CNS achieves Gold Certification from Cisco in the Gulf

"The Cisco's Gold Certification has reinforced our commitment to continuous improvement in providing excellent pre-sales advice, after-sales support and professional customer service. This also reflects in our superior networking capabilities and high customer satisfaction levels and reiterates our position as one of UAE's leading IT solutions specialist," added Tony Alam, Managing Director, CNS.

The Cisco Gold Certification offers the highest level of credibility in the marketplace.

CNS is now ranked among top service providers in the 'Cisco Partner Locator' map on their website where the company's achievements are listed.

"We are committed to providing the tools, training and programmes that help drive partner growth, differentiation and profitability," said Edison Peres, vice president and chief go-to-market officer for worldwide channels at Cisco. "With specialisations in Unified Communications, Routing and Switching, Security, and Wireless LAN, CNS has made an investment in developing the capability to deliver the integrated and customised technology solutions today's customers demand."

The Cisco Resale Channel Programme 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—Gold, Silver, Premier and Select—represent an increasing breadth of skills across key technologies and a partner's ability to deliver integrated networking solutions.

Cisco resale partner specialisations—Master, Advanced and Express—reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.

As a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, CNS has met the requirements for attaining the broadest range of expertise across multiple technologies by achieving Cisco's four advanced specialisations: Unified Communications, Routing and Switching, Security, and Wireless LAN.

In addition, CNS has integrated Cisco Lifecycle Services into their offerings and is required to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction and this achievement provides CNS access to comprehensive sales, technical, and lifecycle services training and support available from Cisco.