14 May 2008
ANS Group Plc Headquarters

ANS Group get Unified Comms Specialisation

The Board of ANS Group, a leading UK Technology Solutions group, is pleased to announce an update today on its Cisco partnership.

The Group has met the necessary resource requirements to achieve the Cisco Advanced Unified Communications Specialisation demonstrating its continued commitment to its Cisco relationship and providing a further step to achieving Silver accreditation.

The Cisco Advanced Unified Communications Specialisation recognises partners for their knowledge and expertise in selling, designing, installing, and supporting a comprehensive Unified Communications solution. ANS Group is now one of only three Cisco Premier/Silver partners to have both the advanced Security and Unified Communications accreditations.

This specialisation will help ANS Group meet a wide range of customer needs-from small to medium-sized businesses all the way up to enterprise-scale organisations and focuses on IP Communications market opportunities that require advanced product knowledge and the ability to deploy solutions over multiple sites and geographies. Achieving the Cisco Advanced Unified Communications Specialisation boosts ANS Group's credibility with customers by enhancing its ability to deliver advanced voice applications using IP as the transport technology that spans the distance from the customer premises to the network core.

Scott Fletcher, Chairman of ANS Group, commented:

"We're powering ahead developing our partnership with Cisco having now achieved the Advanced Unified Communications Specialisation. Our goal to be a Cisco Silver Partner by the end of 2007 is still very much on track and we will announce further accreditations in due course."