Become a NextGen Member

Founded in 2007 by 6 small business owners looking for comradery and buying power within the technology industry, NextGen has grown to over 35 member companies all uniquely invested in the success of our group. Although some might consider this gain to be moderate, it is due to NextGen’s determination to be deliberate and somewhat exclusive in its search for new members. We focus on quality over quantity and that resolution has not failed to keep us successful in every area. This, along with our concept of “giver’s gain”, allows trust to flow through our membership. Our members find purpose in the knowledge they have obtained in their industry by sharing it with others who need it. In turn, they receive expertise from other members in the areas they require it. We are also very attentive when offering membership as to the location and service area of our current members to avoid any fear of sales competition or rivalry within the group. This freedom to “mindshare” sets NextGen apart from most buying or networking groups.

In addition to this partnership with each other, we have secured agreements with around a dozen vendors that are particular to our group. These vendors are carefully selected based on the primary interests of a significant number of members in the group. This allows our group to receive special pricing, discounts, and other value from these sellers.

Partners:

• Intermedia – Intermedia is a one-stop shop for cloud business applications. Intermedia’s Office in the Cloud™ suite integrates the essential IT services that SMBs need to do business, including email, voice, file syncing and sharing, conferencing, instant messaging, identity and access management, mobility, security and archiving. Office in the Cloud goes beyond unified communications to encompass a wider breadth of fundamental IT services, delivered by a single provider.
• Clearfly – Clearfly delivers exceptional services to meet needs of small-to medium-sized companies with five to 500 employees. Our flat-rate voice packages offer unlimited domestic long distance. You receive coast-to-coast market coverage and the highest quality, reliability and support. Our suite of VoIP and SIP-based products transform legacy and traditional business voice line services.
• Presence Mangement – PM Power Products, LLC provides unique and innovative products that enhance dealer’s and integrator’s ability to increase sales opportunities and assist with project implementation. We have many years of experience with installation of telephony products and services, and we have taken our knowledge and applied it to creative product solutions for the market.
• Mentality – The day-to-day grind of supporting a network and end-users is daunting. As a business leader, this load distracts you from what you do best – growing your business. And in many cases, your IT professionals are spending their time managing the infrastructure, so there’s no time left to focus on using technology to elevate the company. Does this sound familiar? If so, allow Mentality to take on this burden by utilizing one of our extensive Managed IT offerings.
• Target Distibuting – Target Distributing is a leading national distributor of convergence technologies such as commercial telecommunications products, voice over IP solutions, datacom products, security systems, and professional audio/video products. In business since 1975, Target is committed to providing the broadest product selection, competitive pricing, high in-stock levels, rapid delivery, outstanding technical support and the most in-depth sales training in the industry.
• Zyxel – The reality of today’s business networks is that different network equipment lack consistency and integration. It’s common in the networking industry that equipment brands would just acquire new technologies for shorter time-to-market; as a result, products under the same brand might have totally different graphical or command-line interfaces, or similar features that perform differently. These translate into repetitive and low-efficiency works if there are dozens of devices to work on.
• Speco – Speco Technologies continues to drive product innovation by creating video surveillance solutions that go beyond capture, record and review, with products that actually help deter crime. Through our patented Digital Deterrent® technology, Speco products utilize the latest technology such as Twitter®, to communicate & alert early detection of events.
• Telarus – Built for You, Telarus is the largest privately-held technology services distributor (master agent) in the United States. Our dynamic agent-partner community sources data, voice, cloud, and managed services through our robust portfolio of 160 leading service providers. We are best known for our home-grown software pricing tools and mobile apps that are unique in the industry.
• Hansen Software – Hansen Software Corporation is a leading provider of call recording and call accounting products. Hansen Call Recording presents the unique opportunity to enjoy all of the functionality of call recording without sacrificing the efficiency and reporting capabilities of a state-of-the-art call accounting system. Hansen Call Reports is a state of the art, easy to use, call accounting software that will improve your business’ productivity, save you time and increase revenue.
• Captivated – Captivated is a new category of real-time engagement for business. It’s more than just texting. With our platform, you can handle internal team communication, MMS delivery and manage all tasks and appointments with no hassle. No more business cards. Send your contact information via text and let your customers know that they have access to a dedicated text line that transfers their inquiries to the right department—just like a phone call, only more convenient.
• Constalink – Your website isn’t what you see… it’s what you make others see, no matter what device they use. Finally… A custom website, professionally designed and managed, that you can update yourself, at a fixed monthly cost.
  Works on any device: desktops, tablets, mobile phones… We know your customers want to view your website on whatever device they have on hand. We make sure your site looks good and works flawlessly no mater what device they use.
• Zultys – At Zultys, we deliver an easy-to-use, secure, and reliable platform designed to streamline all forms of communication and increase productivity for any size enterprise. From small businesses to large-scale enterprises, Zultys products are helping thousands of companies and their employees meet and exceed their communication and collaboration needs every day.

As if this wasn’t enough value to warrant your company’s interest, we hold two-day networking events throughout the year called “Mindshares”. At these training-based events, members and vendors are able to meet face to face and build relationships and momentum. These events have been another key to our success as our member companies always leave with business building tools and knowledge.

All of this and more at no monetary cost to you. We do not charge dues. We only expect participation and investment. Whether that is through sharing knowledge, attending events, supporting with recruitment, or bringing customers to our vendors, it is totally up to you. Of course, we think the best success comes from doing all of it. We look forward to assessing your company’s fit for our group!