Technical Innovation, a leading provider of AV integration, collaborative communications and digital media technology, announced today that it has achieved TelePresence Video Master Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco. This designation recognizes Technical Innovation as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco TelePresence Video products and solutions at the Master level.

The Cisco TelePresence Video Master ATP Program is focused on providing a new way of working in which everyone, everywhere can be more productive through face-to-face collaboration with Cisco TelePresence Video solutions. The Advanced-level program’s goal is to enable partners to market TelePresence Video endpoints with a full breadth of infrastructure solutions in addition to managed videoconferencing services.

"Attaining TelePresence Video Master status further demonstrates Technical Innovation’s collaboration solutions expertise, as well as our ability to expertly deliver Cisco’s state-of-the-art solutions to our customers," said Mike Landrum, CEO, Technical Innovation. “And, since we’ve combined video with voice and data in our organization via our TI Collaboration Cloud Network, we are demonstrating to our customers how their employees can work more productively and efficiently. We are showing them a better way to work, as we like to say.”

“The Cisco TelePresence Video Master ATP Program is designed to enable partners to take advantage of the tremendous market opportunities ahead—not only in the telepresence space but also in the overall collaboration market,” said Richard McLeod, senior director of collaboration for worldwide channels at Cisco. “As a Cisco TelePresence Video Master ATP Partner, Technical Innovation has made an investment in the sales, technical and life cycle services capabilities needed to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive and interoperable Cisco TelePresence Video portfolio.”

The Cisco Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) Program is part of the Cisco go-to-market strategy for emerging technologies. The program helps Cisco to define the knowledge, skills and services that channel partners need to successfully sell, deploy and support an emerging technology. As the market changes, an ATP designation may be discontinued or may evolve into a Cisco specialization.

About Cisco TelePresence and Video Collaboration Solution

Cisco TelePresence® and Video collaboration solutions provide life-like, high-definition, conferencing facilities with superior audio and video, allowing participants to meet their colleagues, customers and business partners across a virtual table. Participants can enjoy a same-room meeting experience, even if they are located in different locations around the world. Participants can also meet more often and enjoy more productive sessions, helping to improve business interactions while potentially building stronger customer relationships, accelerating sales cycles, improving project management and forming tighter integration with remote offices.

About Technical Innovation

Technical Innovation helps companies deliver knowledge via the spaces it designs and builds, the solutions it integrates and the services it provides. This includes best-of-class, video-centric collaboration solutions, design-build system integration, managed services and ongoing support to corporations, government agencies, education, professional organizations, and more. Technical Innovation has earned the trust of its customers for delivering exceptional customer service, and its customers also rely on us for expert guidance, unique vision, and highly disciplined approach. The company has won numerous awards for its work, but it’s the reward of exceeding its customers’ expectations that continually inspires the company. For more information about Technical Innovation, visit the company’s Web site at www.Technical-Innovation.com.

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