C&L To Offer SAVVIS Intelligent IP Networking Services In Strategic VOIP Alliance.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers HERNDON, Va. & ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2002 C&L Communications, a full service distributor of high performance wide area and local area network integration technologies, and SAVVIS Communications Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SVVS SVVS Savvis, Inc (stock symbol) SVVS Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society (UK) SVVS Unix System V Verification Suite SVVS System V Verification Suite ), a premier global network services provider, today announced a strategic alliance in which C&L will offer SAVVIS' managed IP VPNs and other networking services for C&L's voice and data applications. The agreement enables the more than 1,200 value-added resellers (VARs) that work with C&L to deliver a turnkey, IP based solution for enterprise customers' voice and data networking needs, benefiting from the quality performance delivered by the SAVVIS network. The editors of Network Magazine named SAVVIS' IP VPNs Product of the Year for 2001, surpassing performance by other well-known VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. providers such as AT&T, WorldCom, Sprint and Genuity The SAVVIS Intelligent IP Network(SM) was designed to make it easier and more cost-efficient for companies of all sizes to implement public and private networking solutions to meet their business challenges. By putting the intelligence in the network as opposed to at the customer premises, SAVVIS offers a complete suite of managed IP networking services that combine the security, reliability and performance of private networking with the affordability and flexibility of the Internet. "We are delighted to add SAVVIS managed IP VPNs to our portfolio of products," said Michael Sonaco, chief executive officer of C&L Communications. "C&L is dedicated to providing ultra-reliable voice and data solutions for the small- to mid-size enterprise market, and the SAVVIS network is an ideal solution to enable companies to take full advantage of the many benefits of VoIP." Sonaco commented that C&L sought for some time to add a suite of IP services to complement its engineering expertise and lineup of equipment vendors. "After considerable research and analysis, we found that the SAVVIS IP products and Agent Program are the best fit for our objectives, providing the best quality of service and geographic reach," Sonaco said. "For more than 22 years, C&L has built its reputation as a superior full service distributor of WAN and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. products," said Matt Fanning, executive vice president, strategic development and business planning, of SAVVIS Communications. "We are honored that C&L has joined forces with SAVVIS in this powerful alliance, extending our reach in the business marketplace and providing C&L customers with the ability to converge voice and data to meet their ever-changing business demands." About C&L Communications C&L Communications, Inc., is an international value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. distributor of telecommunications products. C&L addresses the requirements of Wide Area and Local Area integrated networks transporting voice, data and video communications. With company headquarters located in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , TX, C&L provides products and services internationally to a diverse customer base through a national sales force located strategically through out the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and supported on a team basis by a system engineering group and inside sales force. For more information, go to http://www.c-lcom.com About SAVVIS SAVVIS Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:SVVS) is a global network service provider (NSP (1) (Network Service Provider) An organization that provides a high-speed Internet backbone to ISPs and other service providers. Sprint, MCI and UUNET are examples of NSPs. See Internet backbones. ) that delivers IP VPNs (virtual private networks), managed hosting and Internet services to medium-sized enterprises and the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. market. The mid-market, which is underserved by traditional data communications carriers, is the fastest growing segment of the IP VPN market. In the demanding financial services industry, SAVVIS is a leading provider of high-performance networking services. SAVVIS' Financial Xchange(SM), a private IP VPN service platform, connects more than 4,700 financial institutions to financial applications and data worldwide. Financial Xchange(SM) is also one of the largest carriers of Financial Information eXchange protocol (FIX) traffic in the United States and has partnerships with many FIX application and services providers. Known as "The Network that Powers Wall Street"(SM), SAVVIS delivers the reliability, performance and security of traditional private networks, as well as the scalability and flexibility of the Internet, often at a price less than both. As a result, enterprises can connect their offices, partners and remote employees over an affordable private IP network and can also integrate SAVVIS' managed hosting services as well. The editors of Network Magazine named SAVVIS' IP VPNs Product of the Year for 2001. SAVVIS beat out well-known VPN providers such as AT&T (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T), WorldCom (NASDAQ:WCOM WCOM MCI/Worldcom (stock symbol) WCOM Windows Component Object Model WCOM Wireless Communication ), Sprint (NYSE:FON Fon People of southern Benin and adjacent parts of Togo. They speak a dialect of Gbe, a Kwa language of the Niger-Congo language family. Numbering about 3 million, the Fon are mainly farmers. ) and Genuity (NASDAQ:GENU genu /ge·nu/ (je´nu) pl. ge´nua [L.] 1. the knee. 2. any kneelike structure. genu extror´sum bowleg. genu intror´sum knock-knee. ). SAVVIS was ranked the eighth fastest-growing technology company in North America on the 2001 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, which ranks companies based on five-year percentage revenue growth from 1996 - 2000. For more information about SAVVIS and its Intelligent IP Networking(SM), visit: http://www.savvis.net |
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