MIAMI, June 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DESCA, a leading technology integration services company, today announced that it received a Cisco Technology Excellence Partner of the Year Award for global excellence in 2008. An eLandia Group company, DESCA joins an elite group of Cisco partners that were recognized for their innovative practices and service delivery excellence. The Cisco award reaffirms DESCA leadership in Latin America and its commitment to ongoing excellence in innovative practices, application implementation, sales approach, and technical excellence.
"We are honored to be recognized by Cisco and the award validates our strategy of successfully integrating technology, processes, and people to deliver true innovation and success for our customers," said Jorge Alvarado, president and chief executive officer of DESCA. "We are also delighted to be widely acknowledged as a leader in the region and for our strength in Cisco Unified Communications solutions, which are rapidly demonstrating tremendous power in transforming our customers' businesses."
In addition to the global award, DESCA distinguished itself by winning the Enterprise Partner of the Year award and the Technology Excellence Partner of the Year for Unified Communications award - both in the Central America, North South America and Caribbean (CANSAC) region. In addition, DESCA Argentina won Technology Excellence Partner of the Year Award for the Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay (APU) region. Nineteen Cisco partners were selected from more than 60,000 Cisco channel partners worldwide with 13 honorees earning recognition for global excellence and six recognized for excellence in specific geographic regions. "As the economy creates new challenges, Cisco and our channel partners have worked diligently and successfully to explore new avenues for partnership and collaboration across the globe," said Keith Goodwin, senior vice president for worldwide channels at Cisco. "It has been an honor and privilege to recognize our top global performers for 2008 at the Cisco Partner Summit."
Cisco Partner Summit recognition represents another successful year for DESCA and strong market momentum. The Technology Excellence Partner award follows closely behind DESCA's achievement of a Master Multinational distinction for its expertise in delivering Cisco Unified Communications solutions in the CANSAC, APU, and Mexico regions. The company holds Cisco Gold Certification for its broad range of expertise in advanced Cisco technologies and for its high levels of customer satisfaction. DESCA also holds numerous technology specializations for Cisco solutions including Unified Communications, advanced security, and advanced wireless. In 2008, DESCA achieved Cisco Powered designation for its Managed Unified Communications and Managed Security services.
About DESCA
DESCA is the leading provider of network infrastructure and system integration products and services in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company delivers world-class business information and telecommunications solutions to customers in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, and USA. The company is majority-owned by eLandia Group and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. For more information, please visit www.desca.com.
About eLandia Group
With over 3,000 business customers and a presence in 17 countries, eLandia (OTCBB:ELAN) and its family of companies deliver an array of information and communications technology (ICT) services to emerging markets experiencing rapid development, predominantly focusing on Latin America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. eLandia assists its customers to implement world-class integrated infrastructure solutions and cutting-edge networking technologies, and to build highly-qualified local workforces to enable their businesses to transform and integrate into the global economy. For more information, please visit www.elandiagroup.com.
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