Datalink Certified with Master Designation to Provide Cisco Powered Cloud and Managed Services
January 12 2016 - 11:09AM
Business Wire
Datalink within Top Percentage of Cisco
Partners with Master Designation to Sell and Deliver IaaS and DRaaS
for Private Clouds
Datalink (Nasdaq: DTLK) announced today that it has achieved the
Cisco® Master Service Provider designation with the introduction of
its Cisco Powered™ Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Cisco
Powered Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) offerings. This
certification by Cisco’s Cloud and Managed Services Program (CMSP)
recognizes Datalink as having achieved an elite level of expertise
to sell and deliver cloud and/or managed services. To be able to
offer these services as Cisco Powered Services, Datalink needed to
complete a rigorous third-party audit of its services. This audit
verifies that services are delivered with enterprise-class
reliability, security and support.
The Master Service Provider designation also recognizes
Datalink’s investment and commitment to providing cloud and managed
services at Cisco’s highest standards. The shared goal is to help
businesses and organizations realize faster time to value.
“Relatively few IT service providers are equipped to provide
managed services for private clouds, despite the rapid increase in
private cloud deployments. Datalink offers private cloud and
disaster recovery service operational models that provide
organizations with fully managed and cost effective solutions for
achieving services level agreements and the ability to quickly
scale,” said Datalink President and CEO Paul Lidsky. “This Master
Service Provider designation from the Cisco Cloud and Managed
Services Program, combined with the Cisco Master Cloud Builder
Specialization and recently attained Master Security certification,
demonstrate the depth and breadth of our private cloud capabilities
and gives organizations confidence in our ability to support their
private cloud needs.”
The partnership between Datalink and Cisco extends into the
marketplace as well. Cisco will provide numerous financial
incentives and go-to-market benefits in all countries of legal
presence. Cisco will also actively sell Datalink’s cloud services
that are Cisco Powered through its own sales channels. In addition,
Datalink and Cisco will continue to work together to provide
ongoing innovation through these services.
Datalink’s managed cloud capabilities include Private Cloud
IaaS, which offers 24x7 monitoring and incident management as well
as system administration, patch management and capacity/performance
management of clients’ private clouds; and Private Cloud DRaaS, a
Datalink-hosted cloud disaster recovery service that protects
critical enterprise data without an upfront capital investment.
These services complement Datalink’s comprehensive cloud
consulting, design, deployment and support capabilities including
Datalink Cloud Complete, a package bundling converged
infrastructure, service automation and orchestration, a services
catalog and multiple support services to accelerate the rollout of
self-service IT.
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.
About the Cisco® Cloud and Managed Services Program
(CMSP)
CMSP helps Cisco partners to envision, build, market, and sell
their cloud and managed services. The program offers partners
access to an elite level of expertise, business acceleration tools
and services, sales training, and presence in the Cisco Cloud
Marketplace. Financial benefits include global discounts and
incentives to help maximize profitability, build customer loyalty,
and differentiate a partner’s cloud and managed services offerings.
Three program levels give partners a flexible framework for
business growth and the acquisition of new revenue streams.
About Cisco Powered
Cisco Powered is the industry standard for cloud and managed
services. Based on validated architectures and end-to-end security,
Cisco Powered services minimize technology lifecycle complexity to
reduce cost and risk. To ensure enterprise-class service, security,
and 24/7 support, Cisco partners offering Cisco Powered services
must undergo a rigorous certification and third-party audit of
their solutions. As the power behind the cloud, Cisco Powered
services enable organizations to connect with confidence while
achieving faster time-to-value, experiencing assured performance,
and leveraging ongoing innovation built on open standards.
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