SMS Data Products Group Achieves Cisco Gold Partnership Certification

McLean, VA | April 29, 2003 -- SMS Data Products Group, Inc., a leading enterprise network services firm, announced today that it has achieved Gold Certification in the Cisco Channel Partner Program. SMS was notified in a message from Cisco, which informed the company that "SMS DATA PRODUCTS GROUP, INC has met the personnel, support, specialization and customer satisfaction requirements for achieving GOLD certification. Your company has demonstrated that it is qualified to sell, install, and support Cisco solutions in USA."

SMS has been working with Cisco for more than a decade and holds specialization certifications in VPN Security Services, Content Networking Services, and Routing/Switching Services.

SMS Data Products Group, Inc Chief Operating Officer, Juan Hernandez, commented, "The Cisco Gold Certification demonstrates SMS' continual commitment in "support of" our customers." Mr. Hernandez went on to explain that, "This is a very challenging certification to achieve. SMS created the environment for our engineers to meet Cisco's rigorous certification requirements. We enhanced our testing and development labs, and dramatically improved the procedures at our Call Center. Achieving this certification has truly helped SMS further refine the way in which we deliver design, architecture, implementation, deployment, and support services."

SMS Data Products Group, Inc Director of Engineering, John Ladd said, "At the end of the day, the most notable achievement comes from the dedication and commitment of SMS' engineers in supporting our customers. By continuing to enhance their skills, by achieving and maintaining Cisco certifications and applying that knowledge to the solutions developed for our customers; they have responded with outstanding marks in Cisco's Customer Satisfaction Survey System.

About SMS

SMS Data Products Group, Inc., headquartered in McLean, Virginia is a world-class network services company. As an independent network solutions provider, we design, build and support enterprise network architectures, using the best technologies available today, suited to our customers' unique requirements. Our customers look to SMS as a single source for choosing and implementing the best IT solutions. The Company was founded in 1976 and it has integration facilities in Sterling, Virginia.

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SMS Data Products Group, Inc products and services are under GSA Contract number GS-35F-3267D. SMS may be contacted at 800-331-1767 and www.sms.com.