Fortran Corporation primarily engages in the telecom sales and services business. The company provides these services to businesses and institutions throughout North and South Carolina.
The company provides managed network services, specializing in business Ethernet, data networking, converged, IP VPN, Internet access, voice, including VoIP, and network security services to organizations, including public sector entities, and carriers throughout the S.E. U.S. It offers business communication se...
Fortran Corporation primarily engages in the telecom sales and services business. The company provides these services to businesses and institutions throughout North and South Carolina.
The company provides managed network services, specializing in business Ethernet, data networking, converged, IP VPN, Internet access, voice, including VoIP, and network security services to organizations, including public sector entities, and carriers throughout the S.E. U.S. It offers business communication services, including data, high speed Internet access, network and voice services.
Customers
The company’s customers include, among others, organizations in the financial services, technology and scientific, distribution, manufacturing and professional services industries, system integrators and communications service providers, including ILECs, CLECs, wireless communications companies and cable companies.
Business Strategy
The key elements of the company’s business strategy include focusing its service offerings on meeting its customers' needs, emphasizing business Ethernet and IP VPN, managed services and maintenance contracts, Internet-based services and converged service offerings, developing its service capabilities, and traditional sales of voice/data equipment; enabling enterprise cloud computing and other developing customer information technology and business strategies by utilizing fiber networks, data services portfolios, intelligent network capabilities and various third party and customer data centers connected to its network; and delivering a differentiated customer care strategy by engaging all of its employees and continually incorporating customer feedback and increasing automation to provide the customer service.
The company’s business strategy also includes utilizing local fiber assets and national IP backbones and integrating other carriers’ facilities to enable its customers to connect any of their locations with its network solutions, and using its local presence and local sales, sales engineering, customer support and operational resources, to provide personalized service and customized solutions for its customers; improving its multi-channel sales strategy through expanding its sales personnel for both its direct and indirect channels; and investing in its people to drive the execution of its strategies.
Seasonality
Historically, the company’s revenues in the first quarter (year ended June 30, 2015) of each fiscal year have been favorable due to the resetting of maintenance contracts and service agreements, especially with regard to governments and school systems.
History
The company was formerly known as Burke Mills, Inc. and changed its name to Fortran Corporation in February 2013.