Huntington, New York—January 1, 2010—Advanced Technical Systems Group announced today that it has achieved the Express Unified Communications Specialization from Cisco®.   This specialization recognizes ATSG as having the fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco Unified Communications solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.

“Advanced Technical Systems Group ensures success to our clients. Whether alone or seamlessly integrating our efforts with a business’ existing IT professionals. ATSG guarantees to maximize a client’s ROI, and exceed their current business goals. This is why so many of our clients consider themselves ATSG customers for life.” Stated by Erik Belz CCIE at Advanced Technical Systems Group.

“Small and medium sized businesses are aggressively adopting unified communications to drive customer services, employee productivity and competitive advantage,” said Richard McLeod, director of unified communications for worldwide channels at Cisco.  “As a Cisco Express Unified Communications Specialized Partner, Advanced Technical Systems Group has made an investment in developing the capability to deliver  integrated, collaborative unified communications solutions to SMB customers.”

The Cisco Express Unified Communications Specialization is designed to help partners meet the wide ranging needs of small to medium-sized businesses and autonomous enterprise branch offices.  These partners are trained and validated as specialists in building integrated voice, video and data networks based on the industry-leading Cisco Unified Communications portfolio. These products include the Cisco Unified CallManager Express, Cisco Unity Express, Cisco Unified IP Phones and Cisco Internet Services Routers.

The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides partners with the training required to build sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills, and then validates their skills through a third-party audit.  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—SMB, Express, Advanced and Master—reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.  Achieving Cisco Express Unified Communications Specialization also provides Advanced Technical Systems Group access to comprehensive sales, technical, and lifecycle services training and support available from Cisco.

About Advanced Technical Systems Group

Advanced Technical Systems Group is a provider of large-scale, high-level, comprehensive Information Technology consulting services custom-tailored for your particular business's specific requirements. Employing technology professionals of the highest caliber, our consultants are focused on delivering the most effective solution for your corporation. We offer solutions in IP Telephony, Collaboration, Security, and network infrastructure, and large EMR capability for smaller medical practices.

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