Presidio Networked Solutions Earns a Third Top Partnership Award at Cisco Partner Summit
Greenbelt, MD – April 23, 2008 – Presidio Networked Solutions, the leading provider of IT Lifecycle Management (ITLM) solutions, announced today that it has won a third partnership award at the Cisco Partner Summit. Presidio was honored as Technology Excellence Partner of the Year for unified communications and security (US and Canada Theatre). Cisco unveiled the winners April 11at its Partner Summit in Honolulu.
“I had the honor and privilege of recognizing Presidio Networked Solutions as a Cisco Partner Summit award winner,” said Wendy Bahr, vice president of US and Canada channels at Cisco. “The three awards recognize Presidio’s performance and success as a Cisco channel partner in the US and Canada in 2007.”
“Great things happen in threes and Presidio is please to be recognized by Cisco as Technology Excellence Partner of the Year for unified communications and security in the US and Canada”, said Joel Schleicher, Chairman and CEO of Presidio Networked Solutions. “Again, these awards are a testimonial to our outstanding employee teams and Presidio’s success in aligning itself with customers’ requirements for advanced, Cisco-based technology, and to Cisco’s strengths in driving programs that enable a strong synergy of provider and channel partner.”
Presidio earlier announced it had won two US and Canada regional awards for Unified Communications Partner of the Year (Globals-Nationals) and Enterprise Partner of the Year (East). Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels—regional, theater and global. Cisco Partner Summit US and Canada regional awards reflect a partner’s performance in a given geographic region of the United States or Canada.
About the Presidio Networked Solutions
Presidio Networked Solutions, the IT infrastructure industry’s leading Value Added Solutions Provider (VASP), addresses the complete technology lifecycle – plan, design, integrate, operate and optimize – for the enterprise, commercial and government markets. Presidio’s comprehensive portfolio comprises Unified Communications, wireless, security, storage, and network infrastructure solutions, and the company represents such vendor partners as Cisco, EMC, IBM, Microsoft, NetApp, Nortel, and Sun. The company holds the highest networking industry certifications from Cisco Systems (Master Unified Communications Specialization and Gold Certified Partner), Nortel (Elite Advantage Partner), and IBM (Premier Partner), as well as a host of other high-level certifications. Presidio Networked Solutions also offers customers an extensive range of financing solutions, including leasing.