Cisco
Global strategic alliance
Our partnership
Atos and Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking, have a well established strategic partnership. This relationship aims to deliver added value to our joint customers and enable business transformation, supporting new business models and technological solutions.
Our offering
The strategic relationship between Cisco and Atos combines a fundamental understanding of industrial and administrative business processes and different system environments with a vision and commitment to the development of the “Internet of Everything”. Cisco’s unrivalled leadership in connectivity products and solutions are incorporated in Atos’ Business Enabling solutions and Foundation IT services
Our go-to-market includes the following collaboration areas (selection):
- Smart City
- Data Centers
- Media
- Hosted Collaboration Service
- Smart Grid
Our joint approach
The Atos Cisco Alliance enables transformational business change combining market leading technology with consulting and technical expertise. Together we develop business models and solutions that help customers take advantage of new technologies and opportunity. Atos brings outstanding industry knowledge and expertise to the extensive Cisco portfolio, leveraging intelligent networks and technology architectures built on integrated products, services, and software platforms.
Our certification
Atos achieves Cisco Gold Certification in North America
As of December 13th 2016, Atos North America renewed its Cisco Gold Certification. The Gold Certification is the highest certification from Cisco for partners who have integrated the deepest level of expertise into their offerings and demonstrated the highest level of customer satisfaction.
As of December 13th 2016, Atos North America renewed its Cisco Gold Certification. The Gold Certification is the highest certification from Cisco for partners who have integrated the deepest level of expertise into their offerings and demonstrated the highest level of customer satisfaction.
In the course of the certification process, multiple areas including customer support, project management, change management, network operation center (NOC), solution design, demonstration & support LAB, cloud and hybrid IT were thoroughly audited.
The Gold Partner award attests that Atos meets the highest standards of expertise across high growth market opportunities such as – Digital Network Architectures, Enterprise Networking, Security, Collaboration, Data Center Virtualization, IoT, SP Technology.
This however is not new to Atos, before North America, we had already achieved Cisco Gold status in Austria (addIT), France, Germany (Unify) and Spain.
For Atos customers, this translates into having the highest quality of network services and products delivered through the best product range that Cisco has to offer.
Atos BULL Achieves the Cisco Gold Certification in FRANCE
As of 29th November 2016, Bull France a subsidiary of Atos SE, headquartered in Bezons, France was nominated a Cisco Gold Partner. This Gold Certification achievement is recognition from Cisco for all partners who have integrated the deepest level of Cisco Lifecycle Services expertise into their offerings and demonstrated the highest level of customer satisfaction.
In the course of the certification process, multiple areas including customer support, project management, change management, network operation center (NOC), solution design, demonstration & support LAB, cloud and hybrid IT were thoroughly audited and tested. For Atos customers, this translates into having the highest quality of network services and products delivered through the best product range that Cisco has to offer in order to meet your future investment and growth.
The Gold Partner award attests that Atos meets the highest standards of expertise shown across high growth market opportunities such as – Enterprise Networking, Security, Collaboration, Data Center Virtualization and SP Technology. This however is not new because before France, we had already achieved Gold Partner status in Austria (addIT), Germany (Unify), Spain and the U.S.A.
“The Cisco Gold Partner award is just another milestone in our quest to be certified globally. It marks our commitment to Cisco but more importantly our dedication in delivering nothing but the best architecture, service, support and standards to our customers.” says Antoine Perrault Global Cisco Alliance Director.
More information on the Cisco Gold Certification can be found here.
Atos Netherlands is now a Cisco Premier Certified Partner
As of 1st December, 2016, in addition to its numerous other certifications, Atos Netherlands was certified a Cisco Premier Partner. This recognition is awarded to partners who have met Cisco’s high standards for networking competency, service, technical support and customer satisfaction.
The Cisco Premier Certification recognizes and rewards partners that have demonstrated a commitment to technical excellence and continued education. This fundamental specialization extends to technical competency in the integration of routing and switching, Data Centers, IoT, SD WAN, wireless LANs, and security technologies. For Atos Netherlands customers, this translates into having the highest quality of network services and products delivered through the best product range that Cisco has to offer in order to meet their future investment and growth.
In addition to being now a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, Atos Netherlands is also certified Cisco Multinational Europe. This certification recognizes partners that have expertise in selling, deploying and supporting Cisco architectural solutions across Europe. As an added benefit to customers, Atos Netherlands is also eligible to the Cisco Gold discount on a list of targeted top customers. To cap it all, being part of the Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Partner (CMSP) ecosystem, Atos Netherlands is a recognized and rewarded partner of Cisco that offers cloud and managed services based on Cisco technologies.
“We have a longstanding relationship with Cisco and put a lot of effort in achieving the Premier Cisco Partner status for The Netherlands. This Premier status now further enables us to even better serve our clients and generate new business.” says Andre Snijder, Head of Transformation Technology Services Benelux & the Nordics, Atos.
Daan de Groot (Head of Partner Organization Netherlands, Cisco) explains: “We’ve been working with Atos for many years in the Managed Services area and having a great partnership. Moving into the Technology Transformation Services unit, with increased focus on projects and innovations, becoming a Premier Cisco Partner in The Netherlands is a big step forward expanding our joint success.”
More information on the Cisco Premier Certification can be found here.
About Cisco
Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Founded in 1984, Cisco pioneered the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. This tradition continues with the development of routing, switching, and other network-based technologies such as collaboration, data center, security, pervasive video and wireless. All of these technologies are developed by Cisco’s extensive R&D investment or through strategic acquisition.
As an innovator in the communications and information technology industry, Cisco and its extensive partner ecosystem sell solutions and services to businesses of all sizes, governments and service providers.
