“Our physical expansion into New Jersey is in lock-step with our continued and expanding commitment to serve our growing client base and partners in the area,” says Universal Executive Vice President of Sales, Chris Lischy. Universal e-Business Solutions has recently expanded connectivity solutions with Financial Extranets and Co-Location service offerings for its clients with even more choice in competitive connectivity and proximity services.

“We are continually innovating and expanding our solutions to provide the best execution model for our clients and employees. Our ability to serve clients and our growing team in New Jersey will be greatly enhanced with this office expansion,” says Anu Bhartiya Managing Director, Universal e-Business Solutions.

“Voice is oxygen for the enterprise,” said Marc Snyder, Managing Director, Universal e-Business Solutions. “Clarus Systems is the ideal partner since they have the capability to test, monitor and validate the outcomes of unified communications systems. We see their technology as a true logical analyzer to proactively monitor Cisco’ s VoIP telephony. You don't get the same kind of visibility from any other management application.”

Universal has been able to achieve customer growth in financial services, healthcare and higher education, as they are able to integrate Cisco IP telephony and enable customers to incorporate integrated advanced IP communications seamlessly. The company’ s vision is to improve product and service delivery efficiency and operational performance.

“We entered into our relationship with Universal e-Business Solutions because they have a stellar track record of fast, accurate service, knowledgeable response teams and are well versed in the current landscape of the unified communications environment,” said Brendan F. Reidy, CEO, Clarus Systems.“ Customers want to have IT professionals who not only understand the technology, but also the critical business drivers within their focus industries. Universal has developed the right vision and professional staff for selling and deploying our Clarus product line.”

Cisco recognizes this as an outstanding accomplishment for Universal as it demonstrates a strong desire to develop expertise in the new world of complex networking and computing technologies.

“Achieving Cisco’s UCS certification is great for Universal’s customers,” said Anu Bhartiya, Managing Director of Universal e-Business Solutions. “With our previously announced Advanced Data Center Networking Infrastructure certification, UCS certification demonstrates our absolute commitment to the Data Center space and strong desire to deliver more complete solutions.”

With its GPS (Global Procurement Service) initiative, Westcon Group has the ability to reduce or eliminate many of the complexities that are common with international deployments. By partnering with Westcon, Universal will focus on providing 24x7 Network Operations Support its global customers while utilizing Westcon’s Global Procurement System delivering high-grade, global ordering and procurement support.

“As our client relationships continue to expand around the globe, we needed a distributor who could serve as a single source for our multi-national deployments,” said Anu Bhartiya, Managing Director of Universal e-Business Solutions. “Our clients have looked to us for our global monitoring with our dual NOC’s for years. By working with Westcon, we are able to serve our customers’ infrastructure needs more seamlessly. Since our founding, we have been focused on helping clients solve problems and this partnership is a key step in our global play to help customers win.”

“By taking advantage of GPS, our customers can focus on their core competencies while we focus on the deployment, logistics and compliance issues,” said Chris Leeming, vice president - global business operations, Westcon Group. “Our GPS provides Universal with automated procurement support, which streamlines cross-border deployments and simplifies the regulatory and financial complexities often associated with multinational equipment deals.”

Chris Lischy, EVP of Sales for Universal, said, “Clients are reinventing themselves and looking for new ways to creatively and efficiently expand their businesses. They also want a clearer line-of-sight from project conception to implementation. Westcon Group is a perfect fit for our clients and Universal’s drive to serve the client better as they adopt emerging technologies to better compete.”

“Attaining Cisco’s Gold certification further solidifies our strong relationship with Cisco,” said Anu Bhartiya, Managing Director and Founder of Universal e-Business Solutions. “This great achievement further provides our clients the platform to receive the utmost service and support levels across a broad array of technologies,” said Bhartiya.

“We are committed to providing the tools, training and programs that help drive partner growth, differentiation and profitability,” said Edison Peres, vice president and chief go-to-market officer for worldwide channels at Cisco. “With specializations in Unified Communications, Routing and Switching, Security, and Wireless LAN, Universal has made an investment in developing the capability to deliver the integrated and customized technology solutions today’s customers demand.”

The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides partners with the training required to build sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills, and then validates their skills through a third-party audit. Cisco resale partner certifications–Gold, Silver, Premier and Select–represent an increasing breadth of skills across key technologies and a partner’s ability to deliver integrated networking solutions. Cisco resale partner specializations–Master, Advanced and Express–reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.

“Achieving Cisco’s Silver Certification is an important step for our business,” said Anu Bhartiya, Managing Director of Universal. “Our clients are looking for solid partners with a long-term view. This shows them our continued investment in the people and processes needed to best serve their long-term interests. I’m very pleased with our team and our accomplishment and looking forward to our next achievement.”

“Cisco is committed to providing tools, training and programs to help drive partner growth, differentiation and profitability,” said Surinder Brar, senior director of worldwide channels at Cisco. “With advanced specializations in Data Center, Security, Unified Communications and Routing and Switching, Universal e-Business Solutions has made an investment in delivering the integrated and customized technology solutions today’s customers demand.”

As a Cisco Silver Certified Partner, Universal has met requirements for attaining a broad range of expertise. To achieve Cisco Silver Certification Universal was required to achieve either two from the following four Cisco advanced specializations: Unified Communications, Routing and Switching, Security, and Wireless LAN, or the Cisco Express Unified Communications Specialization and one of the following advanced specializations: Routing and Switching, Security, and Wireless LAN. In addition, Universal was required to integrate Cisco Lifecycle Services into their offerings and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction based on independently audited customer satisfaction surveys.

“We’re very excited about the new site and how it represents Universal’s end to end business model,” said Chris Lischy, EVP of Sales and Marketing with Universal. “ Universal has tremendous depth across Professional Services, Managed Services and the Network Services group. We feel the design demonstrates the direction we’re taking to offer our customer market complete solutions and unique content.”

Universal worked with Anjali Mehrotra of www.inddesign.com in designing and building the site. “Anjali is a real professional and had a lot of great ideas and suggestions as we built out the site,” said Lischy. “A project like this takes time to get right and we couldn’t be more satisfied with the result and her work.”

Over the coming months, Universal will offer expanded content around new solutions and services, new RSS feeds and on demand video.

“We’re very proud of achieving Cisco’s Advanced Routing and Switching Specialization and especially of the message it sends our clients,” said Chris Lischy, Executive Vice President of Sales with Universal. “Universal has built a loyal customer base and they really look to us for proven solutions and highly qualified people. It’s a great investment in our future and our continuing goal of long-term, customer satisfaction.”

“As a Cisco Advanced Routing and Switching Specialized Partner, Universal’s investment in the training required to provide switching, routing, and Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) solutions ranks them among the industry’s most-qualified,” said John Growdon, director of marketing for worldwide channels at Cisco.

The Cisco Advanced Routing and Switching Specialization reflects the ability of partners to design and deploy advanced Internet Protocol (IP) networks built on the Cisco Catalyst switching portfolio; Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800 Integrated Services Router (ISR) platforms; and Cisco 7200/VXR and 7600 routers. Partners with this specialization are also experts in Cisco WAAS solutions, which provide optimization and application acceleration for wide-area networks, particularly for TCP-based applications.

A seasoned industry veteran, Lischy brings to Universal an extensive history of sales leadership and broad experience in technical and complex deal management. He has over 20 years of industry experience in various direct sales roles most recently as an Enterprise Account Manager in the Financial Services market with Cisco Systems in New Jersey. Lischy has a solid reputation in the industry for building and executing successful sales initiatives focused on end-to-end, customer solutions.

“This is an important achievement for us and our clients,” said Anu Bhartiya, Managing Director of Universal. “Our long-term focus on building next generation data centers has really delivered high-quality designs and solutions over the past five years. Achieving our DCNI certification is a great way to formally recognize our proven abilities in this area.”

“The service allows Universal clients a seamless opportunity to quickly turn up new WAN services,” said Guy Even-Chen, EVP of Sales with Universal. “It will dramatically reduce the historically long network build out schedules. Our customers with new and growing locations can quickly and securely connect to corporate networks. This will allow them to quickly address new and emerging business opportunities without delay.”

“Security is one of the leading clients concerns we face in the financial services market,” said Anu Bhartiya, Managing Director of Universal. “It is crucial to our clients that they have the most current and comprehensive guidance in securing their network assets. This certification is very important to Universal as our network security and consulting abilities are a personal focus of mine. I want to ensure that the client trust placed in us is met with expertise they can rely on.”

“We’re pleased to see our significant investment in the training and tools for Unified Communications pay off,” said Marc Snyder, Managing Director of Universal e-Business Solutions. “Our clients are sophisticated users of UC and have come to expect a lot out their partnership with Universal. It’s very rewarding to see how our focus on technical expertise expands our existing client relationships and helps develop new opportunities.”

Even-Chen, a seasoned industry veteran, brings to Universal extensive sales leadership in advanced network and managed services. He has over 15 years of industry experience in the global telecommunications market and has held global sales roles at France Telecom, MCI/Worldcom and IPC Information Systems. Even-Chen is known and respected in the financial service markets for building, executing large global network applications; and delivering highly successful, complete and managed customer solutions.