SAN FRANCISCO -- Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc. (www.yipes.com), the leader in managed, end-to-end Ethernet solutions, today introduced a new Channel Partner Program at The Channel Partners Conference Show in Las Vegas. The new program provides partners the opportunity to offer scalable network solutions based on Yipes’ Gigabit Ethernet Services.

The Yipes Channel Partner Program offers three levels of partnership: independent agent, referral agent or master agent. Yipes provides a suite of Ethernet Services that allows customers to run CRP, ERM, storage backup, disaster recovery and VoIP applications across a metropolitan area or the world, with the simplicity of managing a local LAN. According to IDC, the U.S. Market for Ethernet Services will grow at 30.7 percent annually to $1.2B by 2008.

“Today’s Ethernet Services market is growing at a rapid rate due to the simplicity of management and significant cost savings associated with Ethernet versus other legacy network services,” said Keao Caindec, Yipes vice president of marketing. “Yipes’ position in this market as a global leader is well-established, and we’re excited to now offer this expanded Channel Partner Program opportunity on a broad scale, led by industry veteran, John Lepore.”

Evan M. Gillman, founding partner of Transit Broker LLC, a solution provider focused on multi-carrier solutions to business customers worldwide, noted, “Yipes has a compelling proposition to both service providers and the enterprise due to the universal familiarity of Ethernet in the LAN. The flexible and fully scalable bandwidth allocations and the lower cost of equipment required to deploy Ethernet within a customer network make migrating to Ethernet Services a key initiative for most enterprises.”

David Garrick, principal of Idea! Communications Group, a Denver-based general agent partner offering bandwidth consulting and procurement, stated, “Today’s customer is looking to Yipes as the leading Ethernet services provider to deliver solutions in the financial, legal, healthcare and education verticals. With their broad range of services, customer responsiveness and depth of experience, Yipes is positioned as a clear leader in the Ethernet market.”

Yipes Enterprise Services Inc.