Williams Communications Solutions Achieves Gold Certification from Cisco Systems
January 26, 2000 10:00 AM
HOUSTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Communications Solutions, a unit of Williams Communications WCG , announced today it has achieved Gold Certification from Cisco Systems, Inc. Gold Certification status provides strong recognition of the company's continuous investment in Cisco Systems and leading internetworking technology for its customers.
To achieve Gold Certification, Williams demonstrated success in selling, designing, supporting and servicing Cisco solutions and has six engineers who are Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts.
"As one of only 37 Gold Partners in the United States, we're an extension of Cisco's support team," said Jim Greenway, vice president of marketing at Williams Communications Solutions. "Achieving Gold Partner status, which less than one-half-of-one-percent of all Cisco channel partners achieve, reinforces our ability to provide the mission-critical support that large enterprise networks demand."
Cisco Systems recognizes Gold Partners to have developed expertise in virtually every aspect of Cisco's business including planning, network design and management, support and global networking.
"The purpose of the Cisco Gold Certification Program is to publicly recognize those Cisco channel partners who increase end-customer satisfaction by solving problems quickly," said Tom Stevenson, vice president of Global Partners for Cisco Systems. "These channel partners also understand the strategic business value of 'the network' and have the expertise to meet end- customer needs."
Gold Certified channel partners are resellers whose customers typically work with the largest network installations. Channel partners provide a comprehensive service offering, including complex network design and implementation, post-sales support lab facilities, remote diagnostics and on- site troubleshooting.
Williams Communications Solutions, LLC is a North American, single-source provider of business communications equipment and multimedia integration services for data, voice, video and advanced applications. Its network support solutions include a portfolio of full-service products from the industry's leading manufacturers, as well as configuration, design, installation, maintenance and management services for mission-critical voice and data networks.
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