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IKANO PRESS RELEASES
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IKANO Press Releases:
Title: IKANO STARS IN '.COM' TELEVISION SERIES
Mark Hamill Hosts Special Report
Date: November 17, 2000
For Release: IMMEDIATE
SALT LAKE CITY, UT --- IKANO Communications, the market-leading management service provider, will star in an upcoming episode of the highly acclaimed business television series, ".com". Mark Hamill, star of Star Wars, hosts this upcoming episode of the ".com" series, scheduled to air on CNBC, Saturday November 18th at Noon Eastern Time. Now in its fifth season, ".com" explores the latest technological innovations and the rapidly evolving Internet landscape.
The program features a special report entitled, Enabling eBusiness, which takes a look at IKANO Communications, a company that's enabling its clients to support their network infrastructure needs and become Internet Service Providers - announced Jim Wilhelm, Executive Producer of the series.
In many ways, ISPs are the backbone of the information superhighway. They allow anyone, anywhere to access the World Wide Web. IKANO, a leading management service provider, is now offering a turnkey process for businesses and organizations to become Internet Service Providers. They are empowering a new breed of companies to attract, communicate with and retain customers. In this report, ".com" will explore the advantages of being an ISP.
"The rapid adoption of the Internet by businesses and consumers has caused a significant paradigm shift in the way companies and organizations communicate with end-users," said Henry Smith, IKANO president and CEO. "Companies are looking to IKANO to supply value-added, dynamic, customizable, scalable, and reliable Client branded IP products, services, and solutions. IKANO's Internet services allow our clients to establish, develop, and enhance customer relationships, while increasing revenues and lowering costs," said Smith.
"It's important for companies to find innovative ways to acquire new customers, while maintaining effective and efficient communication with their existing client base," said Patty Elliot, Co-Executive Producer of the series. "By partnering with IKANO, a new generation of companies is finding a better and easier way to acquire new customers, and retain existing ones."
In addition to national broadcast on ".com," the special report will be reformatted and distributed via satellite as a Video News Release to over 750 domestic television stations. Like all of TVI's productions, the story is available for viewing on the Internet.
The ".com" viewer site, www.tvi.net, allows visitors to watch Enabling eBusiness, and other stories in their entirety, on-demand and in full motion video, after the program has aired. The program can also be viewed on the IKANO Web site, at www.ikano.com.
Hamill regularly anchors the ".com" series, which is produced and paid for by TV Interactive, a highly acclaimed independent producer of original programming and a pioneer in
Web broadcasting. Based in Boca Raton, Florida, TV Interactive's other productions include; "Healthy Solutions" with Emmy-winner, Mariette Hartley, "Women in Charge" with Nancy Glass, and "First Priority" with Hunter Tylo.
About IKANO Communications
IKANO is a leading management service provider of Internet networking infrastructure and branded Internet services. IKANO provides turnkey processes for businesses and organizations wishing to leverage the Internet. As the official Data Networking Services Provider for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, IKANO provides the data-networking services and support for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. IKANO offers a robust global IP network; application solutions; private label Internet services, including dial-up, DSL, and high-speed wireless; as well as Web and mail hosting; branded dynamic portal development; branded customer service and technical support; Business Rules Platform for automated accounting; and unified communications. Since its first branded Internet Web site was launched in 1998, IKANO has added more than 200 branded partners. Recently, IKANO received recognition as Utah's 5th fastest growing company from the Utah 100 awards. IKANO is the parent company of SISNA, one of the nation's leading Internet Service Providers.
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