Jan, 2002 : Genuity Makes Business 2.0's "Who's Who of E-Business"

📅 January 4, 2002 - Genuity Inc. (genuity.com), a provider of Internetinfrastructure services, yesterday announced that it has been named toBusiness 2.0 magazine's "Who's Who of E-Business" as selected by industryanalyst firm, META Group.

In the "Network Gear & Services" category, Genuity was recognized for thestrength of its Tier 1 Internet Protocol backbone over other major IPbackbone providers including AT&T, Sprint, Qwest, and Cable & Wireless. Inthe "Outsourcers" category, Genuity's full-service hosting capabilities wonhonors over competitors such as Digex, Sprint, and Exodus.
"Industry recognition from Business 2.0 is another notch in our belt,showing that Genuity has what it takes to design, install and managehigh-value Internet solutions for the enterprise customer," said Genuitychief strategy and marketing officer, Jim Freeze. "Our experience tells usthat the market wants integrated voice and data solutions from establishedmarket leaders, not just point products. Genuity is uniquely positioned togive the market what it wants by engineering Internet solutions that otherscan't, and by partnering with industry leaders so that our customers get thebest of the best."
In addition to the recognition in Business 2.0 magazine, Genuity hasreceived numerous other awards and accolades in 2001 including:
The 2001 Ovations Award for outstanding achievement and innovationfor creation of Genuity's Black Rocket and for Policy InnovationNetwork Magazine "Product of the Year" for Genuity's managedsecurity servicesWeb Hosting Magazine "Best Hosts" for managed hosting servicesBoston History Collaborative's 2001 History Makers AwardBest of Show Award at the Technology marketing Corporation InternetTelephony Conference & Expo for its Global VoIP Direct serviceBest Bill Presentment Award at PBI Media's Billing 2001 Awards
In 2001, Genuity gained success by focusing on three key priorities: smartengineering of the technology evolution behind Black Rocket; buildingstrategic partnerships with industry leaders to jointly offer integratedbest-of-breed solutions; and expanding overseas.
Launched in Oct. 2000, Black Rocket was the one of the first managed hostingplatforms that fully integrated and pre-provisioned Internet access, Webhosting and Internet security over a Tier 1 Internet backbone. Genuity hascontinued to evolve Black Rocket to meet changing market needs. In Dec. ofthis year, Genuity launched Black Rocket Voice, an enterprise-classVoice-over-IP solution, designed to help customers take the first steptowards converged voice and data services. Genuity also developed fourvariations on the architecture of Black Rocket to provide greater speed,flexibility and customization for customers, and broke new ground on hostingservice level agreements with a unified SLA.