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Carousel Industries LaSalle Solutions Named

Appoints Top Industry 2016 Cisco Services

Partner of the Year,
Veterans to Lead New
Americas Central

Cisco Practice

LaSalle Solutions announced today that customers, and we are proud to have a
it is once again the recipient of a Cisco partner like Cisco that both recognizes
Carousel Industries, a leader in to drive enormous growth for Carousel
Partner Summit award for Services and shares our commitment. We look
communication and network technologies, – particularly in managed services. I am Partner of the Year, Americas Central. forward to our continued collaboration
professional and managed services,
pleased to have the commitment and talent Cisco presented the award at a reception with Cisco and the amazing results it will
and cloud solutions, announced two key of an exceptional team behind me as we held during its annual partner summit, continue to produce.”
appointments to its new Cisco business pursue a comprehensive growth strategy which took place Feb. 29¬ - March 3 in LaSalle Solutions is a Cisco Gold
practice, which was announced on March offering the full breadth of Cisco products San Diego.
Certiied Partner with Cisco Master
1, 2016. Effective immediately, Brian and services to our customers.”
Awarded to exemplary channel Specializations in Security and
Davies and Charlie Beckman have been Charlie Beckman, who brings over ten partners, the Cisco Partner Summit Collaboration. The company holds Cisco
named Vice President of Cisco Operations years of Cisco engineering experience
Geographical Region awards are Advanced Specializations in Borderless
and Senior Director of Cisco Engineering, to Carousel, will help align Carousel’s
designed to recognize best-in-class Network Architecture Specialization,
respectively. Davies reports to Carousel’s sales and engineering teams to foster an business practices and serve as a model Collaboration Architecture Specialization
Chief Revenue Oficer, James Marsh, effective solution-selling strategy, while to the industry within their respective and Data Center Architecture. In addition,
while Beckman reports to Carousel’s Vice driving Carousel’s certiication path and regions. Areas of consideration include LaSalle Solutions holds Cisco Authorized
President of Engineering, Dan Whalen.
engineering enablement. During his
innovative practices, architecture-led Technology Provider (ATP) designations
“As our customers’ technology needs are tenure at Cisco, Beckman was responsible approach successes, strategic business in Application Centric Infrastructure,
rapidly evolving, a fundamental element
for building and managing a successful outcome-focused programs, seizing new TelePresence Video Master, ServiceGrid,
of our strategy is to continue to strengthen engineering practice from the ground up opportunities and sales approaches.
Data Virtualization Reseller, Energy
and diversify our product and services and is experienced in delivering engineering The Cisco Partner Summit awards
Management Suite Integrator and
offerings. This strategy is most crucial for solutions to core vertical markets.
the top-performing partners within Identity Services Engine.
us as a managed services and cloud solution “Carousel has a well-established speciic technology markets across all LaSalle Solutions was named U.S.
provider,” commented James Marsh. “By reputation as a customer-centric geographical regions. Award recipients are Central Region Enterprise Partner of the
bringing Brian and Charlie aboard — both organization,” said Beckman. “My goal
selected by a group of Cisco Worldwide Year in 2015, Cisco Services Partner of
Cisco veterans and experts in their ields — will be to create an engineering culture of Partner Organization and regional the Year in 2014, Central Region Cisco
we are able to add incremental value to our mapping our customers’ strategic initiatives executives.
Services Partner of the Year from 2010 to
customers using Cisco solutions.”
to innovative technology solutions. Critical “We are honored to again receive
2013 and has received the Cisco Customer
As Carousel’s new Vice President of to our success will be to ensure lockstep the Central Region Services Partner
Satisfaction Excellence Award for 40
Operations, Brian Davies is responsible for alignment between engineering and sales.”
of the Year award,” said Steven Robb, consecutive quarters.
the overall structuring and performance
Bringing Cisco to Carousel’s partner president of the solutions group at More at www.elasalle.com and
of Carousel’s new Cisco business practice. ecosystem strengthens their managed LaSalle Solutions. “LaSalle is dedicated www.YouTube.com/LaSalle
Having spent over ifteen years in sales services and cloud portfolios. The new to providing best-in-class solutions to our
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leadership roles at Cisco and Avaya, Davies partnership enables them to resell
has a track record of building a portfolio
and provide managed services for the
to consistently exceed sales targets in full spectrum of Cisco communication,
commercial, enterprise and global business. collaboration, security, and networking
In his new role Davies will work with solutions. In this capacity, Carousel
Carousel’s other business practices to enhances their ability to meet the evolving
ensure cross-functional alignment while demands of their customers.
providing a vision and go-to-market strategy For more information on Carousel’s
for the new Cisco business.
partnership with Cisco, please refer to If she dials 9-1-1,
“I am thrilled to play an important role the press release issued earlier in March,
in shaping Carousel’s Cisco practice,”
or visit Carousel’s website at http://www.
said Davies. “With our deep expertise carouselindustries.com/partners/cisco
will rst responders
across communication, collaboration, and More at www.carouselindustries.
networking technologies, we will be looking
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Cisco Certiies CBTS as Uniied

Contact Center Enterprise Partner

Don’t compromise
your employees’ safety.
Cisco has named Cincinnati Bell Enterprise businesses are increasingly
Technology Solutions as one of its Uniied investing in customer contact centers
Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE) and moving toward “Omni-channel”
Partners in the United States. As an solutions that facilitate interactions across
With end-to-end support, our E9-1-1 Authorized Technology Provider for Cisco a variety of platforms – including voice,
enterprise solutions are simple to deploy UCCE solutions, CBTS adds Cisco’s most video, instant messaging and e-mail. As a
exclusive designation to its already broad Cisco UCCE Partner, CBTS can deliver to
and manage. Strong expertise in complex portfolio of certiications.
enterprise customers both the technology
CBTS is committed to serving as a infrastructure and the necessary
environment support, such as multiple strategic partner for enterprise businesses applications to create this environment.
UC vendors deployed on premise, hosted, that want to offer their customers a “Our enterprise business customers
dynamic, world-class contact center want to provide an engaging service
or in hybrid environments.
experience, which can increase customer experience where interactions with
satisfaction and overall business their own customers occur on multiple
proitability. Earning Cisco’s UCCE platforms,” said Early. “They recognize
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certiication further strengthens CBTS’ that a great contact center experience
ability to execute on this commitment.
strengthens their brands, and ultimately
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“As a Cisco UCCE Partner, we can adds value to their businesses.”
provide enterprise customers a range
CBTS can leverage Cisco’s UCCE
of innovative solutions for their contact solutions across a variety of contact
centers,” said Al Early, vice president of center models. This includes creating
IT Solutions and Sales at CBTS. “This a premise-based solution; delivering
certiication - when combined with
a managed services solution across
our existing deep expertise in other several properties; and providing a cloud
applications - further differentiates CBTS offering.
in the market.”
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