Cisco Chooses Check Twice as its PR Agency for the Benelux

HOOFDDORP, Netherlands and GHENT, Belgium, May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

- Cisco Consolidates PR Activities in the Benelux Countries

- Check Twice is a Partnership Between MCS (Netherlands) and Quadrant Communications (Belgium)

After a comprehensive selection procedure Cisco has chosen Check Twice as its PR and communication partner for the Benelux, starting from May 1st 2011. Check Twice is a partnership between MCS (Monogram Communication Strategies), headquartered in Hoofddorp (Netherlands) and Quadrant Communications, headquartered in Ghent (Belgium). Quadrant Communications has been Cisco's preferred PR partner for Belgium and Luxemburg since the start of 2001. Cisco will now work with Check Twice to streamline its PR activities for the Benelux and accommodate them under a single organization.

"Cisco is focusing on three architectures: borderless networks, collaboration and data centers/virtualization, and cloud computing," said Joke van Look, Marketing Director at Cisco Netherlands/Pascale Jacobs, Marketing Manager at Cisco Belux. "We wanted more streamlined communication and press information in these focus areas in the Benelux, so we decided to choose one PR agency for our operations in this part of northern Europe. Check Twice proved during the selection procedure that the combined experience of two excellent PR agencies from the Netherlands and Belgium can give us exactly what we're looking for. With Check Twice on board we can ensure that, with just one point of contact, our activities are optimally attuned to the media requirements in each country."

According to Frank van den Bossche, Director of Check Twice, Cisco's decision demonstrates that MCS and Quadrant Communications can make an interesting combination: "Many of our international clients operate within a Benelux structure and definitely find the best partnership formula at Check Twice."

About Check Twice

Check Twice is a Benelux partnership of two well-known PR agencies: MCS (Monogram Communication Strategies) in the Netherlands and Quadrant Communications in Belgium. Thanks to this partnership, Check Twice can provide the most experienced PR team in the Benelux, with more than 20 specialists in PR, communication and social media. Check Twice offers full-service PR, customized to the needs of the client and the media. Its clients include Cisco, Cegeka and PayFair. For more information visit http://www.checktwice.nl.

SOURCE Monogram Communication Strategies