Consolidated Gulf Co (CGC) yesterday announced that it has achieved Gold certification from Cisco. In recognition of CGC’s Gold certification, Mazen Raad, regional manager at Cisco Qatar, presented a plaque to Anil Mahajan, COO, CGC, at a ceremony held at CGC’s corporate office premises in Doha. Shabahat Bokhari, partner manager, Cisco-Qatar was also present on the occasion, along with Dileep Kumar, assistant general manager; Aditya Yadav, manager, Presales & Business Development; Srikanth Lingala, manager, networking solutions from CGC. Mahajan said: “We are pleased to realise the next level of Cisco Gold partnership. It is a mark of excellence and recognition of the exceptional level of services we offer to our valued customers in Qatar. The certification falls in line with our strategic goal of being the best technological and engineering resource to our customers. Combination of Cisco’s solutions, our proven expertise and value-added service portfolio uniquely positions us as a tried and trusted local provider. Accomplishing the broadest range of expertise across multiple technologies by achieving Cisco advanced specialisations in unified communications, routing and switching, security, and wireless LAN, we have made an investment in developing the capabilities to deliver integrated and customised solutions as per today’s customers’ demand.” Mazen Raad added: “CGC and Cisco are jointly organising a seminar on Wednesday at Four Seasons Hotel, Doha, on the latest technology and business solutions needed in the design and construction of Intelligent Buildings and hotels.”