BEAR Data Solutions announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit theater award for West Area Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners April 17 at its annual channel partner conference in San Diego, Calif.

“Cisco is proud to partner with so many well-respected and industry-leading organizations, and it is an honor to recognize BEAR Data Solutions as a Cisco Partner Summit theater award winner,” said Jim Sherriff, senior vice president, Americas Partner Organization at Cisco. “The Cisco West Area Partner of the Year Award presented to BEAR Data recognizes its performance and expertise as a Cisco channel partner in the west in 2011.”

“BEAR Data is thrilled and honored to receive the 2011 Cisco West Area Partner of the Year Award,” said Mark Biestman, president at BEAR Data Solutions. “As a trusted adviser to our Cisco customers over the last 8 years, this award symbolizes BEAR Data Solutions's commitment to providing superior solutions and services to technology professionals in the U.S. and around the globe.”

Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: global, geo, and theater. Cisco Partner Summit U.S. and Canada theater awards reflect a partner’s performance in a given geographic region of the United States or Canada.

About BEAR Data Solutions

BEAR Data Solutions, Inc. (www.beardatasolutions.com), a San Francisco-based global IT service provider with 11 offices throughout the U.S. and around the globe, helps enterprise clients design, optimize, and support mission-critical IT infrastructures. By combining expert engineering resources, best-of-breed technologies, and superior customer service, BEAR Data delivers high-performance IT solutions and services including virtualization, unified communications, networking, storage, database, security, managed services, wireless, staffing, and support contract management. For more information, please visit www.beardatasolutions.com.

Accolades:

2012

• Selected to CRN Tech Elite 250
• Ranked on CRN VAR500 list

2011

• Cisco West Area Partner of the Year Award
• Selected to CRN Tech Elite 250
• Ranked 185 on the VAR500 list

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