ShoreGroup Recognized as Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Authorized Technology Provider

NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ShoreGroup, the IT lifecycle services company who delivers measurable business value to it's customers through consulting, design, deployment, and managed services, today announced that it has achieved Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) designation from Cisco. To meet this certification, ShoreGroup fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure products and solutions.

Participation in the Cisco ACI ATP Program allows ShoreGroup to offer their customers a new data center architecture designed to simplify operations and greatly reduce provision time through automation for their applications. 

"Applications are driving compute, SAN, and network requirements towards a policy based design that leverages Software Defined Networking (SDN) providing greater scalability through a distributed enforcement system, and greater network visibility, said John McCarthy, President of ShoreGroup.  With the ACI ATP designation, ShoreGroup can help our customers become more agile by accelerating the delivery of business processes."

To earn the ACI ATP designation, ShoreGroup fulfilled Cisco application centric infrastructure training and exam requirements. ShoreGroup also met the personnel and post sales support requirements set forth by Cisco. 

The Cisco Authorized Technology Provider Program is part of the Cisco go-to-market strategy for emerging technologies. The program helps Cisco to define the knowledge, skills and services that channel partners need to successfully sell, deploy and support an emerging technology practice.

About Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) in the data center is a holistic architecture with centralized automation and policy-driven application profiles. ACI delivers innovative software flexibility with the scalability of hardware performance.  An ACI network is deployed, monitored, and managed in a fashion that supports DevOps and rapid application change. ACI does so through the reduction of complexity and a common policy framework that can automate provisioning and managing of resources.

About ShoreGroup

ShoreGroup is a managed and professional services team with expertise and experience in using technology solutions to help our clients solve business challenges and achieve their objectives. Since our founding in 1999, our proven ability to meet or exceed our commitments has made us the trusted advisor to hundreds of customers. We forge long-term relationships with clients who view us more as a valued partner than a service provider.

ShoreGroup's team is comprised of the industry's leading experts, with unparalleled knowledge and skills in the technologies we deploy and manage. Leveraging this expertise, ShoreGroup delivers full lifecycle services to ensure the success of our clients – from the initial design of a network through to optimization and the ongoing delivery of quality support services.

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