ViaWest Achieves Cisco Cloud & Managed Services Advanced Certification

ViaWest has achieved the Cisco^® Cloud and Managed Services Advanced Certification. This certification recognizes ViaWest as having the capabilities to sell and deliver cloud and managed services to help its customers accelerate time to market and time to revenue. Additionally, the certification rewards partners for their expertise and investments for creating, selling and delivering cloud and managed services.

“ViaWest has been a Cisco partner for over ten years, and our Cloud and Managed Services Advanced Certification is just another way we demonstrate our commitment to excellence and to delivering innovative solutions to our customers,” said Jason Carolan, Chief Technology Officer for ViaWest.

The Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Program (CMSP) certification is part of the Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Program go-to-market strategy.  The program is focused on helping partners such as ViaWest envision, build, market and sell cloud and managed services. As a Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Certified Advanced Partner, ViaWest’s KINECTed Cloud™ and managed services offerings will bear the Cisco Powered designation, indicating that both are built on the IT Infrastructure Library (or ITIL) framework and provide basic management capabilities that support Cisco technologies.

ViaWest is one of the first providers in the Western U.S. to achieve the Cisco Powered cloud designation. Utilizing the best-of-breed, VMware-based vCloud® Powered platform along with the new Cisco Powered designation, ViaWest’s KINECTed Cloud supports businesses throughout their lifecycles.

For more information on ViaWest’s cloud computing services, please visit http://www.viawest.com/solutions/cloud-computing.