Converged Technology Group Recognized as Cisco Identity Services Engine Authorized Technology Provider Partner in USA

ISLANDIA, N.Y. --(Business Wire)--

To support the expanding role of access control solutions that leverage the intelligence of the network, Converged Technology Group, Inc. announced today that it has achieved Identity Services Engine (ISE) Authorized Technology Provider (ATP (News - Alert)) status from Cisco. This designation recognizes Converged Technology Group, Inc. as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco (News - Alert) ISE products and solutions.

The Cisco ISE platform is a comprehensive, next-generation, contextually-based access control solution that offers exceptional visibility and control to ensure a highly secure enterprise and efficiently enforce security policy across an entire distributed network. The Cisco ISE offers authenticated network access, profiling, posture, and guest management along with monitoring, reporting and troubleshooting capabilities on a single physical or virtual appliance. The Cisco ISE enables scalable and flexible enforcement mechanisms leveraging existing identity-aware network infrastructure, and ships on a wide range of physical appliances with different performance settings to address multiple deployment requirements.

"Achieving the Identity Services Engine certification was vitally iportant to Converged Technology Group and our customers," said the company's CEO, Leo Galletta. "We've found Cisco's ISE to be a highly effective solution in helping our customers meet their business objectives of streamlining, securing and managing user access to company network resources. This technology solution is a critical component of Converged Technology Group's strategic BYOD solution offerings. The productivity and security benefits are enormous - to both IT and business users."

The Cisco ATP program is part of the go-to-market strategy for Cisco ISE solutions. The program helps define the knowledge, skills and services that channel partners need to successfully sell, deploy and support ISE solutions.

About Cisco Identity Services Engine and TrustSec Solutions

The Cisco ISE is a policy component of the Cisco TrustSec solution. A Cisco ISE solution can be deployed as an appliance or virtual machine to enforce security policy on all devices that attempt to gain access to network infrastructure. Integrated with the Cisco Prime Network Control System (NCS), Cisco ISE helps manage all devices more securely.

About Converged Technology Group

Converged Technology Group is the leading provider of co-managed advanced technology solutions that improve IT performance, end-user productivity and organizational efficiency for commercial organizations. Located in Islandia, NY, Converged Technology Group provides network infrastructure, unified communications and virtualized data center solutions and services to multinational enterprises headquartered in the Northeast region. For more information on Converged Technology Group, please contact Anthony Malley at 631-468-5728 or amalley@convergedtechgroup.com, and visit our website at www.convergedtechgroup.com.