Broadwing and Compaq focus on the small to medium size business market. This alliance
may add to sales and profits.
Company Press Release
Broadwing and Compaq to Deliver e-business Services to Small and Medium Businesses
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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000--Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW - news) today announced that it is working with Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ - news) to deliver e-business services to the small to medium business market.
This relationship complements Broadwing's existing information technology consulting division, Broadwing IT Consulting, which specializes in delivering advanced technology services and solutions to Fortune 1500 clients. The relationship also enables Broadwing's Business Markets sales force to offer companies services and technologies that were previously available only to larger enterprises.
The relationship is aimed at providing small to medium enterprises with a single source for end-to-end computing services covering PCs, servers, enterprise applications and networks. Broadwing and Compaq will combine their complementary skills to deliver new services for a broad range of information technology and communications needs in the small to medium business market. The combination of Broadwing, with its next-generation fiber-optic network and sales force, and Compaq Services, with its infrastructure operations management and help-desk expertise, gives small to medium organizations the ability to take advantage of information technologies, such as the Internet, as do enterprises with larger budgets and massive IT organizations.
Compaq will offer services from its eBusiness Management Centers and on-site, service capabilities that have traditionally been available on a custom basis to multi-national corporations. Working in tandem with Compaq, Broadwing will provide small-medium enterprise customers with integrated communications services and support for the network infrastructure. Broadwing's award-winning, IP network, Gemini2000, will offer data, voice and multimedia transmissions with optimum performance and quality of service.
``Our relationship with Compaq illustrates Broadwing's commitment to providing carrier-class network services to the small-medium enterprise,' said Rick Pontin, president and COO of Broadwing Communications. ``Broadwing's superior network, telecommunications and IT Consulting Services blended with Compaq Services' expertise in infrastructure management and support will allow us to offer today's small and medium businesses with an unparalleled Internet and IT solution in one package.'
Broadwing and Compaq are also providing services to each other that leverage their existing capabilities while providing improved operational capability to their business operations. Compaq provides infrastructure and operations management support to Broadwing and Broadwing provides telecommunications services to Compaq.
``Our relationship with Broadwing emphasizes the importance of Compaq's NonStop(TM) eBusiness solutions to all types of businesses. Broadwing can focus on expanding its business with new offerings for customers leveraging the latest technology and the Internet while relying on Compaq to provide business-critical IT management and support services,' said Jim Milton, vice president, U.S. Enterprise Sales, Compaq Computer Corporation.
About Broadwing
Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW - news) is an integrated communications powerhouse delivering voice, data, and Internet solutions to a variety of customers nationwide. Broadwing combines unparalleled customer service with a premier next-generation fiber network and award-winning IP backbone, to create data and internet solutions that are innovative, reliable and provide businesses a competitive advantage Broadwing sets the standard for customer accountability with its first-in-the-industry Installation Guarantee. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio with 5,500 employees in 37 cities, Broadwing can be found on the Web at broadwing.com.
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