Darts IT Networks is India's first Cisco SMB specialized partner

DQC News Bureau

Mumbai: Cisco has announced that Darts IT Networks has become the first Cisco
SMB specialized partner in India. The Cisco SMB specialization program empowers
channel partners to understand the unique business challenges of SMB customers
and cater to their specific requirements more effectively. In addition, Darts IT
Networks has also achieved the unique distinction of being the only Cisco
partner worldwide, to attain six specific Cisco specializations.

Amongst the Cisco specializations, Darts is the first Indian partner to get
the advanced security specialization and the CRM express solution
specialization. The remaining specializations are the advanced unified
communications specialization, the advanced wireless LAN specialization, and the
express foundation specialization. Darts has met the resource requirements for
the above mentioned six specializations.

Congratulating the Darts team, Avinash Purwar, VP, Channels, Cisco India and
SAARC said, “We launched the SMB specialization program in June 2007 to
differentiate, recognize, and reward Cisco's channel partners that have
focused business practices selling to the SMB market. We are happy to announce
that Darts has not only become the first Cisco SMB specialized partner in India
but also raised the bar with five other specializations. In November itself,
Darts also became the only Cisco partner in India who was rated “excellent”
quarter on quarter, by the Cisco customers in its customer satisfaction
excellence program. We are proud that Darts is the most specialized Cisco
premier partner in the world today.”

Commenting on the certification, Arun Gupta, MD, Darts IT Networks said, “Darts
has always been motivated to provide innovative solutions to our customers.
Becoming Cisco's first SMB specialized partner further enables us to better
respond to the needs of the SMB segment, which is seeing a lot of growth and
innovation in India today. With our current levels of specializations, our
proven customer-centric approach, and our team of knowledgeable networking
professionals, together with Cisco we can make significant contributions to the
SMB segment.”