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Enventis recognized at the Cisco Partner Summit 2012

MANKATO, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 14, 2012-- Enventis, a subsidiary of HickoryTech (NASDAQ: HTCO), recently was awarded Cisco Data Center Partner of the Year at the Cisco Partner Summit 2012.

“Cisco is proud to partner with so many well-respected and industry-leading organizations, and it is an honor to recognize Enventis as a Cisco Partner Summit theater award winner,” said Jim Sherriff, senior vice president, Americas Partner Organization at Cisco. “The Data Center Partner of the Year award presented to Enventis recognizes its performance and expertise as a Cisco channel partner in the central region in 2011.”

“Receiving this award from Cisco validates Enventis’ expertise and success around offering data center solutions,” said Steve Larson, vice president of Enterprise Integration Services at Enventis. “This award highlights our ongoing commitment to adopt emerging Cisco technologies and providing superior architecture solutions to our customers. We are very proud to be the recipient of this distinguished award and thank our customers for the trust and confidence they place in Enventis.”

Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: global, geo, and theater. Cisco Partner Summit U.S. and Canada theater awards reflect a partner's performance in a given geographic region of the United States or Canada.

About Enventis
Enventis, a Master Level, Unified Communications and Gold Certified Cisco Partner, specializes in providing integrated voice, data and network communication solutions to businesses and service providers across the Midwest. Leveraging its five-state fiber optic network, Enventis also provides IP telephony, transport services and MPLS. Enventis is a subsidiary of HickoryTech; NASDAQ: HTCO. To learn more about Enventis and how “We’ll Network That,” visit www.enventis.com. Video.

Source: HickoryTech

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Jennifer Spaude
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