Ridgeland, Mississippi - October 17, 2007

Venture Technologies CEO Gerard Gibert announced today that the Company has earned Cisco’s Silver Partner Certification.

Silver Certification recognizes Partners for their broad technical skills associated with Cisco technologies and solutions. To qualify, a Partner must meet rigorous sales and technical certifications, including 2 individual CCIE’s.
Additionally, a Silver Partner must achieve at least 2 of any of Cisco’s 4 Advanced Specializations: Advanced Unified Communications, Advanced WLAN, Advanced Security, Advanced Routing and Switching. Venture possesses all of these, thus exceeding the base Silver requirements.
Finally and most importantly, Silver Partners must attain and maintain a Customer Satisfaction rating of at least 4.28 on a scale of 5. Venture has exceeded this requirement consistently over the past several years.
About Venture Technologies
Venture Technologies, an IT services company founded in 1985 by Gerard Gibert, CDP, and Norman Katool, CPA, is headquartered in Ridgeland, Miss. The company provides a variety of IT solutions including Network Design and Integration, Network Security, Unified Communications, Storage/Backup and, Managed Services. Venture serves private and public sector clients across the Southeast with locations in Ridgeland, Memphis, Birmingham, Baton Rouge and Fort Walton.

For more information, contact Mark Frye, VP Sales and Marketing - AL/MS or email jmfrye@ventech.com or Tom Cormany, VP Sales and Marketing - TN 901-937- 7101 or e-mail wtcormany@ventech.com. Read more about Venture Technologies at www.ventech.com.