Cisco’s virtual partner summit is still on, but some important announcements were already made:
Cisco Announces Top Global and Theater Channel Partner Award Winners
13 Channel Partners Honored for Excellence Worldwide, Six Partners for Being Top Theater Performers
The 19 global honorees were selected from more than 60,000 Cisco channel partners worldwide for their outstanding performance in 2008. Thirteen were recognized for global excellence, and six for excellence in a specific geographic region.
The Cisco Partner Summit global award winners are:
Award Winning Company
Collaboration Partner of the Year ECCOM Network System Co. Ltd
Solution Innovation Partner of the Year Saga d.o.o.
Enterprise Partner of the Year Deutsche Telekom AG
Services Partner of the Year Datametrix AS
Technology Excellence Partner of the Year INX Inc.
Technology Excellence Partner of the Year Dimension Data
Technology Excellence Partner of the Year Desca
Technology Excellence Partner of the Year Fujitsu Ltd.
Service Provider Partner of the Year Alphawest and Optus Business
SMB Partner of the Year CDW Corporation
Public Sector Partner of the Year NextiraOne Europe
Commercial/Mid-market Partner of the Year LWCOM
Global Learning Partner of the Year Global Knowledge Training LLC
Japan Partner of the Year Net One Systems Co., Ltd.
Emerging Markets Partner of the Year PromonLogicalis Latin America
Asia Pacific Partner of the Year Datacraft Asia
.U.S./Canada Partner of the Year World Wide Technology, Inc.
European Markets Partner of the Year Dimension Data
Multi-theater Partner of the Year EMC
If you work for a Cisco partner, it is recommended to register and look at the nice interface they made for this summit. Also there might be some valuable technical info you can gain from visiting there (and prizes too).
