CapRock Communications Joins Cisco's Service Provider Alliance Program

Strategic Insights -

CapRock Communications, a Southwestern facilities-based integrated communications provider, has become the newest member of Cisco Systems' Service Provider Alliance program. This strategic partnership will enable CapRock to develop innovative approaches to service creation and market new services. The collaboration will focus on developing data products and solutions for small to medium-sized businesses in the Southwestern United States, as well as enterprise customers in various industries.

Key Takeaways:

  • CapRock Communications has joined Cisco's Service Provider Alliance program, becoming the newest member of a select group of top-tier communications companies.
  • The partnership will enable CapRock to develop innovative approaches to service creation and market new services through joint marketing efforts.
  • The collaboration will focus on developing data products and solutions for small to medium-sized businesses in the Southwestern United States.
  • Additional focus will be placed on enterprise customers in various industries, including oil and gas, insurance, medical, educational, financial, and transportation markets.
  • CapRock President Ignatius Leonards emphasized that the partnership will provide access to new resources, technical expertise, and industry insight from Cisco.
  • Cisco's director of service provider marketing, Jeff Spagnola, noted that the collaboration will facilitate CapRock's ability to deliver New World IP services and accelerate new service revenue.
  • CapRock's advanced fiber optic network is designed to support the bandwidth requirements of the 21st century and will enable carriers, business, and residential customers in the Southwestern U.S. to communicate via New World integrated data, voice, video, and Internet access services at higher speeds and lower costs.

Statistics:

  • CapRock's 6,100-mile, six-state fiber network will enable communication via New World integrated data, voice, video, and Internet access services at higher speeds and lower costs.
  • The network will support the bandwidth requirements of the 21st century.
  • CapRock has recently been certified for the Cisco Powered Network (CPN) program, which communicates to CapRock's customers that their services deliver the performance required for today's integrated communications applications.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "CapRock Communications, Corp. Joins Cisco's Service Provider Alliance Program", August 2, 1999