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HEIT earns Cisco Master Managed Services and White Label Provider Certifications

Release Date: 12/1/2009

Fort Collins, Colo. - December 1, 2009 - HEIT announced today it has achieved the Master Managed Services Certification from Cisco. This certification recognizes HEIT as having attained expertise in all phases of the Cisco® lifecycle methodology, described as "prepare, plan, design, implement, operate, and optimize." 

Additionally, HEIT can offer "white label" network operation services to other enrolled partners in the program - reflecting a broader capability that supports partner to partner collaboration in deploying Cisco-based managed services. 

"Several Cisco partners asked HEIT to provide a channel model for our highly accredited NOC, which has become a well-tuned machines since we've invested a lot of capital, time, and manpower in its development," said Dan Holt, CEO of HEIT. "The team is proud to be of service and working with Cisco to deliver a Master MSP model.

The Cisco Master Managed Services Certification recognizes a solution provider's investment in the managed service ITIL® processes, practices and tools necessary to provide high-quality managed services. As a Cisco Master Managed Services Certified Partner, HEIT has demonstrated the ability to deliver sophisticated solutions, met stringent requirements that reflect a depth of capabilities, and undergone an independent audit by an objective third-party auditor. HEIT was also required to offer at least two managed services using the resources and procedures necessary to deploy, manage and support Cisco solutions.

"HEIT's investment in the Cisco Master Managed Services Certification ranks it among an elite group of channel partners with the resources to deploy, manage and support services for multiple technologies," said Edison Peres, senior vice president of the worldwide channels go-to-market group at Cisco. 

In addition, HEIT has achieved Cisco Powered managed service designations in Cisco Powered Managed Security and Cisco Powered Managed Unified Communications.

Cisco Powered managed service designations acknowledge that a managed service provider has invested in industry-leading Cisco architectures and that its services have met the highest Cisco user-experience standards.

About HEIT

Financial institutions will improve their efficiency ratios, IT performance, and risk management with HEIT's PCS-4 Platform, built exclusively for banks and credit unions to align business technology with business strategy. HEIT provides best-in-class IT performance, compliance, and security managed services to help financial institutions improve profitability and efficiency, reduce risk, and mitigate security threats in the face of market contraction, margin compression, and increasingly complex regulatory environments. Tested as stringently as the most secured financial institution, the platform offers flexible, affordable service levels - that means HEIT handles your risk and technology management so you can focus on core business initiatives. Learn more about heit at www.goheit.com.

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