SMS Data Products Group Re-Certifies as Cisco Gold Partner

McLean, VA | August 4, 2005 -- SMS Data Products Group, Inc., a leading enterprise network services firm, announced today that it has been re-certified as a Cisco GOLD Certified 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 continued to demonstrate 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 Routing and Switching, VPN Security, Wireless Networking and IP Communications Express.

Juan Hernandez, President of SMS Data Products Group, Inc., commented, "SMS takes pride in our vendor and partner relationships, and is happy to announce our third year of Cisco Gold Certification." Director of Engineering, John Ladd, added, "Our engineers continue to refresh their skills through Cisco re-certification training, demonstrating the commitment to quality that SMS continually shows our partners and customers."

About SMS

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, SMS Data Products Group, Inc. 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 testing and 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.