Enventis Achieves Cisco's Advanced Data Center Networking Infrastructure Certification

The DCNI certification recognizes Enventis, a Cisco Gold Certified
Partner, for its knowledge and expertise in selling, designing,
installing and supporting a comprehensive data center solution,
including both infrastructure and applications.

The DCNI certification coincides with Enventis' recent engagement to
provide eight new Cisco Nexus 7000 network switches to a Twin
Cities-based customer--the first Nexus 7000 implementation in Minnesota.
Nexus 7000 is Cisco's new flagship core network switching platform,
which includes a modular system that delivers 10 gigabit Ethernet,
FibreChannel over Ethernet (FCoE) and a unified fabric in the data
center.

Enventis has also invested in one of the first partner-owned Cisco Nexus
labs in the country. Enventis customers can work with the company's
engineers to test their data center applications using Cisco's Nexus
7000 and Nexus 5000 series switching systems at the company's networking
lab in Plymouth, Minn.

"We're proud to include Cisco's DCNI specialization as part of our
credentials, and the Nexus line of switches to our already extensive
networking capabilities," said John Morton, president of HickoryTech's
Business Solutions division. "Our customers value our knowledge and
experience in designing and engineering data centers. This combined with
our network and hosted data center services enable us to build complex
cloud-based I.T. services that drive both productivity and cost savings."

About Enventis:

Enventis, a subsidiary of HickoryTech, specializes in providing
integrated communication solutions for businesses of all sizes - from
enterprise multi-office organizations to small- and medium-sized
businesses. In addition to its statewide fiber optic network, Enventis
provides IP communications, transport, data and network integration
services that combine voice and data into a single platform - reducing
operating costs and enhancing performance. Enventis is a Cisco Gold
Certified Partner. To learn more about Enventis, visit www.enventis.com.

About HickoryTech

HickoryTech Corporation (NASDAQ: HTCO), a regional communications
company headquartered in Mankato, Minn., offers integrated communication
products and services to business and residential customers over a
regional fiber network. The company, founded in 1898, has approximately
430 employees. The Telecom Sector, with facilities-based operations in
Minnesota and Iowa, offers local voice, long distance, high-speed
Internet, Digital TV and IP networking services to residential and
business customers. In addition, the Telecom Sector develops telecom and
carrier access billing solutions and customer management systems.
Enventis provides IP-based voice, data and network solutions to
businesses across in a five-state region. For more information, visit www.hickorytech.com.

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SOURCE: HickoryTech Corporation

HickoryTech Corporation
Jennifer Spaude, 507-386-3765

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