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HCL Comnet wins Cisco partner award

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BANGALORE, INDIA: HCL Comnet Ltd., a leading IT Services company and a subsidiary of HCL Technologies, today announced that it has been awarded the status of Managed Services Partner by Cisco in recognition of HCL Comnet’s mature delivery model and long standing credentials in providing Managed IT Infrastructure services to Indian and Global clients.

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The elite Cisco Powered Program allows Comnet to promote and nourish a world-leading Managed Services portfolio using Cisco Solutions. This designation recognizes HCL Comnet for having consistently worked to acquire the resources and establish sound procedures to deploy, manage and support these Managed Services.

As part of the Cisco Managed Service Program, HCL Comnet has also been awarded the ‘Cisco Powered Managed Datacenter’ and ‘Cisco Powered Managed Security’ authorizations, which recognize HCL Comnet as a world leader in providing Managed Services in these domains. HCL Comnet is the first company in India to achieve the ‘Cisco Powered Managed Datacenter Partner’ status.

Comnet is now authorized to resell Cisco equipment & services bundled along with HCL Comnet’s Remote Infrastructure Management Services to customers in all global markets including the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. This makes HCL Comnet a one-stop shop for clients’ Managed Services requirements and allows it to engage with clients in flexible, customized service models for their Network, Security & Datacenter Infrastructure requirements.

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Kiran Bhagwanani, Country Manager, India & Middle East, HCL Technologies, said, “This recognition reflects the capability and competency that HCL Comnet is armed with to provide world-class Managed Services in both Indian & Global markets. Cisco Partners are included in this program after a stringent prequalification process and study of partner capabilities and it is indeed a proud moment for us to get this status.”

Adopting managed services allows companies to align IT and business goals, enabling them to focus scarce internal resources on their core competencies while servicing day-to-day IT infrastructure and operational needs through technology delivered as a service. More of our partners are fulfilling this market need by delivering flexible services based on Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Networks,” said Jeff Spagnola, vice president of worldwide service provider marketing at Cisco. “Based on a consistent, global framework, Cisco Powered designations indicate that HCL Comnet has made an investment in obtaining the training, skills and knowledge necessary to play a pivotal role in meeting this increasing demand.

Cisco Partners are included into the Cisco Managed Services Channel Partner (MSCP) Program after a stringent prequalification process followed by an intensive on-site audit that studies partner’s capabilities of delivering Managed Services to clients built around Cisco’s products & solution frameworks. The MSCP program has three levels of certification, depending on the product range & capabilities of partners to deliver these services: Cisco Powered, Strategic Managed and Legacy Managed.

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HCL Comnet is now certified by Cisco as a Managed Services Channel Partner for the following tracks:

  • Cisco Powered-Managed Firewall, Managed IDS/IPS & Managed WAAS
  • Strategic Managed-Managed Secure Router, Managed Hosting/Co-location & Managed Wireless LAN
  • Legacy Managed-Managed Router & Managed LAN

HCL Comnet is one of the top Gold partners for Cisco and has to its credit other certifications that include Master Security Specialization & Advanced specialization in Unified Communications, Datacenter Networking, Routing & Switching &Wireless.

The company was recently ranked No. 1 in Network Management Services and Network Security and No. 2 in Network Integration in the Voice and Data 100, 2008.