Berbee Information Networks Wins Cisco Global Solution Innovation Partner of the Year at 2007 Cisco Partner Summit
Berbee One of Ten Channel Partners Honored for Being the Best Cisco Channel Partners Worldwide
Madison, WI - April 18, 2007 - Berbee Information Networks, a CDW company, announced today it has won the 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) Global Solution Innovation Partner of the Year Award for its unique approach to building solutions for its customers. The award highlights its consultative sales methodology and lifecycle services approach to Cisco's advanced technologies, including unified communications, security, mobility and network optimization.
Berbee also won the award for US Technology Excellence Partner of the Year for Unified Communications and Security. Cisco unveiled the winners at its 2007 annual Partner Summit. These Channel Partner Awards highlight the Cisco top global and theater channel partners.
The ten global honorees were selected from a list of more than 3,000 Cisco Certified Channel Partners worldwide for their outstanding performance in 2006 and the five theater winners were selected for being the best in their given region.
"I had the honor and privilege of recognizing Berbee as 2006 global winner for Global Solution Innovation Partner of the Year," said Keith Goodwin, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco Systems. "As a Global Award Winner, Berbee has distinguished themselves as one of the industry's leading Channel Partners and highlights their success as a Cisco channel partner."
"This marks the sixth year in a row that Berbee has won an award at the national or global level from Cisco Systems, an unprecedented run," said Paul Shain, Berbee chief executive officer and CDW senior vice president. "This validates the investments we've made in our capabilities to provide advanced technology solutions to our clients, including professional services."
The Cisco Global Awards are conferred to partners who meet a specific set of requirements, which are designed to identify the best channel partner in each category. Cisco has also built a formalized nomination and selection process that begins with each sales theater identifying and nominating a channel partner for each category. These nominations are reviewed and a collective group that includes Cisco worldwide channels and theater channel executives makes final selections. All of the global and theater Partner of the Year awards are in compliance with the requirements of the Cisco Channel Partner Program and customer satisfaction as its foundational criterion.
About Berbee
Berbee, a CDW company, is a proven partner for IT solutions, including unified communications, security, remote managed services, information worker solutions, and virtualization and optimization. Berbee's data centers deliver hosted applications, co-location, and managed services to clients nationwide. Berbee is a leading provider of technology for business and is among a handful of companies worldwide to achieve the highest level of partnership with our strategic partners Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft. Berbee has offices in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Additional information about Berbee is available at www.berbee.com.
About CDW
CDW Corporation (NASDAQ: CDWC), ranked No. 342 on the FORTUNE 500, is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education. CDW is a principal source of technology products and services including top name brands such as Acer, Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Panasonic, Quantum, Samsung, Sony, Symantec and ViewSonic. CDW's direct model offers customers one-on-one relationships with knowledgeable account managers and access to more than 760 on-staff engineers and advanced technology specialists who customize solutions for customers' complex technology needs. CDW also provides same-day product shipping and post-sales technical support.
CDW was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 5,480 coworkers. In 2006, the company generated sales of $6.8 billion. For more information, visit www.CDW.com.
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