Datalink Achieves Cisco Master Security Specialization in U.S.
January 07 2016 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
Cisco Master Specialization Distinguishes
Channel Partner with Highest Level of Security Expertise, Lifecycle
Services and Success in Sales
Datalink (Nasdaq: DTLK) announced today that it has achieved the
Cisco® Master Security Specialization. This specialization
recognizes Datalink as having fulfilled the training requirements
and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support highly
sophisticated Cisco network security solutions.
Datalink offers a comprehensive security practice that includes
strategy development, risk assessment, solution design and
technology selection, security tool rationalization, monitored and
managed security, and more. Security offerings align to the
client’s business goals and are integrated into all of Datalink’s
services, including unified data center infrastructure
implementation, cloud service management, data and application
migration, data center relocation, and business continuity.
“Achieving the Master Security certification validates our
security expertise, abilities, and portfolio,” said Datalink
President and CEO Paul Lidsky. “Cisco's security solutions are a
core building block in our broader mission of helping clients deal
with balancing the mitigation of advanced threats while delivering
efficiency and compliance back to the business. Every project or
initiative the business undertakes has a security component that is
critical to its success. At Datalink we help our clients align
their business objectives and security objectives to boost
operational efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide
cost management and an improved client experience. Every security
project we handle addresses these needs, ensuring that clients are
prepared to handle today’s cyber security threats in a systematic
and intelligent way to achieve intended business outcomes.”
“This specialization recognizes channel partners who have
developed practices and demonstrated skills to provide customers a
Cisco security platform that addresses today’s evolving security
threats while also delivering valuable business outcomes,” said
John Growdon, senior director channels business development –
security, Cisco. “These partners have invested resources to gain
deep expertise in design and implementation of complex,
cross-architectural security solutions, plus built competencies
around security services, such as managed threat defense and
vulnerability assessments, that open up new business opportunities,
and earn customer confidence in partners as trusted technology
advisors. Datalink has made an outstanding achievement in obtaining
the Cisco Master Security Specialization.”
The Cisco Master Security Specialization is designed to
recognize an elite group of channel partners who have invested in
the most in-depth technology skills and have demonstrated success
in providing services for Cisco’s value-added security
solutions.
To achieve the Master Security Specialization, partners must
first attain the Cisco Advanced Security Architecture
Specialization. Partners must then meet a series of stringent
requirements in three categories: technology capabilities, sales
expertise and Cisco Lifecycle Services. Channel partners must meet
a number of prerequisites, including one FireJumper and one
individual Cisco CCNP® Security certification. Partners are also
required to provide references called Partner Executed Proof of
Values (PoVs) that determine whether their product or technology
directly addresses a defined set of business outcomes. Finally,
partners must supply evidence of expertise in three of six defined
security practice areas: 1) threat visibility, 2) network
vulnerability assessment, 3) remediation and response, 4) secure
cloud, 5) secure data center, and 6) secure IoT.
The Cisco Channel Partner Program helps Cisco partners build the
sales, technical and services skills required to deliver Cisco
solutions and customer business outcomes. Through the program's
specializations and certifications, Cisco recognizes a partner's
expertise in deploying solutions based on Cisco advanced
technologies and services. Using a third-party audit process, the
program validates a partner's technology skills, business
practices, customer satisfaction, presales and post-sales support
capabilities, and other critical factors that customers consider
when choosing a trusted partner.
About Datalink
Datalink is a complete IT services provider that helps companies
transform their technology, operations, and service delivery to
meet business challenges. Combining extensive experience, a full
lifecycle of services and a comprehensive approach to producing IT
innovations that empower positive business outcomes, Datalink
delivers success across cloud IT transformation, next generation
technology, and security. For more information, call 800.448.6314
or visit www.datalink.com.
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