LAS VEGAS, NV -- May 12, 1999 -- Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) announces the second Cisco Powered Network Service Provider Partner Pavilion at the NetWorld+Interop '99 in Las Vegas.Twenty leading service providers who offer services built on a Cisco infrastructure will exhibit innovative network solutions in booth number 7169 -- next to Cisco's main N+I booth.
"We're excited to continue this successful joint marketing program at N+I this spring," said Larry Lang, Cisco's vice president of service provider marketing. "Because service providers play an important role in meeting our customers' end-to-end networking needs, we developed the Cisco Powered Network program to help businesses choose the service provider that's right for them. By offering a pavilion devoted to Cisco Powered Network program members at N+I, the show attendees will not only be able to learn about Cisco's industry-leading technology, but also about innovative, Cisco-based network services offered by these leading service providers."
Members of the Cisco Powered Network program are service providers that provide high-quality, end-to-end network solutions built on a Cisco infrastructure. Together, Cisco and Cisco Powered Network service providers are helping to create a New World communications infrastructure composed of integrated high-speed data, Internet access, voice and video services.
Cisco Powered Network program members exhibiting in the Partner Pavilion are:
- @Work on the @Home Network
Work, the business division of @Home Network, leverages a dual-channel, OC-48, 5-Gbps Tier-1 IP backbone and distributed information architecture to provide the widest array of high-speed, dedicated connectivity options, Web hosting, co-location, multi-homing, backup connections, VPN, and value-added business applications. - AboveNet Communications, Inc.
AboveNet is a premier provider of co-location and Internet connectivity solutions for high-bandwidth and mission-critical applications. AboveNet's unique one-hop network design delivers the fastest, most scalable, and reliable connections to the Internet. - CAIS Internet
CAIS Internet, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is one of the original tier-one ISPs. It operates a nationwide, fully redundant, clear-channel DS3/OC3 ATM network. CAIS delivers a full-range of high-speed Internet services, including CAIS HyperDSL, the latest in digital subscriber line technology. - Covad Communications
Covad Communications is a high-speed Internet and network access provider offering digital subscriber line (DSL) services to Internet service providers and enterprise customers. Covad was the first to deliver DSL-based services to the market and continues to be the leading competitive carrier. - Digital Island
Digital Island has designed a global IP applications platform to deploy business-critical applications, using an intelligent network. Digital Island's solutions allow customers to reach new markets faster, with the reliable performance necessary to support the most demanding E-business challenges. - Electric Lightwave, Inc.
Electric Lightwave is an integrated communications provider offering data, Internet access solutions, and prepaid voice services to businesses nationwide. In the Western United States, the company is a full-service provider offering local and long distance telephone service, videoconferencing, and broadband transport services. - Enron Communications, Inc.
Enron Communications' data-centric, national Pure IP® backbone, the Enron intelligent network, delivers high-quality, high bandwidth business information and applications. Enron's enabling technology allows a new generation of ePowered® application services to revolutionize communications in the 21st century. - EQUANT Network Services
EQUANT is a leading provider of seamless international data network services to multinational businesses. The company is a single source for global desktop communications, providing managed data network services, network design and integration, equipment installation, maintenance, support, and software development services. - Exodus Communications
Exodus Communications is a leading provider of Internet system and network management solutions for enterprises with mission-critical Internet operations. The company manages Internet Web sites and its network infrastructure from eight US data centers and a server hosting facility in London. - Frontier GlobalCenter
As a leader in digital communications, Frontier GlobalCenter provides content distribution and high-speed Internet access to leading Internet-centric businesses. The Frontier Optronics network offers unrivalled capacity, scalability, and the high reliability that comes with being a Cisco Powered Network. - GTE Internetworking
GTE Internetworking provides dedicated Internet access via a high capacity backbone, both engineered and delivered with the use of Cisco networking equipment. - ICG Communications, Inc.
ICG Communications, Inc. provides a full range of dedicated Internet access solutions, backed by SLAs and IP voice solutions. ICG Communications also offers long distance and access products. - Intermedia Communications
Intermedia Business Internet(SM) (formerly DIGEX Business Internet Solutions) is a first-tier, national Internet carrier featuring SuperTSM for load-balanced, multiple T1 access using Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF). - InterNAP Network Services
InterNAP supplies the world's fastest and most reliable Internet connectivity to businesses and Internet service providers nationwide. InterNAP has developed Private Network Access Points (P-NAPs(SM)) and Assimilator® software that orchestrate the routing and security of mission-critical applications, bypassing traffic congestion on the Internet. - IXC Communications, Inc.
Eventually, everyone on the Internet will be a Gemini. Find out why at the live demo of IXC Communications' Gemini2000 network, the network to which all future networks will be compared. - Rhythms NetConnections Inc.
Rhythms provide high-speed networking solutions for remote access to private networks and the Internet. Rhythms provide high-performance, "always on," secure networking solutions, including local connections ranging from 128 kbps to 7 Mbps (approximately 125 times the speed of today's fastest dial-up modem). - Sprint
Sprint ION is the world's first fully integrated, all-distance network that can reliably handle all your voice, video, data, fax and Internet communications over a single connection. But more importantly, Sprint ION redefines collaboration, linking your employees, suppliers and customers. - TeleMedia International USA, Inc. (TMI)
TMI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia, operates a proprietary global network with more than 100 points of presence in 45 countries. TMI offers international managed lines, DATAFAST Frame Relay, MondoNet IP VPN, messaging, IVPN, videoconferencing and outsourcing services. - TelePacific Communications
TelePacific offers state-of-the-art data and Internet access that efficiently combines access to multiple carrier backbone networks. - U S WEST
As a strategic Cisco Partner, U S WEST has proven post-sales technical support expertise for Cisco's most advanced products. The company provides a family of high-speed data communications services.
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