MONROE, La., Dec. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink,
Inc. (NYSE: CTL) was recognized with the U.S. Theatre/Area Award
for Architectural Excellence in Global Cloud Solutions and Business
Acceleration at the Cisco Partner Summit 2016, held recently in
San Francisco. Cisco honored
CenturyLink for exhibiting the highest level of excellence in the
design of networks and customer solutions within the service
provider sector in the U.S.
"The rapid growth of cloud-based applications is pushing
exponential network bandwidth consumption to the limit and changing
the way companies are approaching the design of their networks,"
stated Bill Corbin, senior vice
president, Strategic Partnerships and Channel Operations,
CenturyLink. "This award validates our commitment to delivering a
wide range of innovative IT services, including network, managed
hosting and cloud solutions to businesses, enabling them to better
service their customers."
Cisco Partner Summit awards are given to exemplary channel
partners and recognize best-in-class business practices that serve
as a model to the industry. Areas of consideration include
innovative practices, architecture-led approach successes,
strategic business outcome-focused programs, seizing of new
opportunities and sales approaches. All award recipients were
selected by a group of Cisco Global Partner Organization and
regional and theater executives.
Cisco Partner Summit is attended by more than 2,100 global
attendees from Cisco's ecosystem of partners representing more than
1,000 companies worldwide from more than 75 countries.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global
communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling
millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives
through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network
and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting,
and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice,
video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile
U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport
network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.
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