraft A KVM over IP solution Returkraft now enjoys
household and company plant suffered an explosion using Emerald PE point-to-point KVM
waste and turns it into that destroyed their control extenders connecting the extension over a limited
energy. Serving 23 room. The company was systems and operators number of infrastructure
Norwegian municipalities faced with the challenge of replaced the damaged cables, including power
in Agder and Telemark, the building a temporary equipment. The Emerald PE and network redundancy.
incineration plant receives control room to monitor transmitter and receiver The new solution extends
approximately 130,000 and access targets in a units are installed in the the same number of KVM
metric tonnes (143,300 technical room. Safety was temporary control room signals over a fewer
tons) of residual waste per paramount for the new and server room with number of cables.
year. Returkraft recovers control room future plans to deploy the
63% of the energy in the same setup in the new
waste received installation

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Case Study – KVM-over-IP
FOX Sports builds Studios on Black Box Emerald KVM-over-IP Platform

The Client The Challenge The Solution Benefits

FOX Sports, also referred Customer’s desire was to The Black Box Emerald The complete Emerald
to as Fox Sports Media enable flexible IP-based KVM-over-IP solution solution delivered high
Group, is the sports signal switching and became the favored choice availability and scalability,
programming division of extension connecting to deliver reliable, flexible interoperability between
the Fox Corporation that is physical and virtual IP-based signal switching 4K and HD, remote app,
responsible for sports systems, with studios, and extension. The system and a market-leading low
broadcasts carried by the control rooms, and connects in total 1.000 bandwidth consumption
Fox broadcast network, Fox operators using a high endpoints using a variety for maximum expandability
Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, and degree of automation of Emerald models that and flexibility
the Fox Sports Radio putting people and news meet individual
network at the center requirements while
working perfectly together

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Case Study – KVM-over-IP
Media Mobil GmBH (MMG) deploys Emerald PE Solution in OB Vans

The Client The Challenge The Solution Benefits

Media Mobil GmbH (MMG) To significantly reduce his The customer used Black Enabling a reduction of the
offers a wide variety of onsite team following Box Emerald KVM-over-IP on-event team by 65%, the
mobile production units, social distancing in the OB (keyboard, video, mouse) customer can now deliver
including Outside vans, the customer needed technology to extend a link even more sports
Broadcasting (OB) vans for a bandwidth-efficient IP- across the country, productions in a better
recording and based solution for moving essentially enabling remote quality, bringing greater
broadcasting of sports video and control signals control over a WAN consistency to its
events, concerts, from equipment within on- unlocking seamless broadcasts and
entertainment formats, or site mobile production collaboration in a establishing a more
current reporting events. units to distributed distributed hub model collaborative creative
production facility via the environment
public internet

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Our Credibility
Is Best Answered by Our Clients

“If you ever wanted to check a temperature in the evening “Overall, the project was a huge success, and we've “The new KVM System integrated with the Shelf
or set a temperature in the hot liquor tank… you have it expanded on this model for other sports and the worked really well. Black Box continues to
right there on your phone, all the data you need to make new NASCAR season. As a result, we'll be able to add support us through our journey and ensures
sure that it’s working. I can’t tell you how easy that is and more production elements into the show without we're heading in the right direction. They've
how much peace of mind it brings to be able to know that adding too many more bodies on site. By expanding seen what works, and what doesn't – and that's
your business is operating correctly, effortlessly, and the use of KVM over IP technology, we're able to really valuable.”
efficiently while you are away. If any equipment stops keep our production team safe while giving viewers Contact Center Manager,
operating correctly, I have all sorts of alerts that go off. I at home a richer broadcast product.” New Zealand electricity generator and retailer
can’t tell you how much better I sleep at night knowing
that this stuff is going and working the way it’s supposed Kevin Callahan, Vice President of Field Operations
to work.” and Engineering, Fox Sports
Shannon Carter, Brewery Owner,
Shannon Brewing Company
AlertWerks and AV Deployments

“Working closely with our NEC partners [Black Box],


"Black Box was able to securely and rapidly modernize we pretty much gutted and reinstalled our network
its contact center operations to meet high call volumes switching infrastructure, replacing cable in some
and support a remote workforce in the midst of COVID- areas, and changing out all our switches with those
19. And cloud-based solutions are not just for having POE (Power over Ethernet) capability. The final
emergencies. They offer government agencies improved cutover was beautiful.”
“Genesys Cloud, with Black Box, has flexibility and cost savings over old-school systems for
Sub Network Engineer,
transformed the way we work” the long haul."
Utility Board

Manager, State & Local Government Account Manager,


Farm Source Service Center IT software

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Awards
Exemplifying our Commitment towards Excellence

Top choice in the Disability Equality Index®

2022
Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion
(USA)
CommScope - ‘Focus on Training’ Award

2021
Bronze Stevie Award Winner
(USA)
Front-Line Customer Service
Silver Stevie Award Winner Customer Service Team of the Year (USA)
Team of the Year (USA)

2020
InfoComm Best of Show NAB Product of the Year Winner
TVB Europe Best of Show Award IBC 2022 for MCX Gen 2 (USA)
for PoE KVM Extenders (USA)
AV Technology Best of Show ISE 2022 AV Magazine UK (Shortlisted) ISE Best of Show Award 2020 for
MCX Gen 2 (UK) Radian Flex (EU)
Silver award for Best Booth at Automation
Expo’22 (India) rAVe Reader’s Choice Award Bronze Stevie Award Winner Front-
Nominee (USA) Line Customer Service Team of the
Verint - Partner Excellence Award (India) Year (USA)
CommScope DAS Partner of the Best of Show Special Edition Award
Avaya - Subscription Partner of the Year Year (USA) from TV Technology Magazine for
(India) Emerald PE IP-Based KVM
Avaya OneCloud Subscription
Juniper - MIST-AIDE Partner of the Year Extenders (USA)
Partner of the Year – APAC
(India) (India) AV Technology Europe Best of
Show at ISE (EU)
Juniper - Enterprise Partner of the Year Yotta – The Golden Circle Black Box Emerald PE for Digital
(India) Partner Excellence Award (India) Media World Award – Bronze
LG Business Solutions - Preferred Partner VAR, India - Eminent Value- Avaya International Theatre
Added Reseller Award (India) Partner of the Year (India)
award (India)

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Global Support
Customer Experience Centers (CEC)
Merits & Certifications
Global Response Centers
Global Security Operation Centers (G-SoC)
across Pittsburgh, Plano, Mumbai & Bengaluru

Customer Driven
Quality Commitment
ISO 9001:2015 certified
SOC-2 – Re-examination completed
We are equipped, certified, and driven towards BICSI-certified team members
the customer organization. Our capabilities span RoHS2 compliant
vendors and technologies that help us support
our customers needs. WEEE compliant

Our quality management and professional


services provide unmatched credibility and Continuous Innovation
capability to serve demanding customers.
Center of Excellence for Global Solution
Integration
State-of-the-art incubation centers to align
products to newer markets

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Accelerating Customer Success in an Ever-Changing Digital World

LET'S CONNECT

Products: +1 877-877-2269 [email protected]

Solutions: +1 855-324-9909 www.blackbox.com

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