CompuServe Network Services and Cisco Team To Offer
Advanced End-to-End Networking Solutions
With A Cisco Powered Network, CompuServe Offers Customers Reliable,
Secure and High-Performance Data Communications Solutions
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1997--CompuServe Network Services, rated the best-performing Internet backbone in a recent independent survey, today announced its participation in the Cisco Powered Network Program.
Under the program, the two companies are working together to offer reliable, secure and high-performance networking services. The relationship highlights CompuServe Network Services' and Cisco's focus on leveraging intelligent broadband networking, including Internet Protocol (IP), to deliver enhanced connectivity and business-critical applications to corporate clients.
``By maximizing our relationship with Cisco, a recognized worldwide leader in networking, CompuServe Network Services can reassure our customers that the network and Internet services we offer lead the industry in reliability, performance and innovation,'' stated Dennis Brouwer, director, product marketing, CompuServe Network Services.
``Cisco is a great asset to us. We are able to seamlessly work together to provide solutions to meet our customers' needs,'' Brouwer added.
``Enterprise customers around the world have selected Cisco solutions for their networks,'' said Don Listwin, senior vice president of Cisco's service provider line of business. ``This program enables customers to have that same kind of confidence in solutions from their service provider. CompuServe Network Services is committed to using Cisco equipment as part of its overall solution. Together, both companies can better present the business sector with networking and Internet solutions.''
CompuServe Network Services' participation in this program is designed to increase customers' confidence and heighten brand recognition. Later this month, CompuServe Network Services' customers will begin seeing a Cisco Powered Network mark online, in direct mail pieces and in other marketing materials, indicating that their Internet routing, frame relay and ATM switching is backed by Cisco equipment. |
