BITS, LLC Achieves Cisco Advanced Managed Services Certification

NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BITS, LLC, a leading managed telecommunications provider, announced today it has achieved the Cisco^® Advanced Managed Services Certification, for the second year in a row. This certification recognizes BITS' investment and commitment to the ITIL® processes, practices and tools necessary to provide high-quality managed services.

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Chuck Daniels, CEO of BITS, said about the announcement, "We are very pleased to acquire this latest MSCP Advanced certification. BITS has built Operational procedures on ITIL [Information Technology Infrastructure Library] Fundamentals, to deliver all services in accordance with the Cisco Managed Services Channel Program. Given that Cisco provides us with the infrastructure to deliver cloud-based telecommunications services to community banks, this certification will bring even further comfort to our growing customer base that BITS provides superior end-to-end customer service. "

As a Cisco Advanced Managed Services Certified Partner, BITS has made an investment in a Network Operations Center (NOC) and has demonstrated the ability to support at least two unique customers, validated via an independent audit by an objective third-party auditor. Additionally, BITS has satisfied the requirement of having a minimum of two full-time professionals with at least one Cisco Certified Network Professional certification.  

In addition, BITS has achieved a Cisco Powered managed services designation in Cisco Powered Managed Unified Communications.

About BITS

BITS is a best-in-class telecommunications services provider exclusively for community banks. We offer a complete hosted platform of next generation telecommunication services, specifically developed to simplify banks' technical, operational, and regulatory requirements. Our services provide cost savings, unmatched efficiencies, risk reduction, streamlined solutions, and peerless, always-on customer support. BITS is funded and owned by several bankers' banks as well as community bank investors. Our services were designed to help community banks improve their efficiency ratios by reducing existing costs for all Voice, Data, Internet, Network Security, Core, and ATM circuits.

BITS simplifies compliance and reduces the regulatory burden community banks encounter as we are a proven communications provider reviewed by the FFIEC. In addition, BITS is SOC 2 compliant and endorsed by multiple Bankers' Banks and State Banking Associations, including the Connecticut Bankers Association (CBA), the Indiana Bankers Association (IBA), the Illinois Bankers Association (IBA), the Maryland Bankers Association (MBA), the Massachusetts Bankers Association (MBA), the New Jersey Bankers Association (NJBA), the Independent Bankers Association of New York State (IBANYS), and the Pennsylvania Bankers Association (PBA).

For more information, please visit www.bitsnetwork.com.

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