Cisco Announces 2006 Global and Top Theater Channel Partner Award Winners

CISCO PARTNER SUMMIT 2007 -- In an effort to highlight its top global and theater channel partners, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) today unveiled its 2006 annual Partner Summit Global Channel Partner award winners.

The ten global honorees were selected from a list of more than 3,000 Cisco Certified Channel Partners worldwide for their outstanding performance in 2006 and the five theater winners were selected for being the best in their given region.

The 2006 Cisco Global Channel Partners of the Year Award Winners are:

Award Category:                                 Global Winner:
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Solution Innovation Partner of the Year         Berbee Information Networks
Technology Excellence Partner of the Year       AXIANS
Technology Excellence Partner of the Year       S&T Hungarian, Ltd.
Managed Services Partner of the Year            Verizon Business
SMB Partner of the Year                         Minx Technology
Technology Excellence Partner of the Year       Getronics
Services Partner of the Year                    ECCOM NETWORK SYSTEMS
Technology Excellence Partner of the Year       Netmarks
Multi-Theatre Enterprise Partner of the Year    Dimension Data
Public Sector Partner of the Year               Mannai

The 2006 Cisco Theatre Channel Partners of the Year Award Winners are:

Award Theatre:                                  Theatre Winner:
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APAC Theatre Partner of the Year                Wipro Infotech
Emerging Markets Theatre Partner of the Year    Mude
European Markets Theatre Partner of the Year    Ingram Micro
Japan Theatre Partner of the Year               Net One Systems
US/Canada Theatre Partner of the Year           World Wide Techology, Inc.

"As our customers' needs change, the market changes and the network becomes the platform for all communications, a compelling argument can made that growth in the IT industry is coming to Cisco and our partners," said Keith Goodwin, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco Systems. "As I travel the globe and meet with partners one thing becomes clear; we have world class channel partners. At our annual Cisco Partner Summit last week I had the honor and the privilege of recognizing our top global performers for 2006."

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. These nominations are reviewed and a collective group that includes Cisco worldwide channels and theater channel executives makes final selections. All of the global and theater Partner of the Year awards are in compliance with the requirements of the Cisco Channel Partner Program and customer satisfaction as its foundational criterion.

For more features, news, videos, and photos relating to the Cisco 2006 Partner Summit visit http://newsroom.cisco.com/partnersummit/ .

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