Cross Telecom Achieves Advanced Unified Communications Specialization from Cisco

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Cross Telecom achieved the Advanced Unified Communications Specialization from Cisco Systems. This specialization recognizes Cross for selling, designing, installing, and supporting a Cisco Unified Communications solution.

The Cisco Advanced Unified Communications Specialization is designed to help partners—whether small to medium-sized businesses or enterprise-scale organizations—meet a wide range of customer needs. It focuses on unified communications market opportunities that require advanced product knowledge and the ability to deploy solutions over multiple sites and geographies. Cisco Advanced Unified Communications Specialized Partners are specialists in building communications solutions based on the Cisco Unified Communications portfolio. These products include the Cisco Unified CallManager, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Unity voice messaging and unified messaging, Cisco Unity Express, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, Cisco Unified Videoconferencing, and Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express.

The Cisco Channel Partner Program provides partners with training, validation, and rewards for building the sales, technical, and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills necessary to deliver integrated solutions to customers. At each succeeding level, a partner demonstrates greater sales, technical, and Cisco Lifecycle Services capabilities in specific technologies. Cisco channel partner certifications at the gold, silver, and premier levels reflect a breadth of skills across key technologies and a partner's ability to deliver integrated networking solutions.