Devon, PA – July 28 2009 – DecisionOne announced today it has achieved Select Certification from Cisco®. The Select Certification recognizes Cisco channel partners whose focus is on the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.

“DecisionOne has been providing Cisco onsite maintenance and deployment services for more than 15 years,” says Bill Comfort, Senior Vice President of Operations at DecisionOne. “Achieving Select Certification status is one of many steps we are taking to expand our networking capabilities and data center support services. By leveraging our technical expertise and support service infrastructure with Cisco solutions, we can better deploy, operate, and maintain the full lifecycle of networking solutions we provide to our OEM partners, IT service providers and SMB customers. ”

“The Cisco Select Certification was created in response to customer demand for channel partners to be capable of designing and implementing SMB-specific Cisco solutions," said Surinder Brar, senior director of worldwide channels at Cisco. “With the Select Certification, DecisionOne has made an investment in obtaining the training, skills and knowledge necessary to play a pivotal role in meeting this increasing demand.”

To earn Select Certification, DecisionOne fulfilled the training and exam requirements for the SMB Specialization. DecisionOne also met the personnel, training, and post-sales support requirements set forth by Cisco.

The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides partners with the training required to build sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills. Cisco resale partner certifications—Select, Premier, Silver and Gold—represent an increasing breadth of skills across key technologies and a partner’s ability to deliver integrated networking solutions. Cisco resale partner specializations—Entry, Express, Advanced and Master—reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.