Alphawest achieves Cisco's Advanced Data Centre Specialisation

It means Alphawest has fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, design, deploy and support Cisco data centre solutions.

Alphawest is one of the first organisations in Australia and APAC to be awarded the specialisation certification from Cisco.

“This accreditation demonstrates our commitment to investing in developing our skills and capabilities in planning, designing, implementing and managing emerging technologies,” said Rob Parcell, CEO, Alphawest.

“Our Data Centre and Storage capabilities are an area of growth for the company and we are extremely proud to be the first Cisco partner in the region to receive the Cisco Advanced Data Centre Networking Infrastructure Specialisation.

“This specialisation underpins our assessment-led approach to customer engagement so our customers receive solutions that help improve business performance and environmental sustainability,” Parcell added.

According to John Growdon, director of marketing for worldwide channels at Cisco, Alphawest’s investment in the training and equipment to provide integrated, collaborative and adaptive data networking solutions ranks them among the industry’s most-qualified.

The Cisco Advanced DCNI Specialisation helps partners address the requirements that enterprise and commercial customers face in deploying a data centre technologies and applications.

Partners are specialists in building end-to-end data centre solutions based on the industry-leading Cisco data centre networking products, including the Nexus Family of data centre switching products, Catalyst 4900 and 6500 Series Switches, Catalyst Blade switches, Firewall Services Module, Network Analysis Module, Application Control Engine module and appliance, Global Site Selector appliance, and Application Networking Manager.

The Cisco Resale Channel Program trains partners to build sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills, and validates their skills through a third-party audit.

Cisco resale partner specialisations — SMB, Express, Advanced and Master —reflect sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.