Providea Wins Cisco Architectural Excellence - Collaboration Partner of the Year 2011, West at Cisco Partner Summit 2012

CAMARILLO, Calif., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Providea Conferencing, LLC, a leading global provider of visual collaboration and telepresence technology solutions today announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit theater award for Cisco Architectural Excellence - Collaboration Partner of the Year 2011, West. Cisco unveiled the winners April 17 at its annual channel partner conference in San Diego, California.

"Cisco is proud to partner with so many well-respected and industry-leading organizations, and it is an honor to recognize Providea Conferencing as a Cisco Partner Summit theater award winner," said Jim Sherriff, senior vice president, Americas Partner Organization at Cisco.  "The Cisco Architectural Excellence - Collaboration Partner of the Year 2011, West presented to Providea recognizes its performance and expertise as a Cisco channel partner in the west region in 2011."

"We are honored to be recognized by Cisco with this award", said Todd Luttinger, President and CEO of Providea Conferencing. "We saw some incredible demonstrations around video and collaboration at this year's Partner Summit and we're ready to take these products to market. Cisco continues to make "any to any device" a reality, and we're excited to share with our customers how they can truly collaborate on their own terms on a range of devices that provide a rich and consistent user experience."

Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: global, geo, and theater.  Cisco Partner Summit U.S. and Canada theater awards reflect a partner's performance in a given geographic region of the United States or Canada. 

About Providea:
Headquartered in Camarillo, CA, with offices nationwide and internationally in the United Kingdom, Providea Conferencing is a leading global provider of visual collaboration and telepresence technology solutions.  End-to-end expertise encompasses video endpoints, infrastructure, multimedia, UC Integration and a strong portfolio of network, professional and managed service offerings.  Representing the top manufacturers and network carriers in the industry, including Cisco, Polycom, LifeSize, AT&T and Masergy, we are uniquely positioned in the video conferencing and telepresence marketplace as a true single-vendor solution provider.  Today, Providea brings video conferencing solutions to thousands of customers spanning across a range of industries including financial, legal, technology, healthcare, entertainment, education and state and local government agencies.

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