verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message critical links type private industry communications and it equipment founded 2006 headquarters fairfield new jersey united states key people joao carreira ceo number of employees 200 parent critical software slogan big business communications at small business price website www.critical links.com critical links is a provider of networking and communications equipment for use in the small and medium enterprise it communications infrastructure and for schools with their school 2.0 platform known as the education appliance 1 which deploys and manages classmate pcs at schools and has other features that support 1 1 learning networking and administration capabilities at schools . its headquarters are in fairfield new jersey . the company is iso 9001 and cmmi level 3 certified . 2 critical links edgebox was a best of show award winner in the best smb solution category at internet telephony awards in 2008 . 3 edgebox was also suggested by entrepreneur magazine 4 as a contributor to a green office since it cuts the number of separate devices needed and thus power consumption . critical links edgebox was one of the four finalists for the techworld green product of the year award in 2008 5 and was selected as the best convergence product in 2007 . 6 corporate history edit critical links was founded by joao carreira 7 and began operations in 2006 . 4 critical links has adapted native ip telephony technology and unified communications strategy for use in smb small and medium business networks . critical links supplies multiservice access platforms for converged voice and data networks for small and medium businesses . critical links flagship product edgebox includes voip ip pbx router vpns security nac qos and a wifi access point as well as a fax server web server e mail server print server and data storage . it is available on a range of hardware platforms that support up to 300 users with different form factors and a host of broadband interfaces such as bri pri t1 e1 fx0 fxs ethernet etc. critical links typically serves smbs through a global network of vars system integrators oems and service providers . references edit critical links education appliance . critical links . retrieved 2011 01 01 . about critical links . critical links . retrieved 2009 07 10 . tmc internet telephony product of the year award winners . telenity . retrieved 2009 07 10 . a b 8 gadgets to green your office 2009 . entrepreneur . 2009 . retrieved 2009 07 10 . awards and recognition . critical links.com . archived from the original on october 22 2008 . retrieved 2009 07 10 . techworld award winners 2007 . techworld.com . retrieved 2007 06 29 . joao carreira . www.tradevibes.com . september 2007 . retrieved 2009 09 01 . external links edit critical links official site this business related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title critical links & oldid 739067032 categories critical softwarecompanies based in essex county new jerseytelecommunications equipment vendorscompanies established in 2006business stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2009all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 16 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view