May, 2009 : Presidio Achieves Cisco Data Center Certification

📅 May 14, 2009 - As a Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider, company to accelerate the market adoption of unified computing.

Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc., a provider of professional and managed services for advanced IT lifecycle solutions and a Cisco Systems Gold Partner, today announced that it has achieved the Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) certification from Cisco - one of less than 20 such Cisco partners in North America.

The company states that the Cisco Unified Computing System unites network, computational, storage access, and virtualization resources in a single energy-efficient system that can reduce the costs and complexity of information technology (IT) infrastructure, help extend capital assets and improve business agility well into the future. It further states that a new computing model, the Cisco Unified Computing System uses integrated management and combines a "wire once" unified fabric with an industry-standard computing platform to optimize virtualization, reduce the data center's total overall cost and provide dynamic resource provisioning for businesses that are becoming increasingly collaborative, mobile and distributed.

"The Data Center Unified Computing ATP, combined with our existing expertise in systems, storage and virtualization, will drive our continued and accelerating success in designing, implementing, operating and optimizing data center solutions for our customers," said Joel Schleicher, Chairman and CEO of Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc. "We strive to provide the highest competencies to our customers for the complete lifecycle of all of the technology we deliver. This certification represents objective judgment by Cisco that our investments in people, process and tools have resulted in a service delivery model that is truly world-class and meets or exceeds the highest standards in the industry."

"Taking advantage of an architectural shift in the data center, Cisco's new computing model can help customers transform the data center into a dynamic IT environment with the power to increase productivity, improve efficiency and drive virtualization to an entirely new level," said John Growdon, Director, Worldwide Channels Go-to-Market Group at Cisco. "As a Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider, Presidio Networked Solutions is a member of an elite ecosystem of industry leaders working with Cisco to stimulate technology innovation, augment service delivery, and accelerate the market adoption of unified computing."