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BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 21 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon business joins only a handful of companies around the world to be recognized by BSI Management Systems — the world’s leading international standards, testing, registration and certification organization — as a leading provider of information security management.
BSI has inducted Verizon business into its Associate Consultant Program (ACP) for ISO/IEC 27001, an internationally recognized and publicly vetted information security standard utilized in the development of information security management systems. Acceptance into the program denotes that Verizon business passed a rigorous review of its comprehensive security portfolio and professional security capabilities.
Only an elite group of vendors, which must have a proven track record of offering strong value and performance to customers, are accepted into the BSI Associate Consultant Program.
Verizon business delivers unmatched security expertise and capabilities to customers. Verizon business security experts are among the best in the industry — and the world — when it comes to security and risk management. Many of these experts hold the Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) certification, which educates practitioners on best practices for implementing multiple industry standards and regulatory requirements for information security and privacy, as well as how to integrate the ISO 27000 Series of Information Security Standards with these security standards and requirements.
Additionally, Verizon business is one of the few security providers with a truly global footprint. The 1,100-plus security team operates around the world, supported by five state-of-the-art security operations centers (SOCs), more than 200 data centers and one of the world’s most expansive IP networks.
“We’ve heard time and again from security executives around the world that the ISO Information Security Standard is the pre-eminent standard against which they measure their security programs,” said Kerry Bailey, vice president of Verizon business Security Solutions. “As such, Verizon business is pleased to further embrace this critical global standard. The synergy between our holistic approach to security and the ISO Information Security Standard makes us a natural fit to join the BSI Associated Consultant Program.”
Delivering a One-Two Punch With ISO 27000 Series of Information
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Verizon business embraces ISO 27001 when developing information security programs for its customers. Its professional service experts work closely with their customers to intimately understand their business and then apply the principles of ISO 27001 in constructing an individualized security program framework.
Once the foundation is laid, Verizon business helps customers implement a set of actual security controls, governed by the ISO 27002 Code of Practice for Information Security Management, through Verizon Business’ complementary Security Management Program (SMP).
SMP, an integral part of the Verizon business security portfolio, helps reduce risk through a proactive, programmatic approach to security. Verizon business recently incorporated the ISO 27002 into the latest version of SMP. ISO 27002 now provides the basis for evaluating SMP customer security processes and procedures, allowing the customers to manage, monitor and align their security controls with the global standard.
Together, ISO 27001 and 27002 help to define information security best practices across an organization to better safeguard the integrity, confidentiality and availability of critical company data.
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Enterprises and government agencies rely on Verizon business to help them manage security risk and protect critical company assets. Verizon business Security Solutions, a leading global provider of managed security services, offers a comprehensive portfolio of security services powered by Cybertrust that include governance risk and compliance solutions, data loss and prevention solutions, identity management solutions, and managed security services. The company’s more than 1,100 security professionals around the globe deliver these offerings through a range of managed services, professional services and technologies, based on what best suits the customer. More information is available by visiting . Specific information on the Security Management Program is available by visiting .
About BSI Management Systems
British Standards Institution (BSI) is the world’s leading management systems certification body. Founded in 1901, BSI has certified more than 60,000 locations in nearly 90 countries. Many ‘Global 500′ companies have chosen BSI as their preferred ISO 9001:2000, ISO/TS 16949:2002, ISO 14001:2004 or ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification body. BSI’s certification experience covers virtually every industrial and commercial sector, including automotive, aerospace, chemical and allied processes, IT/software, and service. BSI Management Systems America, Inc. is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with offices in Toronto, Canada, and Mexico City, Mexico to serve the North American market. To learn more BSI’s truly pioneering organization, visit .
About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications , operates the world’s most connected public IP network and uses its industry-leading global-network capabilities to offer large-business and government customers an unmatched combination of security, reliability and speed. The company integrates advanced IP communications and information technology (IT) products and services to deliver leading enterprise solutions including managed services, security, mobility, collaboration and professional services. These solutions power innovation and enable the company’s customers to do business better. For more information, visit .
VERIZON’S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon’s News Center on the World Wide Web at . To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.
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NEW YORK, May 2 /PRNewswire/ — Daniel C. Petri, group president - International, has announced plans to retire after 37 years with Verizon Communications Inc., effective Aug. 1.
Since 2002, Petri has had overall responsibility for Verizon’s businesses outside the United States, including telephone operations in more than 20 countries on five continents. His mission over the last several years has been to optimize the operational and financial performance of these international telephone operations. At the same time, he has helped Verizon rationalize its portfolio of international affiliates as the company has shifted its global emphasis to providing advanced communications services to businesses and governments around the world.
“Dan has distinguished himself as an astute operational executive and negotiator in diverse and often difficult business environments,” said Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg. “He has provided leadership and business acumen to Verizon during a period of rapid transformation. We will miss his wisdom and his counsel, and we wish him the best.”
Petri said, “I have had the privilege of watching our company evolve from a sleepy monopoly to a raging global competitor. It has been great to be part of the change that has taken place, to help set the stage for further transformation, and to share the experience with such wonderful people. I want to thank all my friends and colleagues for the experience and the fun.”
Petri will spend the next three months helping Verizon manage existing international investments, including the company’s 23 percent stake in Vodafone Italy. He will also continue to oversee the operation and eventual disposition of Verizon Airfone, which provides in-flight telecommunications services in the general aviation market.
Petri started his career with Verizon predecessor company New York Telephone in 1971 and served in a variety of positions in the domestic telephone business, becoming vice president and general manager for operations in midtown Manhattan in 1991. Since 1994 he has been a senior executive in Verizon’s International division.
A graduate of Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and Long Island University with a master’s degree in management science, he currently also serves as vice chairman of the business Council for International Understanding, an organization formed in 1955 to strengthen ties between the U.S. Government and U.S. business interests overseas.
Verizon Communications Inc. , headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, serving more than 67 million customers nationwide. Verizon’s Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employed a diverse workforce of approximately 232,000 as of the end of the first quarter 2008 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit .
VERIZON’S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon’s News Center on the World Wide Web at . To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 29 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon business has received the Juniper Networks 2007 Americas Managed Services J-Partner of the Year Award. It recognizes the company’s achievements in the delivery of high-performance managed networking solutions based on Juniper technology platforms, commitment to customer service excellence and success in generating increased revenues.
“This award highlights our commitment to delivering innovative high-performance solutions to customers,” said Nancy Gofus, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Verizon Business. “As enterprise customers increasingly seek choice and flexibility when outsourcing their networking needs, they know they can rely on Verizon business to deliver world-class managed solutions and further their IP transformation goals.”
The award was presented Monday evening (April 28) at Juniper Networks’ annual J-Partner Channel Summit in Las Vegas.
In the past six months, Verizon business has launched two new managed service offerings based on Juniper technology. Last month, the company became the first U.S.-based service provider to deliver management of the Juniper Networks J-series services routers. In October, Verizon business launched its Managed WAN Optimization Service, a wide-area-network acceleration service based on the Juniper Networks WXC platform designed to fine-tune network performance and improve application performance.
In addition, Verizon business has selected Juniper Networks as one of four leading suppliers to be included in the launch later this year of Verizon Business’ international reseller program for customer premises equipment.
“Verizon Business’ commitment to the creation of innovative services based on Juniper technology underscores the significance of this award,” said Frank Vitagliano, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels, Juniper Networks. “Looking to the future, we are excited about working closely with Verizon business to enable their continued focus on meeting customers’ advanced networking requirements.”
Verizon business has been a Juniper Networks reseller since 2001 and an Elite member of the Juniper Networks J-Partner Program since its inception in 2005.
Today, Verizon business manages 260,000-plus devices on more than 4,200 customer networks in 142 countries and territories, overseeing non-Verizon connections from more than 60 network providers around the world. Verizon Business’ industry-leading service-level commitments and award-winning IMPACT management platform underscore its legacy of service and innovation. Verizon business also offers a suite of professional network and security services to help customers successfully deploy and manage their IP networks.
Note - Juniper Networks and the Juniper Networks logo are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications , is a global IP leader and network-based partner for delivering integrated communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large-business and government customers worldwide. Combining unsurpassed reach with managed services, security, mobility, collaboration and professional services capabilities, Verizon business delivers global solutions that power innovation and enable its customers to do business better. For more information, visit .
VERIZON’S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon’s News Center on the World Wide Web at . To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J., May 8 /PRNewswire/ — Doing its part to support the troops, Verizon Business is expanding its use of technology to help U.S. military personnel based in Iraq stay in touch with their families at home.
The company, for the fifth consecutive year, is providing free calling for Iraq-based troops May 8-14 in honor of Mother’s Day; June 12-18 for Father’s Day; and July 2-8 for Independence Day. The calls home are made possible through a state-of-the-art Verizon Business mobile communications vehicle currently deployed in Iraq.
“With Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and the Fourth of July approaching, we’re doing our part to harness a wide range of technologies to help troops stay in touch with loved ones over the holidays,” said Susan Zeleniak, group president, Verizon Federal, a sales organization within Verizon Business dedicated to serving federal government customers.
Face-to-Face Reunions
Verizon Business also is teaming with Cisco, Wal-Mart and the USO to provide free video connections between two bases in Iraq and two Wal-Mart stores. Verizon Business is providing the Internet protocol (IP) connections for Cisco’s lifelike immersive video technology, known as Cisco TelePresence. Special Cisco TelePresence rooms are available at Wal-Mart stores located near Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Fort Drum, N.Y., between April 2 and July 6.
“Working with Cisco and Wal-Mart this year, we are able to bring families together face-to-face even though they’re located at opposite ends of the world,” Zeleniak said.
Cisco TelePresence replicates face-to-face interaction so realistically that it feels as if everyone is sitting in the same room. The high-quality audio and high-definition video will operate over the Verizon Business Private IP network.
Support for USO Expands
In addition, Verizon Business is joining Thursday (May with the USO of Metropolitan Washington (USO-Metro) for the opening of the organization’s new lounge at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The USO provides services and programs free of charge to enhance the military community’s quality of life. Verizon Business is a Premier Partner of the new lounge and is also a USO-Metro Partner at the USO International Gateway Lounge at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, as well as the newly opened USO Lounge at Washington Dulles International Airport.
In addition to helping fund the lounges, Verizon Business also provides free phone calling anywhere in the world via Wi-Fi wireless phones using Verizon Business voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) service available in the USO lounges. Verizon Business also provides free dedicated Internet access at both Dulles and Reagan airports so members of the armed services can stay in touch with their loved ones via e-mail or pass time surfing the Internet.
Verizon Business is the first USO-Metro Partner to provide financial support to the USO lounges in all three Washington DC-area airports.
To view a video on Verizon Business’s work with the USO, visit .
Verizon Business is the largest provider of communications services to the U.S. federal government and one of the largest providers of advanced communications and information technology services globally. The company offers local-to-global network capabilities coupled with a broad range of telecommunications products and services — including advanced Internet protocol (IP) services, managed network services and systems integration — to all levels of government. With this broad portfolio of services, Verizon Business can provide federal agencies with one-stop shopping for their communications or connectivity needs. The company has built the next-generation services that are helping to transform the way government customers — and their constituents — do business.
About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications , is a global IP leader and network-based partner for delivering integrated communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large-business and government customers worldwide. Combining unsurpassed reach with managed services, security, mobility, collaboration and professional services capabilities, Verizon Business delivers global solutions that power innovation and enable its customers to do business better. For more information, visit .
VERIZON’S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon’s News Center on the World Wide Web at . To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J., May 14 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Business has further enhanced its global Private IP footprint to support the evolving data needs of its global customer base. The company continues to add a significant number of Private IP nodes in key growth territories around the world, and has also enhanced both DSL and Ethernet access capabilities.
As a result, more customers than ever can now benefit from a direct and secure, high-performance link to the Verizon Business global multiprotocol- label-switching (MPLS) network, the foundation for Verizon Business’ portfolio of next-generation products and services.
“Verizon Business really gets the importance of providing converged access options globally to Private IP customers,” said Sandra O’Boyle, research director, Business Telecom Services Europe for Current Analysis. “In our April 2008 research of global MPLS IP VPN services, Verizon Business stands out from competitors in terms of its extensive support for Ethernet access to Private IP, which is now available in 20 European countries.”
In the past year, Verizon Business increased its total number of Private IP ports by more than 45 percent and its Ethernet access capabilities by more than 400 percent. New Verizon Private IP nodes have now been established in Asia-Pacific (China, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea); Eastern Europe (Bulgaria and Romania); and Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Panama and Peru). Verizon Private IP is now available to customers in 121 countries and territories worldwide, with additional node deployments planned this year in Iceland, Pakistan, India and Russia.
In addition, Verizon Business has doubled the number of countries with Ethernet access to Private IP. Ethernet third-party interconnections are now available in Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland; Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; and Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Verizon Business has also implemented an ongoing quality assurance program for its third-party Ethernet providers, ensuring a consistent, high-quality experience.
Verizon Business has also enhanced digital subscriber line (DSL) and Secure Gateway access capabilities to Verizon Private IP. Flexible DSL access options, which enable rich, multi-media communication and high-speed access to corporate LAN resources, are now available in 49 countries worldwide. Verizon Secure Gateway services, which combine a network-based firewall with cost- effective encrypted broadband access to the corporate network, have been expanded into Europe, South Africa, Canada and the Asia-Pacific region. These services, an easily implemented alternative to leased lines, are particularly suited for customers requiring cost-efficient connections for remote workers and small branch offices.
Mike Marcellin, Verizon Business vice president of product marketing, said: “The rapid expansion of Verizon Business’ global Private IP footprint reflects the company’s commitment to supporting its customers, wherever they are around the world. Private IP is used by many of our global customers as the secure, scalable foundation on which they can build their future business- critical communications tools and services. We are enabling customers to deliver converged voice, data and video applications across global corporate networks with the speed, performance and reliability they need. At the end of the day, it’s about enabling customers to realise their business objectives, wherever their business may take them.”
Verizon Private IP is a network-based, virtual private network (VPN) that enables customers to effectively communicate over a secure network. The service also provides the foundation for automating business processes between companies, including e-commerce, and shared intranets and extranets. Based on MPLS technology, Verizon Private IP offers customers scalable and flexible network connections with integrated performance and traffic-management capabilities.
About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications , is a global IP leader and network-based partner for delivering integrated communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large-business and government customers worldwide. Combining unsurpassed reach with managed services, security, mobility, collaboration and professional services capabilities, Verizon Business delivers global solutions that power innovation and enable its customers to do business better. For more information, visit .
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