Avnet Enterprise Solutions Again Achieves Cisco Gold Partner Status.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2003 Avnet Enterprise Solutions, a leading IT solutions integrator, today announced it has once again achieved Cisco Gold Partner certification. The Cisco Channel Partner Program provides Avnet Enterprise Solutions with the resource framework to develop an expertise to sell, plan, design, implement and operate Cisco networking solutions. To earn Gold Certification, Avnet Enterprise Solutions had to meet or surpass the stringent personnel, training, customer satisfaction, specialization and post sales support requirements set forth by Cisco. "The purpose of our Channel Partner Program is to help channel partners succeed in the next market evolution of value-based business models," said Paul Mountford, vice president of Worldwide Channels for Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. . "With specializations in IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. Revised Specialized; IP Telephony Services Specialized; VPN/Security Technology Specialized; VPN/Security Services Specialized; Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area Specialized; Optical-Metro ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. , Storage ATP and IPCC See IMS Forum. ATP, Avnet Enterprise Solutions has secured the training, skills and knowledge to play a pivotal role in accelerating the adoption of Cisco solutions." The Cisco Channel Partner Program offers its certified See certification. channel partners state-of-the-art technical training as well as sales training. Gold Certified Partners are recognized and rewarded for having some of the industry's best trained network technicians who are capable of achieving and demonstrating the highest level of expertise in planning, designing, implementing and supporting Cisco network solutions. This well-trained team of network technicians is audited annually to make sure they are consistently delivering industry-leading support and maintaining the rigorous Cisco standards for network expertise and support capabilities. As a Cisco Gold Certified Channel Partner, Avnet Enterprise Solutions enjoys several benefits, most notably, access to the latest Cisco customer satisfaction tool, PAL (Partner Access On-Line). The new PAL tool is based on the same technology Cisco uses to monitor and improve its own customer satisfaction. Other benefits include increased access to the Cisco technical support teams as well as access to password-protected Web sites with real-time product and training information. "Customer satisfaction is a huge priority for us, and we're proud of our recent rating of 4.31 out of a possible 5," said Avnet Enterprise Solutions President Jim Teter. "This customer satisfaction program only strengthens our relationship with both our customers and Cisco and helps us identify those areas that may need improvement, increasing our ability to bring value to our customers." Cisco Gold Certified Partners provide 24x7 technical service with one-hour response time for problem resolution and four-hour onsite response capabilities. These rigorous support requirements highlight Avnet Enterprise Solutions' commitment to ensuring its customers that its strategic business network is fully supported. About Avnet Enterprise Solutions Avnet Enterprise Solutions is an IT solutions integrator specializing in enterprise network, server and storage solutions that power leading business applications. The company was listed 85th of the top VARs (value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. ) for the 2003 VARBusiness 500. The company leverages its unique suite of technical and financial professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to minimize implementation risk, maximize network flexibility and optimize IT investment. Avnet Enterprise Solutions partners with industry leaders including Cisco Systems, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Oracle and VERITAS. Headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., Avnet Enterprise Solutions (www.es.avnet.com) is a division of $4 billion Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), one of the world's largest technology marketing, distribution and services companies with fiscal 2003 revenues of $9.05 billion. Copyright (C) 2001 Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco, Cisco Systems and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc. or its affiliates in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. (0012R) |
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