SMS Data Products Group recertifies as Cisco Gold Partner

McLean, VA | April 15, 2004 -- SMS Data Products Group, Inc., a leading enterprise network services firm, announced today that it has been recertified as a Gold Cisco Channel Partner. 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, "This is our second year being Cisco Gold Certified and demonstrates SMS' continual commitment in support of our customers." Director of Engineering, John Ladd added, "Our engineers continue to refresh thier skills through cisco recertification training necessary to maintain Cisco Gold Certification, this gives us the knowledge necessary deliver the right solutions to our customers which; they have recognized 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.