Mumbai & Hyderabad - November 20, 2008 - Locuz Enterprise Solutions announced today it has achieved Silver Certification from Cisco®. To earn Silver Certification, Locuz had to meet rigorous standards for networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction set forth by Cisco.
“Cisco is strategic to our business and over the last few years we have been growing our business significantly, especially in the area of Data Center & Unified Communications. The Cisco Silver Certification is a demonstration of our continued commitment to this relationship,” said Mr. Vijay Wadhi, Managing Director, Locuz Enterprise Solutions Limited.
“Cisco is committed to providing tools, training and programs to help drive partner growth, differentiation and profitability,” said Mr. R. Dhamodaran, Senior Vice President – Channels & Commercial Strategy at Cisco India & SAARC. “With specializations in Security & Unified Communications, Locuz has made an investment in delivering the integrated and customized technology solutions to suit today’s customers’ demands.”
As a Cisco Silver Certified Partner, Locuz met requirements for attaining a broad range of expertise. To achieve Cisco Silver Certification, Locuz was required to achieve Cisco advanced specializations in two chosen technologies. In addition, Locuz was required to integrate Cisco Lifecycle Services into their offerings and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction, based on independently audited customer satisfaction surveys.
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 specializations - Express, Advanced and Master - reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Anirudh Prabhakaran, Executive Director and President - South Asia, 3i Infotech, said, “We congratulate Locuz on this achievement and would also like to take this opportunity to compliment the dynamic management team which made this feat possible.”
About Locuz
A deep-rooted philosophy - ‘creating business value with IT Infrastructure’ – drives Locuz in its mission of helping solve the challenge of deploying and managing complex IT Infrastructure in the face of rapid technological changes. Since 2000, Locuz has executed IT Infrastructure projects for many large enterprises in the country and continues to provide Consulting, Solutions and Services in areas like Education, Research, IT/ITES, Manufacturing, BFSI and Telecom. Locuz is a subsidiary of 3i Infotech Ltd and has offices across South and West India with headquarters in Hyderabad. More details are available at www.locuz.com
About 3i Infotech
3i Infotech is one of India’s leading IT companies and among the top 4 Indian Software Products Companies.* The Company provides software products and IT services (Managed IT Services, Application Software Development & Maintenance, Payment Services, Business Intelligence, Document Imaging & Digitization, Operations Outsourcing (BPO) and IT Consulting) for the Insurance, Banking, Capital Markets, Mutual Funds, Wealth Management and Government verticals. The Company services customers in over 50 countries across 5 continents.
3i Infotech is SEI CMMI Level 5 compliant for Software Services, ISO 9001:2000 for BPO Services and ISO 27001:2005 certified for Infrastructure Services.
* Source: Dataquest
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