Cisco Announces 2004 Channel Partner Award Winners

In an effort to highlight its top global and theater channel partners, Cisco Systems, Inc. (www.cisco.com), today unveiled its 2004 annual Partner Summit Global Channel Partner award winners.

The nine global honorees were selected from a list of more than 2,500 Cisco Certified Channel Partners worldwide for their outstanding performance in 2004 and the six theater winners were selected for being the best in their given theater.

Cisco recognized the top global channel partners in the following categories: IP Communications, Security, Mobility, Service Provider Managed Services, Innovation, Enterprise, SMB, Learning Solutions and Global Partner of the Year.

"We have the best channel partners in the industry and many of them are growing at a rapid pace," said Paul Mountford, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco Systems.

The Cisco Global Awards are conferred to partners who meet a specific set of requirements, which are designed to identify the best channel partner in each category. Cisco has also built a formalized nomination and selection process that begins with each sales theater identifying and nominating a channel partner for each category.