MANKATO, Minn. – Sept. 19, 2012– Enventis, a subsidiary of HickoryTech (NASDAQ: HTCO) announced today that it has achieved the Cisco® Master Managed Services Certification. This certification recognizes Enventis’ investment in the ITIL® processes, practices and tools necessary to provide high-quality managed services.
“The Cisco Master Managed Services Certification highlights our position as a market leader in providing Managed and Hosted Services to a wide range of organizations,” said Steve Larson, vice president of Enterprise Integration Services at Enventis. “Our Managed Services allow customers to focus their time and energy on running their business without compromising service or responsiveness when technology issues do arise.”
As a Cisco Master Managed Services Certified Partner, Enventis has demonstrated the ability to deliver sophisticated solutions, met stringent requirements that reflect a depth of capabilities, and undergone an independent audit by an objective third-party auditor. Enventis was also required to offer at least two managed services using the resources and procedures necessary to deploy, manage and support Cisco solutions.
“Enventis’ investment in the Cisco Master Managed Services Certification ranks it among an elite group of channel partners with the resources to deploy, manage and support services for multiple technologies,” said Edison Peres, senior vice president of worldwide channels at Cisco.
In addition, Enventis has achieved Cisco Powered managed services designations in Cisco Powered Managed Unified Communications.
