The
Center for Information and Communication Sciences (CICS) and its
Applied Research Institute (ARI) maintain valuable professional relationships with a wide range of companies in the information and communication technology industry. Partners include users, vendors, and consultants, and each provides crucial support to CICS and the ability to offer
hands-on experiences for students. Partners include:
- Accenture
- Alcatel
- Alvarion Inc.
- American Resources
- Apple Inc.
- Applied Business Telecom
- Artisoft
- AT&T
- Cabletron Systems
- Canon
- Cisco
- Compass Alliance
- Digital Access
- Digital Bridge Communications
- Eli Lilly
- eOn Inc.
- Ericsson
- Fleetwood
- Forum Communication Systems
- IBM
- Imagelink
- Intel
- McDonald’s Corporation
- 3-Com Corporation
- Motorola
- Nortel Networks
- Novell Inc.
- Ontario Systems Corporation
- Orange
- Panasonic
- Parkervision
- PictureTel
- Polycom
- Roche Diagnostics
- Spirent
- Sprint-United Telephone
- Saint Gobain Container
- Steelcase Inc.
- Sun Microsystems
- Tekelec
- Telamon Corporation
- Thomson Consumer Electronics
- Qwest
- Verizon Avenue
In addition, CICS maintains a strong partnership with Cisco Systems, offering the CICS
Internetworking Academy and Training Institute. The program, part of the
Cisco Networking Academy, trains students, educators, and professionals on the principles of internetworking and prepare them for valuable industry-recognized certifications (CCNA, Wireless, and Security).