Cisco Announces Partner Summit Award Winners; Eleven Channel Partners Honored for Technical Expertise, Customer Satisfaction and Value Added Services Business.Business Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2003 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. , Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, today announced its 2003 Partner Summit Award winners. These awards recognize channel partners who have demonstrated superior technical expertise, customer satisfaction and value-added business models in 2002. "Channel partners are such a vital component of our business we are proud to recognize the best in class," said Paul Mountford, vice president Worldwide Channels at Cisco Systems. "This year's winners have proven that focusing on customer satisfaction, developing technical expertise and delivering value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services are key to building success." Cisco announced 11 Partner Summit Award winners in the following categories: Global Customer Satisfaction Partner of the Year, Global Gold Partner of the Year, Global Silver Partner of the Year, Global Premier Partner of the Year, Global Distribution Partner of the Year, Multinational Partner of the Year, Americas International Partner of the Year, Asia Pac Partner of the Year, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. Partner of the Year, Japan Partner of the Year and US Partner of the Year. Cisco employed a three-phased approach to determine the 11 winners from the more than 3,000 eligible Cisco certified See certification. channel partners. Phase one, evaluated the channel partners on whether or not they exceeded the Cisco certified program requirements and identified 15 nominees from each theater. Phase two, used an independent third-party to determine the nominee's Cisco-related services business and reduced the list down to 3 nominees from each theater. Phase three, interviewed the nominee's Channel Account Manager, Manager Channel Operations or Operations Director to get a better understanding of the nominee's technical innovation, commitment to customer satisfaction and value proposition. The interview results where than presented to the Cisco Worldwide Channels Board, which consists of all theater channel leaders, to review and select the winners. And the Winners Are -- Global Customer Satisfaction Partner of the Year -- Dimension Data (Germany) -- Global Gold Partner of the Year -- Avodaq (Germany) -- Global Silver Partner of the Year -- Desca (Venezuela) -- Global Premier Partner of the Year -- Landata (Spain) -- Global Distribution Partner of the Year -- Azlan (United Kingdom) -- Multinational Partner of the Year -- 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) (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. ) -- Americas International Partner of the Year -- Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for (Canada) -- Asia Pacific Partner of the Year -- Logical Networks (Australia) -- EMEA Partner of the Year - Telindus (Belgium) -- Japan Partner of the Year -- Net One Systems (Japan) -- US Partner of the Year -- Berbee Information Networks (United States) More information on these channel partners is available on the Cisco Partner Locator LOCATOR, civil law. He who leases or lets a thing to hire to another. His duties are, 1st. To deliver to the hirer the thing hired, that he may use it. 2d. To guaranty to the hirer the free enjoyment of it. 3d. at www.cisco.com/go/partnerlocator. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is a worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Cisco, Cisco Systems, Cisco Systems Capital, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. or its affiliates in the US 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 of its resellers. |
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