CISCO NAMES PBM IT SOLUTIONS TOP WESTERN REGION SECURITY PARTNER OF THE YEAR

Irvine, Ca. –March 24, 2006 – PBM  IT Solutions was presented with the “Top Western Region Security Partner of the Year” at Cisco’s 2006 World Partner Summit and West Area Commercial Award Ceremony held in San Diego, California held on March 14.  Cisco’s Commercial West Area Executive Sales and Channel Management Team selected PBM for this award based on its security revenue and percent of business attributed to security sales from a vast field of Cisco’s security-specialized partners in 13 western states including California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Hawaii and Alaska.

“We have been focusing and asking our partners to focus on what we call Advanced Technologies (AT) including security, voice, wireless and storage for the past three- to four-years,”  commented Cisco Orange County Channel Account Manager Randy Johnson.  “PBM IT Solutions has done a terrific job as a Cisco Channel Partner in achieving the highest security revenue, attach rate, engineering excellence, expertise in sales and marketing and achieving a high rate of customer satisfaction.”

PBM  IT Solutions has worked in partnership with Cisco for 10 years and achieved Gold Certification as a Cisco Channel Partner in December, 2005, which provided PBM with the resource framework to develop an expertise to sell, plan, design, implement and operate Cisco networking solutions.  To earn Gold certification, PBM  IT Solutions had to meet or surpass the stringent personnel, training, customer satisfaction, specialization, and post-sales support requirements set forth by Cisco.

About PBM IT Solutions

PBM  IT Solutions provides businesses with intelligent IT solutions that drive network performance and measurable value to the bottom line.  PBM delivers a comprehensive suite of consulting services, best-of-breed IT solutions and a full complement of managed services that reduce the cost and complexity of IT infrastructure. PBM is renowned for its innovative engineering and expertise in implementing strategic IT solutions worldwide. Founded in 1982, PBM is headquartered in Irvine, California and serves a wide range of businesses including Wescom Credit Union, Reader’s Digest, Westfield Group,  and Ceradyne, Inc.  For more information, visit www.pbmitsolutions.com.

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