Cable & Wireless Announces $26 Million Internet Agreement With SAVVIS.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000 Direct Connection to Cable & Wireless Backbone Provides SAVVIS Customers With Enhanced Bandwidth and Security Cable & Wireless (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ), the global telecommunications group, today announced a three-year strategic agreement with SAVVIS Communications, a global internetworking service provider, to expand the bandwidth of its private Internet network in 14 major U.S. cities. Cable & Wireless and SAVVIS have an ongoing business relationship based on mutually superior Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Cable & Wireless' backbone capabilities. SAVVIS provides businesses with Internet and managed IP e-business solutions on a global scale. The company provides network connectivity to financial institutions and other organizations with a need to transmit sensitive and timely data quickly and securely. The direct connection to Cable & Wireless' backbone gives SAVVIS increased network capacity for its customers. "Cable & Wireless is proud to continue our relationship with SAVVIS," said Zie Rivers, president of Cable & Wireless North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Both of our companies share a commitment to the customer through our industry-leading Service Level Agreements. Cable & Wireless recently enhanced our Service Level Agreements, offering SAVVIS and its customers the highest guarantees for network performance in the business." The SAVVIS agreement, which expands connection to 14 additional cities, employs Cable & Wireless Direct Connect service at the OC-3 level. SAVVIS connects directly to the Cable & Wireless Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. to ensure network availability for all of its customers. "The SAVVIS network bypasses congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. areas of the Internet and does so by directly linking to backbone providers like Cable & Wireless," said Rob McCormick, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SAVVIS Communications. "The Cable & Wireless connection expands our tier one Internet capacity and speed, and gives us high-level SLAs. Many of our customers transmit secure financial information over the SAVVIS network, and the Cable & Wireless' SLAs help us assure our customers the quality they expect of SAVVIS." Previously, Cable & Wireless supplied SAVVIS backbone connectivity in 8 major U.S. cities, as well as in Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and Australia. About Cable & Wireless With customers in 70 countries, Cable & Wireless is a major global telecommunications business with revenue of around $13 billion in the year ended March 1999 and more than 50,000 employees. Its businesses around the world offer a range of services spanning broadband data and Internet access See how to access the Internet. , fixed and mobile voice, as well as interactive entertainment and information. Cable & Wireless' priority for expansion is the fast growing market of data and IP (Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. ) services for business customers. Since November 1998, it has announced major investments in advanced networks in the US and Europe, the restructuring of Cable & Wireless Communications in the UK and has acquired full control of Cable & Wireless IDC in Japan to support this strategy. Cable & Wireless now holds a unique position in terms of global coverage and services to business customers. About SAVVIS SAVVIS Communications (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 ) is a global internetworking services provider, supporting Internet and managed IP e-business solutions in 43 countries. Its Financial Xchange(TM) services platform connects to more than 4,500 financial institutions, including 75 of the top 100 worldwide banks and 45 of the top 50 brokerage firms. Via SAVVIS' ATM/IP backbone, customers can choose end-to-end Quality of Service levels for each discrete application, as well as bundled pricing on a per-site basis. SAVVIS' Internet access service is ranked superior in the industry, based on its PrivateNAP(SM) architecture. Keynote Systems, Inc., an independent ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. auditor, designated SAVVIS no. 1 or no. 2 for mean download time every quarter in 1999, and its packet loss has measured zero. SAVVIS offers Internet access from DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary up to OC-3, as well as security solutions, IP-VPNs, and Managed IP Solutions. The company provides excellent customer service, with 24x365 global monitoring from Network Operations Centers located in London, Singapore, and St. Louis, Mo. For more information on SAVVIS Communications please visit www.savvis.net, call 800/SAVVIS-1 (800/728-8471), or email us at info@savvis.net. |
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