Bytes Technology Networks (BTN), a division of the listed Bytes Technology Group (BTG), was awarded the Cisco Systems (Cisco) 2-Tier Partner of the Year award at the 2002 Cisco African Partner Summit held at the Hilton Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg.
Cisco Systems` Enterprise Channel Manager, George Atrash, said: "BTN proved to be a serious and dedicated business partner, committed to continuously improving their customer relationships; through strong partnerships and ongoing development of all their resources."
Atrash further comments: "That Cisco further took into account the 312% growth that BTN had in Cisco Sales nationally. This puts BTN in a favourable light in the Cisco sales channel and promotes BTN to a credible alternative Cisco supplier in the enterprise networking market."
BTN Gauteng`s, Regional Director, Patrick Hastings, said: "This award was made possible by BTN investing in the Cisco specialisation program, adopting the "early sales engagement" model with the various Cisco Territory Account Managers (TAMs) and the excellent support from our preferred Cisco distributor, Westcon.
BTN has moved away from the traditional box drop approach and have moved up the services value chain, offering a variety of bundled managed services. By coupling the right Cisco solution and managed services together, this has enabled all our customers to gain a business advantage in the market and to meet the strategic and core business demands of today. Furthermore, this award shows BTN`s total commitment to our partners, our customers and our business. "
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Bytes Technology Networks, a division of Bytes Technology Group, a member of the Altron group, provides clients with world-class managed service networks, based on platforms, processes and methodologies from acknowledged industry leaders.
Offerings at a glance: Microsoft licensing and consultancy, enterprise and storage solutions, e-learning, document management, data warehousing, outsourcing, managed support services, network security, ERP, CRM, SAP, PABX, call centres, mobility and customised software development; just a some of the numerous technology and business solutions and services.
The Bytes Technology Group companies are: Bytes Technology Networks, Bytes Business Solutions, Bytes Software, Bytes Technology Group UK, Xerox SA, NDS, Alcatel Business Systems and Digital Healthcare Solutions. BTG has offices throughout SA and Africa, including the UK.
More about Bytes Technology Group: www.btgroup.co.za
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. The South African office was started in late 1994, with a single office in Johannesburg and two members of staff. Growing significantly year-on-year, Cisco is now represented in all major South African centres by local offices and/or partner organisations.
The South African team offers support in sales, pre-sales, marketing and promotions as well as a pre-sales helpdesk. By breaking the team into these segments, it allows Cisco to focus on the unique requirements of each target market, so that it can ensure that it is providing its individual customers with products and services that meet their needs.
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