Envisian Pty Ltd announced today that it has achieved the Advanced Unified Computing Technology Specialisation from Cisco. This specialisation recognises Envisian Pty Ltd as having fulfilled the role-based training requirements to sell, design, and deploy Cisco® Unified Computing System B-series technology solutions within the Cisco Data Center solution portfolio.

Ian Pearce, CTO of Envisian Envisian Pty Ltd commented that he was pleased to be working with an organisation like Cisco. “To be recognised as one of a few organisations that can deliver this Cisco technology is quite an accomplishment and opportunity to deliver this leading-edge solution to our clients.”

As part of the foundation for the Cisco Data Center Business Advantage architectural framework, Cisco Unified Computing systems complement Cisco Unified Network Services and Cisco Unified Fabric solutions to help enable IT to run their data centers with more agility and efficiency to drive business innovation. The Cisco Unified Computing System is a next-generation data center platform that unites computing, network, storage access and virtualisation into a cohesive system.

As a Cisco Advanced Unified Computing Technology Specialised Partner, Envisian has invested in the technology training that provides the ability to showcase its rack-mount and blade server expertise to deliver a scalable and flexible unified computing infrastructure for virtualized and cloud computing data center needs.

The Cisco Advanced Unified Computing Technology Specialisation is designed to help Cisco resale channel partners support customers as they evolve and adapt their data centers to their changing business needs. The specialization provides role-based training for sales personnel, presales engineers and post sales deployment engineers.

Australian solutions integrator and data centre transformation specialists, Envisian, has expanded its management team with the appointment of IT industry sales specialist, Sue Tabor, to the role of account executive.

Envisian managing director, Robert Pollock, said Tabor would be responsible for developing and growing Envisian’s existing business, as well as working with new customers to demonstrate the benefits of Envisian’s services.

“She will be involved in developing sales and growth strategies, and consulting with customers to illustrate how they can reduce business risk and increase agility in the marketplace.”

Pollock said Tabor’s experience includes more than two decades in senior business development roles with companies such Frontline, Commander and Micro Sales.

According to Pollock, because of the “outstanding customer feedback” received, and the “client relationships we have nurtured in the last 12 to 24 months,” the company had, set itself ambitious growth targets for the year ahead.

“Welcoming someone of Sue’s calibre into our existing team of outstanding people means we’re looking forward to an amazing 2012 and beyond.”

Envisian is a NetApp gold partner, and Todd Parsons, director of channel sales and marketing for Netapp ANZ, welcomed Tabor’s appointment, describing Envisian as Envisian “a true extension of the NetApp organisation, embracing not just our solutions, but also our values and approach to business.”