Dimension Data, a leading IT solutions and services provider, was announced as Cisco Global Partner of the Year 2005 at the Cisco Partner Summit in Vancouver, Canada. This was one of 12 awards Dimension Data picked up during the event.
Dimension Data was also announced as Cisco EMEA Partner of the Year together with two additional EMEA awards. Dimension Data in South Africa won EMEA IPC Partner of the Year and Dimension Data in Italy won EMEA Services Partner of the Year. For Asia Pacific, Dimension Data in Australia was awarded Cisco Security Partner of the Year. Dimension Data in North America received two awards, namely Cisco Security Partner of the Year and Cisco Voice Partner of the Year.
In introducing the Global Partner award, Paul Mountford, senior VP Worldwide Channels, Cisco, said: "The winner of this award showed a commitment to technical excellence that was matched only by their focus on customer success. This was most evident in the area of advanced technology. This organisation has led the way in linking technology solutions to business benefits, helping them to accelerate growth in the voice, security and storage practices."
Dimension Data has been a Cisco partner for more than 15 years and has Gold Partner certification on six continents.
Brett Dawson, CEO of Dimension Data, commented: "Our commitment to technical excellence and customer satisfaction, combined with our Cisco partnership, has been instrumental in ensuring we consistently deliver world-class solutions and services in networking, voice, security, storage and contact centre markets. These awards are the result of the work of Dimension Data`s highly skilled, competent and dedicated employees who deliver and manage our customers` solutions and services on a daily basis."
"The Cisco EMEA IPC award bears testimony to our credibility and track record in providing converged communication solutions to our customers. Our entire local team has been instrumental in achieving this award, and we are continuously working towards strengthening our longstanding relationship with Cisco for the benefit of our customers," said Allan Cawood, CEO of Dimension Data South Africa.
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