Cisco Announces Global and Top Theater Channel Partner Award Winners
11 Channel Partners Honored for Excellence Worldwide, Six Partners for Being Top Theater Performers
HONOLULU (Cisco Partner Summit), April 9, 2008 - To recognize the performance of its top global and theater channel partners in 2007, Cisco unveiled its Partner Summit global and top theater award winners today in Honolulu.
The 17 global honorees were selected from more than 3,000 Cisco channel partners worldwide for their outstanding performance in 2007. Eleven were recognized for global excellence, and six for excellence in a given geographic region.
The Cisco® Partner Summit global award winners are:
| Award | Winning Company |
| Collaboration Partner of the Year | IP Experts |
| Solution Innovation Partner of the Year | Dimension Data Australia |
| Enterprise Partner of the Year | Coleman Technologies |
| Services Partner of the Year | Hewlett-Packard |
| Technology Excellence Partner of the Year | Step Logic |
| Technology Excellence Partner of the Year | NEC |
| Technology Excellence Partner of the Year | NCS |
| New Partner of the Year | Connected WorkPlace Solutions |
| Managed Services Partner of the Year | Telmex-Red Uno |
| SMB Partner of the Year | Orange Business Services |
| Public Sector Partner of the Year | TELUS |
| Japan Partner of the Year | Net One Systems |
| Emerging Markets Partner of the Year | Dimension Data |
| Asia Pacific Partner of the Year | DataCraft |
| U.S./Canada Partner of the Year | CDW Berbee |
| European Markets Partner of the Year | Logicalis |
| Multitheater Partner of the Year | Westcon Group |
"As the economy changes, it continues to drive growth opportunities for Cisco partners across technologies and customer segments," said Keith Goodwin, senior vice president for worldwide channels at Cisco. "I have had the honor and privilege of recognizing our top global performers for 2007 this week at the Cisco Partner Summit."
The Cisco Partner Summit global and theater award winners are nominated by their Cisco theater sales teams. Nominations are reviewed by a group of Cisco worldwide and theater channel executives.
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