Manchester, UK (PRWEB UK) 27 February 2012
This achievement substantiates R-Coms efforts to become a virtual infrastructure expert by investing in its Technical Engineers and Training Sales Consultants. R-Com Consulting is acknowledged as the UK’s top performer in the market for the year as judged by the Internal VMware panel.
The company is a Manchester based, UK operation and was awarded the UK Rising Star Award at the Haymarket Hotel in London on the 26th January 2012. R-Com Consulting was one of 3 UK partners shortlisted for the Rising Star Category in recognition of our outstanding growth. The Rising Star category was judged on various criteria, from Revenue growth %, Marketing campaigns executed and leverage of eco system products. R-Com was the only North West based VMware Partner invited to attend. The award categories ranged from Marketing Campaign of the Year to Business Continuity Partner of the Year.
Before the winner was revealed, R-Coms achievements were announced as follows:
Eden Prairie, MN (PRWEB) February 24, 2012
Business and IT executives seeking to explore data center services and solutions are invited and encouraged to attend a complimentary seminar on the topic of data center decisions on March 9th at the Westin Galleria in Edina, Minnesota.
The choice of whether to build your own data center or to lease space from a data center solutions provider is one of the most critical business decisions you can make for your organization. Considerations such as overall ROI, operational flexibility, future growth and virtualization all have to be taken into account in order to find the solution that best meets your needs.
VISI and Kraus Anderson Construction Company are co-sponsoring the seminar, entitled Data Center Decisions: Build Versus Buy. The seminar introduces the “Build vs. Buy” question and lends some insight into the risks and benefits of either decision. Topics include assessing growth, capacity, consolidation, risks, and benefits related to operating your own data center or relocating your equipment with a services provider.
The seminars featured speaker is Jeff Gilmer, a senior partner with Excipio Consulting. Gilmer has over 30 years of IT experience, and Excipio has completed hundreds of data center assessments for both public and private organizations ranging in size from 350 employees to over 100,000.
If youre seeking to determine your data center strategy or exploring your disaster recovery options, this is a must attend event, said Gary Elfert, director of products and marketing at VISI. You wont want to miss hearing Jeff discuss some of the real life challenges his clients have experienced.
The seminar includes a complimentary breakfast. The seminar is free, but pre-registration is required and can be completed at http://www.visi.com/events.
About VISI:
VISI Incorporated (VISI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., a Fortune 500
Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB) February 23, 2012
TechColumbus, Central Ohios catalyst for technology-based company growth, today announced the appointment of Ron Landthorn to the post of Director of Platform Lab.
In this role, Landthorn assumes full management responsibility for an organization that is a leading provider of virtual computing infrastructure and datacenter resources for software testing, application development, proof of concept and disaster recovery planning. Platform Lab, with offices located at TechColumbus, has served an international list of more than 200 clients from startups to major public and private enterprises.
TechColumbus is pleased to have someone with Rons capabilities and management track record join our team to lead Platform Lab to even greater levels of success, said Tim Haynes, TechColumbus Interim President & CEO and Vice President of Marketing and Member Services.
Prior to joining TechColumbus, Landthorn was based in Silicon Valley where he developed a successful track record in international sales and business development leadership for a number of high-profile IT firms, including both venture-funded start-ups (MIPS Technologies) and global technology suppliers (Fujitsu Microelectronics) A Columbus native, he holds an Electrical Engineering degree from The Ohio State University and began his engineering/management career at Procter & Gamble and locally-based AccuRay Corporation.
Landthorn commented: Im pleased to have this opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of Platform Lab, which is well-positioned to serve the growing need for cloud based services particularly as more and more companies recognize the value and importance of software testing and scalable development environments.
New Partner Program
As part of its strategy to expand cloud and virtualization application offerings while fostering collaboration among key solution providers, Platform Lab is today launching its Datacenter Solution Partner Program and is pleased to announce Veeam Software, with U.S. headquarters in Columbus, as Solution Partner for backup and replication technology.
The Solution Partner Program is designed for leading datacenter solutions providers whose products and services complement Platform Labs Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions. In addition to collaborating with Platform Lab on joint business opportunities, participating firms benefit from a number of cross-promotional programs including significant brand exposure at Platform Labs offices located within TechColumbus. Planned future partner announcements will include leading hardware and software solutions in the next generation datacenter arena.
As one of the most innovative and fastest growing global suppliers of data protection and infrastructure management technology, Veeam Software is a perfect fit for this program and were pleased to launch this new initiative with a flagship Columbus-based firm, said Ron Landthorn, Director of Platform Lab.
Our respective product and service offerings combine to provide a comprehensive menu of virtualization capabilities for enterprise software development, testing, and production deployment.
Veeam is pleased to have been selected as a Solutions Partner of Platform Lab, an organization with a long, successful track record of providing advanced virtualized datacenter infrastructure resources to hundreds of top firms and agencies, said Doug Hazelman, Vice President of Product Strategy of Veeam Software. Cross promoting Platform Labs cost-effective, scalable virtual compute environments and our industry leading virtualized data protection technology not only makes perfect sense, it should make it easier for our respective and joint customers to select proven solutions that meet their virtualization requirements.
Planned future partner announcements will include leading hardware and software solutions in the next generation datacenter arena.
About Platform Lab (http://www.platformlab.org )
Platform Lab provides the best value — for any company, anywhere — to conduct IT testing, development and projects. Platform Lab is the nation’s only non-profit information technology test and training facility, providing organizations worldwide the complete means to conduct a variety of IT test projects. Clients increase the quality of their applications, organizations, and people without investing in expensive short-term assets. Platform Lab provides a competitive advantage to our clients by offering short and long term access to IT hardware, software and massive bandwidth for all types of companies for IT testing, development and projects.
About TechColumbus (http://www.techcolumbus.org)
TechColumbus is the public-private partnership whose mission is to accelerate the advancement of Central Ohios innovation economy. It is distinguished by its comprehensive breadth of services, including membership, advocacy, venture acceleration and seed funding. Through its services and programming, TechColumbus supports the innovation initiatives of all companies within the region from the newest entrepreneurial startups to the Fortune 500 companies that call Central Ohio home. TechColumbus measures its impact through increased economic growth and the creation of high-paying jobs. With thousands of companies served, and hundreds of millions of dollars directly or indirectly invested, TechColumbus champions the regions world-class technology-enabled companies and is the driver of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Columbus region.
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Reston, VA (PRWEB) February 21, 2012
AppAssure Software, the award-winning #1 backup for virtual, physical and cloud environments, announced today that Bob Gagnon has been named one of CRNs 2012 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT Industry.
Under Gagnons leadership, AppAssure has more than doubled its partners because their demand for AppAssures award-winning backup product for VMs, physical and cloud servers has never been stronger. AppAssures innovative software permits VMware backup, Hyper-V backup, Windows Server backup, Microsoft Exchange backup and Microsoft SharePoint backup. In addition, Gagnon is one of the architects behind a new partner incentive program. Unlike traditional incentive programs, this one affords all partners, no matter what size or level, with an equal opportunity to reap industry-leading margins for registering new opportunities with AppAssure.
According to Michael Kupfer, Black Diamond Technologies President and CEO, When Black Diamond Technologies recommends AppAssure to a client, AppAssure responds with a sense of urgency and rallies quickly to address our customers backup and replication requirements. AppAssure always exceeds our expectations with a confidence that permeates throughout its channel organization.
For the tenth consecutive year, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue, and public support for the importance of IT Channel Sales.
All of the companys executives had a key goal for 2011 — to focus on channel partners and carefully listen to their needs, said Gagnon. In retrospect, this honor reflects the energy they put into building such a dynamic and loyal partner community.
The 2012 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace, said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, UBM Channel. Our annual Channel Chiefs issue is a must-read for IT solution providers evaluating new vendors or looking to expand solution offerings. These are the people, the products and the programs that any savvy solution provider needs to know. We congratulate this years Channel Chiefs for their stellar record of business innovation and applaud them for their continued dedication to the partner community.
Selected by CRN’s editorial staff, the 2012 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at crn.com.
Pricing and Availability
AppAssure Backup, Replication & Recovery Software starts at $ 899 USD. For further information, please contact AppAssure Software at 1-866-459-6653 in North America or +44-1306-888864 in EMEA or visit the companys website at appassure.com.
About UBM Channel: (ubmchannel.com)
UBM Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. UBM Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about UBM Channel, visit us at ubmchannel.com.
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UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries is organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to ubm.com.
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Fort Worth, Texas (PRWEB) February 21, 2012
Consuro Managed Technology and Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford, two north Texas companies, are the subjects of a Dell(TM) Inc. Customer Case Study published on Dells website. Consuro, a premier Texas-based managed technology services company serving businesses from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, worked with client Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford, an architecture, planning and interior design firm, to refresh its IT systems to improve performance availability and scalability while keeping costs down.
The case study highlights the benefits achieved by Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford through its work with Consuro. According to the Dell report, In professional services industries such as architecture and design, technology has been the great leveler. Armed with the same applications and tools as larger firms, small and midsize businesses are able to capture a larger share of the market.
To accomplish Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanfords goals, Consuro — an IT consultant group and local Dell certified partner — worked closely with the clients Director of Information Technology, Jason Adams, and Eric Hahnfeld, AIA, President. Together, the team implemented a Dell and Microsoft infrastructure, helping the architecture firm be more productive and efficient, and to enhance competitive positioning.
Consuro met with Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford to understand their business, and then created a technology plan to specifically meet the clients needs. According to Mr. Adams, this methodology resulted in surprising cost savings.
Consuro developed a virtualization plan that saved us 50 percent compared to scaling the traditional way of buying more hardware to fix the problem, said Mr. Adams.
We deliver much more than hardware, added Ben Tiblets, Consuro co-president. We analyze each clients specific business then develop a custom plan. Our multiple solutions guide our clients as they choose what is best for their company. Then we show them how to leverage the systems for their needs.
Not only is Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford seeing improvement in their infrastructure, they also recognize increased employee productivity. The firms 29 registered architects, interior designers and architectural interns primarily use Autodesk Revit
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