Belenos Joins the Cisco Professional Services Partner Program

Business Wire, Oct 2, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000

Belenos, Inc., a leading provider of network consulting to emerging service providers, announced today that it has joined the Cisco Professional Services Partner (PSP) Program. Belenos' qualification for the PSP Program provides strong recognition of continuous investment in Cisco System's training and technology, and commitment to providing leading internetworking service and support to joint Cisco and Belenos customers. The Cisco Professional Services Partner Program is designed to help enterprise, service provider and small/medium customers keep step with the rapid pace of change required by today's business environment.

"The Cisco PSP Program qualifies top partners to deliver professional services for planning, design, implementation, operation, and optimization of complex end-to-end networking solutions," said Patrick Finn, Senior Director of Global Enablement Services for Cisco. "Customers who choose to work with a Cisco Professional Services Partner receive a high level of technical knowledge and support. Belenos' recognition as a Cisco PSP member illustrates its commitment to providing that industry-leading support."

A privately held company founded in 1998, and a Cisco Premium Partner since 1999, Belenos has demonstrated the forward thinking leadership necessary to build next generation networks for service providers using Cisco technology. Belenos is a leading network infrastructure architect focused on providing network engineering solutions exclusively to service providers, and focuses specifically on the business and technology challenges faced in delivering voice, data and video services in today's complex networked world.

"This membership is a tremendous achievement for our company, and makes us an attractive partner for service providers building Cisco Powered Network infrastructures and a good bet for senior engineers who want an exciting career with a young, dynamic, industry leader," said Brian P. Costello, President and CEO, Belenos. "The Cisco name is synonymous with leading edge IP networks, and to have been named a Professional Services Partner speaks volumes to the quality we have built into Belenos."

Belenos Joins the Cisco Professional Services Partner (PSP) Program

Members in the Cisco Professional Services Partner Program have completed rigorous capability assessments, demonstrating expertise in specific Cisco technologies and solutions. Qualified PSP Program members demonstrate customer satisfaction through ongoing measurements and statistics, and make significant investments in the continued development and enhancement of professional services skills and business, enabling them to deliver market-leading service and support.

Through its PSP Program membership, Belenos also becomes a member within the Cisco New World Ecosystem Partner Program in the area of Systems Integration. The Cisco New World Ecosystem is a community of technology and deployment companies enabling service providers to rapidly deploy innovative services.

About Belenos

Belenos, Inc. is the leading network infrastructure architect focused on providing network engineering solutions to service providers--primarily local exchange carriers, as well as network, application and internet service providers. Founded in 1998, Belenos focuses specifically on the business and technology challenges service providers face in delivering networked voice, data and video services. Belenos expertise spans the technology lifecycles of network infrastructure, network operations and network security, and capabilities range from scope and needs definition and design, to prototyping, deploying and supporting 21st century network applications. The Company believes that its unique service provider focus affords unparalleled industry solutions, and the emphasis on assembling a vibrant culture with enormous opportunity has attracted preeminent industry engineering talent nationwide.

Headquartered in Boston, Belenos has established a national presence organically with additional locations in Herndon, VA; New York, NY; Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; Charlotte, NC; Tampa, FL; Dallas, TX; and San Francisco, CA. More information about Belenos can be found at www.belenosinc.com.