Comstor Training Awarded Cisco Learning Solutions Partner Status

Cirencester, UK, September 3, 2008 – Westcon Group, Inc., the leading specialty distributor in networking, convergence, security and mobility, announced that Comstor UK, Cisco ‘Distributor of the Year’ for the last five years, has been awarded Cisco Learning Solutions Partner Status.

A Cisco Learning Solutions Partner (CLSP) is the highest level partner authorised by Cisco to offer official technical, product, sales, and/or solutions training. CLSPs are closely aligned with Cisco Partner Development and Education (PDE), Learning@Cisco, and product teams, have access to Cisco intellectual property and are uniquely qualified to create, customise and deliver market-leading training using Cisco Certified Systems Instructors (CCSI).

Jon Pritchard, Vice President & Managing Director, Comstor Europe, commented: “Becoming a Cisco Learning Solutions Partner is a significant achievement for Comstor. It reflects the extremely high quality of our training operation and the importance we place on training and developing our channel partners.”

Comstor UK provides a unique training experience for Cisco resellers, which includes labs using real kit versus remote labs. Comstor training also includes needs analysis, personal instruction, free mock exam software, free partner audits and access to OneTrain; a dedicated training program and community for channel partners (http://eu.onetrain.comstor.com).

Manager, Partner Development and Education Europe, Cisco, commented: "Comstor is a well established Cisco Partner and their achievement of Cisco Learning Solutions Partner (CLSP) status in the UK is a significant milestone. Comstor has an expansive technical and sales training portfolio, along with a broad network of experienced and certified Instructors. Finally, Comstor’s commitment to excellence in this area ensures that our channel partners have the right skills to drive customer success and business growth."

Simon Walker, Managed Services Director at Cisco Premier Reseller Ultima, added: “We have used Comstor for all our Cisco training and have always been impressed by the teaching, facilities, equipment and standards that have helped us achieve Cisco specialisations. The value-add of Comstor's training team ensures the best and quickest route to specialisation and has been invaluable.”

About Westcon Group
Westcon Group, Inc. is the leading specialty distributor in networking, security, mobility and convergence for leading technology vendors, including Cisco, Nortel, Avaya and Polycom. Through its Westcon and Comstor practices, Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and wireless connectivity. For more information, visit www.westcongroup.com.

Contact:    
Warwick Taylor
Comstor UK
01285 627172
Warwick.taylor@comstor.co.uk

Jeffrey Touzeau                
Westcon Group, Inc.            
(914) 829-7388            
jtouzeau@westcongroup.com