LONDON, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
- Continues its Position as Lead Regional Partner With 'European Partner of the Year' Award
Cisco Systems presented BT with seven key partner awards at this year's Cisco Partner Summit held in New Orleans.
As well as the 'European Partner of the Year' award, BT also won the 'Unified Communications and Collaboration Partner of the Year' and 'Service Provider Partner of the Year' awards for work in the UK. In Ireland, it received a further three awards: 'Borderless Network Partner of the Year', 'Enterprise Partner of the Year' and 'Services Partner of the Year'. Finally, in Switzerland, BT also picked up 'Service Provider Partner of the Year'.
The awards, which cover both country and geographic regions across the continent, recognise the successes of Cisco's partners and highlight some of the special achievements by the top performers.
Phil Smith, VP & Chief Executive, UK & Ireland, at Cisco said: "BT continues to innovate and add value to our business, and is currently working closely with us to launch further products on the Cisco UCS platform."
Commenting on the European Partner of the Year award, Thierry Drilhon, Vice President, World Partner Organisation, Europe, at Cisco added: "BT has continued to strengthen its relationship with Cisco through close alignment in all architectures".
Neil Pemberton, CEO at BT iNet, said: "These awards further demonstrate our continued commitment to all our customers in creating IT solutions that directly address their everyday issues and challenges, enabling them to be more productive and effective in these economic times."
About BT iNet
BT iNet is BT's Network IT Centre of Excellence for Small to Medium Enterprises specialising in Networking, Data Centre, Unified Communications and associated Services. Part of the BT Group, we pride ourselves in driving Assured Innovation for all our customers. By working with leading vendors such as Cisco, EMC & VMware, including their partners, we can deploy tailored solutions and services to help you meet your business objectives.
Our portfolio has been aligned to address the fundamental challenges facing organisations today:
- Enhancing Customer Service
- Driving Productivity
- Operational Efficiency
- Security, Compliance & Continuity
- Corporate Social Responsibility
BT iNet operate in all vertical markets, working both independently and alongside all parts of BT's global business.
For further information on how BT has used Unified Communications to help companies drive business and employee productivity please contact our team on +44(0)1993-885800 or info@btinet.bt.com
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