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For Immediate Release
World Wide Technology Achieves Gold Certification from Cisco Systems in the USA
St. Louis, Missouri - June 24, 2002 - World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) announced today that it has achieved Gold Certification from Cisco Systems in the USA effective June 3, 2002. The Gold Certified Partner designation is the highest level of technical certification available from Cisco's partner programs.
As a Gold Certified Partner, WWT meets the demanding Cisco personnel, support, specialization and customer satisfaction requirements. WWT has demonstrated through its commitment to this program that it is qualified to sell, install and support Cisco solutions in the United States. WWT areas of specialty include VPN Security, Universal Dial Access and Wireless LAN services.
President of World Wide Technology, Joe Koenig, states that, "This is a significant milestone in our twelve year history. Gold certification is an achievement that underscores our continued commitment with Cisco to providing our customers the highest level of service and support."
"The purpose of our Channel Partner Program is to help channel partners succeed in the next market evolution of value-based business models", said Chuck Robbins, Vice President, US Channels for Cisco Systems. "old Certification status provides strong recognition of World Wide Technology's commitment to providing the highest level of network expertise and customer satisfaction".
The Cisco Channel Partner Program offers its certified partners state-of-the-art technical as well as sales training. Gold Certified Partners are recognized and rewarded for having some of the industry's best-trained network technicians who are capable of achieving and demonstrating the highest level of expertise in planning, designing, implementing and supporting Cisco network solutions. This well-trained team of network technicians is audited annually to make sure they are consistently delivering industry leading support and maintaining the rigorous Cisco standards for network expertise and support capabilities.
About WWT
With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), is the leading electronic procurement and logistics company in the information technology industry. WWT specializes in helping its customers to rapidly build and deploy their IT infrastructure in an on- time and cost-effective manner.
WWT's electronic Procurement and Logistics (e-PL) capabilities combine procurement services and logistics functions with state-of-the-art information systems technology, allowing partners to focus on core competencies, while maximizing supply chain efficiencies. Partners benefit from having WWT, a proven distribution and logistics company, manage their inventory while at the same time gaining anytime, anywhere access to WWT's web-based procurement applications and inventory management tools. For more information, please visit us at http://www.wwt.com.