BTN once again achieves Cisco VPN Security Specialisation partner accreditation

Bytes Technology Networks (BTN), a member of Bytes Technology Group Ltd, has met all the criteria laid out by international networking vendor Cisco Systems to be re-registered as an official VPN Security Specialisation partner, effective immediately.

Says George Atrash, channel manager at Cisco Systems sub-Saharan Africa: "The Cisco VPN Security Specialisation recognises BTN for their knowledge and expertise in selling, designing, installing and supporting comprehensive network security solutions. The specialisation enables them to provide customers right through from enterprise to small to medium businesses with a holistic approach to their networking needs."

To receive VPN Security Specialisation a company has to undergo very strict selection criteria where it is put through the motions in proving its technical competencies and abilities, knowledge on the product, support capabilities and quality of staff.

Patrick Hastings, regional director at BTN, says: "To be accredited as an official VPN Security Specialist is a major coup for BTN as it proves not only as a testimony to our own abilities, but it gives our customers the peace of mind that the partner they have selected has the right skills on board to support them on all levels they require."

The VPN Security Specialisation is merely one of many highly sought-after accreditations from Cisco and the fact that a company is seen as an accredited member means that not only can it provide technology solutions but value-added professional services as well.

The accreditation is achieved through a structured training roadmap and exam-based verification process, where channel partners are selected for outstanding performance for their abilities in deploying complex, large-scale security solutions.

"At BTN we do not call ourselves technologists, but rather solutions specialists, but with this also comes the fact that we need to take on the responsibility of being the best at the `technology` we bundle into our managed services offerings," ends Hastings.