20/05/2010
Netlink Group Achieves Express Unified Communications Specialisation from Cisco Australia
Perth, Western Australia – 20 May 2010
Netlink Group announced today that it has achieved the Express Unified Communications Specialisation from Cisco Systems®. This specialisation recognizes Netlink Group as having the fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco Unified Communications solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.
"Small and medium sized businesses are aggressively adopting unified communications to drive customer services, employee productivity and competitive advantage," said Richard McLeod, director of unified communications for worldwide channels at Cisco." As a Cisco Express Unified Communications Specialised Partner, Netlink Group has made an investment in developing the capability to deliver integrated, collaborative unified communications solutions to SMB customers."
The Cisco Express Unified Communications Specialisation is designed to help partners meet the wide ranging needs of small to medium-sized businesses and autonomous enterprise branch offices. These partners are trained and validated as specialists in building integrated voice, video and data networks based on the industry-leading Cisco Unified Communications portfolio. These products include the Cisco Unified CallManager Express, Cisco Unity Express, Cisco Unified IP Phones and Cisco Internet Services Routers.
The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides partners with the training required to build sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills, and then validates their skills through a third-party audit. Cisco resale partner certifications—Select, Premier, Silver and Gold—represent an increasing breadth of skills across key technologies and a partner's ability to deliver integrated networking solutions. Cisco resale partner specialisations—SMB, Express, Advanced and Master—reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies. Achieving Cisco Express Unified Communications Specialisation also provides Netlink Group access to comprehensive sales, technical, and lifecycle services training and support available from Cisco.
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