Lan Communications Awarded Cisco Managed Services Partner in UK & Ireland at 2008 Annual Partner Summit

Dublin Ireland, Wednesday, 4th June 2008: Leading network services provider Lan Communications today announced that it has been awarded the 2008 Cisco Managed Services Partner of the Year across the UK and Ireland. The award recognises the company's innovative approach to providing customers such as the Northern Ireland Civil Service with secure and customised managed network services, designed to drive efficiencies and enhance productivity. Cisco unveiled the winners at its 2008 Annual Partner Summit, recently held in Hawaii.

Lan Communications, a subsidiary of eircom, scooped an unprecedented four awards in total, picking up honours for Cisco Gold Partner of the Year, Security Partner of the Year and Outstanding Customer Satisfaction in an Irish context.

Commenting on the awards, Andrew O'Kelly, managing director, Lan Communications says: "We are delighted to pick up these prestigious awards which are a strong endorsement of the contract awarded to eircom and Lan Communications to help Northern Ireland's Civil Service build a world class workplace infrastructure that will enable transformational government there. These awards reflect the strength and depth of our teams in pre-sales, sales and technical support and underpin our ongoing commitment to deliver service excellence to all of our customers across government and enterprise markets." The awards are designed to recognise channel partners who have exceptional practices that demonstrate their applications and advanced technology successes; innovative programs and sales approaches while achieving high customer satisfaction.

Shane Heraty, Channel Account Manager, Cisco, said, "Cisco has the good fortune of working with a diverse and highly skilled group of partners. Partners such as Lan Communications are key in facilitating the adoption of managed services and helping Europe stay competitive." The Managed Services award recognises Lan Communications success in maximising the end user benefits of the Cisco portfolio. Building on excellent post sales customer satisfaction, they are recognised as a market leader in this critically important market. Lan Communications' focus on new Advanced Technologies and innovative execution made them a clear winner of this award.

The European Cisco Partner Awards are presented to partners who meet a specific set of requirements, which are designed to identify the best channel partner in each category. Cisco has built a formalised process for nominating channel partners in each category. These nominations are reviewed by a collective group that includes Cisco channel executives.

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Pictured above is Andy O'Kelly, managing director, Lan Communications

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