Leading Sri Lankan Financial Software and Technology Services company MillenniumIT has been named a Cisco Gold certified partner; the first and only company in Sri Lanka to achieve this certification. Widely acknowledged as one of the industry's most rigorous accreditation programmes, the Cisco Gold certification sets the industry standard for technical excellence, and is the highest partner status offered by Cisco Systems, Inc. (USA).

As the market leader in Sri Lanka for Cisco solutions, MillenniumIT maintains leadership across Cisco’s Service Provider, Enterprise, Commercial, and Services business segments. In order to become Sri Lanka’s only ‘Cisco Gold Partner’, MillenniumIT has achieved advanced specialisations in Collaboration, Borderless Networking, Security, and Data-Centre technologies.

Speaking of the honour, Faiq Faaiz, Executive VP - MillenniumIT said, “It is indeed an honour to have achieved ‘Cisco Gold Partner’ status. This also means that our customers can be assured that we have a badge of trust and confidence, making us the right choice for all their Networking, Collaboration, Data-Centre and Security Needs”.

Arzan Singpurwalla, Head - Distribution Sales, India & SAARC, Cisco said, “MillenniumIT has clearly demonstrated its prowess in the domain of Cisco solutions. They have excelled in aspects such as personnel, support, and specialisation. They are also the only partner in Sri Lanka to have 5 Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIE) on their team, which is a remarkable feat in its own right.”

This certification follows MillenniumIT being named as the Cisco Partner of the Year - SAARC earlier this year. MillenniumIT also became the first company in Sri Lanka to achieve ‘Cisco Silver Partner’ status in August 2013.

As a leading system integrator, MillenniumIT carries industry specific solutions across Financial, Manufacturing, Aviation, Leisure, Education, Health & Service Provider sectors, in addition to offering Consultancy & Managed Services for mission critical operations through their highly qualified engineering team.

About MillenniumIT: MillenniumIT is the power behind world financial markets. Its advanced, proven, ultra-low latency technology has transformed markets and the organisations that participate in them, from trading venues to banks, broker dealers to post-trade institutions to industry regulators.

MillenniumIT’s Systems Integration Business provides a host of specialised, scalable solutions ranging from Core Infrastructure, Information Security, Business Collaboration, Near-Field Communications, Business Productivity, Managed Solutions and Customer Relationship Management.

Long-term partner for more than 40 financial institutions and financial services clients across the Americas, Europe, APAC and Africa, MillenniumIT invests heavily in radical technological innovation to give clients a competitive advantage. With 800+ professionals specialising in state-of-the-art capital markets technology, MillenniumIT's pre- to post-trade, multi-asset, ultra-low latency, agile solutions provide a reliable, scalable, flexible and cost-effective technology infrastructure to meet –- and evolve to maintain meeting –- the changing needs of its global clients.

Founded in 1996 and head-quartered in Sri Lanka, MillenniumIT was acquired by the London Stock Exchange Group in 2009. Since switching to MillenniumIT technology, the London Stock Exchange has enjoyed significant improvements in latency, a 400% increase in order-execution capacity and a notable reduction in cost.

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About London Stock Exchange Group: London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) is a diversified international exchange Group that sits at the heart of the world's financial community. The Group can trace its history back to 1801.

The Group operates a broad range of international equity, bond and derivatives markets, including London Stock Exchange; Borsa Italiana; MTS, Europe's leading fixed income market; and the pan-European equities platform, Turquoise. Through its markets, the Group offers international business, and investors, unrivalled access to Europe's capital markets.

Post trade and risk management services are a significant and growing part of the Group’s business operations. LSEG operates CC&G, the Rome headquartered CCP and Monte Titoli, the significant European settlement business, selected as a first wave T2S participant. The Group is also a majority owner of leading multi-asset global CCP, LCH.Clearnet.

The Group offers its customers an extensive range of real-time and reference data products, including SEDOL, UnaVista, Proquote and RNS. FTSE calculates thousands of unique indices that measure and benchmark markets and asset classes in more than 80 countries around the world.

London Stock Exchange Group is also a leading developer of high performance trading platforms and capital markets software. In addition to the Group’s own markets, over 40 other organisations and exchanges around the world use the Group’s MillenniumIT trading, surveillance and post trade technology.

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom with significant operations in Italy, France, North America and Sri Lanka, the Group employs approximately 2,800 people.

Further information on London Stock Exchange Group can be found at www.lseg.com