IPsoft, Cisco's managed services partner

NEW YORK, USA: IPsoft Incorporated announced that it has been recognised as a Cisco Managed Services Channel Partner, and has achieved Cisco Powered designations in managed unified communications, managed security, strategic managed services and legacy managed services.

Combined, these designations recognise IPsoft for having worked to acquire the resources and establish the procedure to deploy, manage and support Cisco managed services.

Chetan Dube, president and CEO, IPsoft, said: "IPsoft is proud to be designated as a Cisco Powered managed services provider and as a Managed Services Channel Partner. Our commitment to excellence in service delivery and service support is recognised by our customers and partners today, and it is very gratifying to have this validated by Cisco's assessment of our methods, tools and practices."

"The managed services industry is on the cusp of a shift from classical labour arbitrage models to more autonomically enabled delivery models; partnering with Cisco, the industry standard in network technologies, is a critical step for IPsoft in continuing to lead this transformation", Dube added.

Jeff Spagnola, vice president of worldwide service provider marketing, Cisco, said: "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. As a Cisco Managed Services Channel Partner with Cisco Powered designations, IPsoft has made an investment in obtaining the training, skills and knowledge necessary to play a pivotal role in meeting this increasing demand."

A Cisco Powered Managed Unified Communications business communications service is designed to provide unified voice, video, data and mobility communications for the business environment. The service integrates voice, video and other collaborative data applications into intelligent network communications solutions. These solutions, including internet protocol (IP) telephony, unified communications, and rich-media conferencing, take full advantage of the power, resilience and flexibility of an organisation's unified communications network.

A Cisco Powered Managed Security firewall service provides Cisco proven firewall technology solutions to help customers better protect their business infrastructure. The service is managed from a security operations center. It supports the key features available on the Cisco firewall solutions, such as network bandwidth optimization and anti-IP address spoofing, and conforms to Cisco and industry best practices.

Source: Business Wire