CityReach International Receives Cisco Powered Network Designation; First Pan-European Company to Fulfill Criteria for AIP Certification.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2000 CityReach International (CRI CRI constant-rate infusion. ), a leading European Internet infrastructure services provider, with US headquarters in Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla., announced today that it has fulfilled the stringent criteria to achieve Cisco's Application Infrastructure Provider (AIP AIP acute intermittent porphyria. AIP Acute intermittent porphyria ) certification. "By extending the Cisco Powered Network program initially to ASP's and today to our first Pan-European Application Infrastructure Provider (AIP), Cisco is raising the bar for the delivery of quality hosted applications services," said William Nuti Bill Nuti is chairman, CEO and president of NCR Corporation, the self-service company. As the leading global provider of ATMs, self-service kiosks and self-checkout systems, NCR is driving the adoption of self-service technologies across a growing number of industries worldwide, , Senior Vice-President for Europe, Middle East and Africa of Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. . "We are creating an end-to-end, service-driven model that allows AIP's to deliver best-in-class, end-to-end solutions and services to Service Providers for their customers seeking to take advantage of web technology for their mission critical applications." CityReach has already deployed Cisco-powered infrastructure in Amsterdam, London and Budapest and is adding Dublin, Stockholm, Munich and Berlin in the next 30 days, with 20 such facilities planned by the end of 2001. This rollout establishes CityReach as the leading foundation for the Business Internet in Europe. "CityReach International's Cisco-powered hosting infrastructure provides pan-European foundation for Business Internet applications, and delivers these benefits in a cost-effective and scalable solution package that provides higher levels of service than previously available in Europe," said Sanjaya Addanki, Chief Executive Officer of CityReach International. "Having our infrastructure certified through the Cisco Powered Network (CPN CPN Communist Party of Nepal CPN Commercial Property News CPN Civic Practices Network CPN Calling Party Number CPN Community Psychiatric Nurse (UK) CPN Cisco Powered Network CPN Connaitre et Proteger la Nature ) program provides our customers--Web-Hosters, ASPs, ISPs, and other service providers--with an industry-recognized accreditation for high-availability, security and predictability for their business applications," Addanki continued. As large and medium corporations move their mission-critical applications to the web, they require very high levels of reliability, scalability and manageability for their deployment, faster time to market, increased security, higher reliability and superb performance. Web-Hosters, ASPs, ISPs, and other service providers that enable these large and medium corporations need a pan-European Internet infrastructure that is capable of delivering these capabilities. About CityReach International Headquartered in London, with offices across Europe and the U.S., CityReach International (CRI) is setting the standard for the infrastructure and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality that form the foundation for the Business Internet. The company is building a pan-European managed infrastructure platform with a total of 20 high-quality, secure data centers planned for the end of 2001 and 7 operational in 2000. The CityReach International team has unrivalled industry experience in the areas of secure, reliable data centers, corporate application development environments, customer care and service delivery. The company is investing over $350m in its products and services deployment plan with backing from leading venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. including Battery Ventures, Chase Capital Partners, M/C M/C Machine (mechanical engineering) M/C Motorcycle M/C Miscarriage M/C Multiple Choice M/C Maitre de Cabine Venture Partners, Investcorp, Morgan Grenfell Private Equity and Vulcan Ventures. For more information, visit www.city-reach.com. |
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