Utrecht, 4 May 2010 – Cisco has named network specialist AXIANS as its European Commercial/Mid-market Partner of the Year. AXIANS’ Managing Director Rob Wennekendonk received the award during the 2010 Cisco Partner Summit in San Francisco from Chris Dedicoat, President European Markets, and Thierry Drilhon, Cisco’s Vice President, Worldwide Partner Organisation, Europe. Earlier, in April, AXIANS received the award for the Northern Region, which comprises the Benelux, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Thierry Drilhon: ‘AXIANS is a partner that, despite the economic situation, has continued to show strong performance. Last year, AXIANS again demonstrated that it has considerable knowledge and experience in unified communications, virtualisation and data centre services, among others. The company’s broad service portfolio was therefore a decisive consideration for us in presenting this award to AXIANS’.

Cisco gives annual awards to partners that have shown strong growth or distinguished themselves in another way. Last year, AXIANS achieved a 30 percent growth in turnover in the commercial/mid-market segment. Moreover, 40 percent of Cisco’s turnover from AXIANS comes from sales of Cisco’s Advanced Technologies.

Rob Wennekendonk: ‘We were of course very proud of the Cisco award for the Northern Region, especially because it is the fifth year that we have received it. The fact that we have also received the European award for the first time is truly fantastic. This award is the topping on our anniversary cake’.