Cybera Named First Certified Provider for Shell CoolBand; Five Shell Operators Select Cybera for Advanced, Broadband Networking Solution.NASHVILLE Nashville, city (1990 pop. 487,969), state capital, coextensive with Davidson co., central Tenn., on the Cumberland River, in a fertile farm area; inc. as a city 1806, merged with Davidson co. 1963. , Tenn. -- Cybera Inc. announced today that it is the first company to receive Shell Oil Products U.S. (SOP US) CoolBand certification. SOP US created CoolBand certification as a new wide area networking option for independent operators who run more than 10,000 Shell branded stores nationwide. Cybera also announced installations at five independent operators as part of CoolBand. The installations range in size from 25 stores to more than 100 stores. Without CoolBand, each Shell branded store uses a VSAT (Very Small Aperture satellite Terminal) A small earth station for satellite transmission that handles up to 56 Kbits/sec of digital transmission. VSATs that handle the T1 data rate (up to 1.544 Mbits/sec) are called "TSATs. satellite network for SOP US enterprise applications. The new CoolBand option enables independent operators to add their own applications, such as VoIP, video surveillance, enterprise inventory management and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , to the same network that supports SOP US enterprise applications. The CoolBand network can include both Shell and non-Shell branded locations. SOP US certified See certification. Cybera after the company demonstrated excellence as a managed private network service provider. "Cybera earned CoolBand certification because they meet the high security and reliability standards that Shell demands of its networking partners," said Paul Stanifer, general manager operation support for SOP US. "Coolband is an important technology initiative for SOP US and for independent operators who want to achieve a competitive advantage by using technology more effectively." Forward Corporation is among the first independent operators to implement CoolBand. "Cybera has gone above and beyond my expectations in the level of service that they have provided during installation and after we went live," said Bob Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
Cybera has worked in the convenience store market for several years and understands the unique needs of the market. "Cybera meets all of CoolBand's standards while maintaining customizability and flexibility for each independent operator," said Cliff Duffey, Cybera chief executive officer and president. "Cybera is the only network they will ever need." SOP US announced CoolBand at its national distributor conference held March 6-8 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . About Cybera Founded in February 2001 and based in Nashville, Tenn., Cybera Inc. delivers high-speed, managed, private networking solutions to multi-site enterprise customers. With its unique SmartNetwork architecture, Cybera is able to integrate broadband connections See broadband and wireless broadband. of various types from national carriers into a single private network that never touches the public Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . All SmartNetwork solutions are fully managed with on-site support for no additional charge. SmartNetwork provides the most comprehensive guarantees on security, reliability and performance in the industry. |
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