Littleton, MA, October 24, 2007 – Akorri, Inc., the leader in cross-domain performance management for the virtualized data center, today announced seven new VMware and storage resellers as members of their Optimize Partner Program. Virtual solutions provider, AccessFlow; infrastructure services firm, Computer Design & Integration; virtual technologies provider, Expert Server Group; professional services company, Gibraltar Solutions; IT services and solutions firm; Long View Systems; infrastructure services and professional services company, Lumen21; and customized IT solutions provider, Prosys Information Systems are now authorized resellers of the Akorri BalancePoint™ solution. BalancePoint helps enterprises manage, optimize and plan performance and resource utilization across the virtualized data center.
"Akorri is pleased to expand our Optimize Partner Program with the addition of seven resellers who are so closely aligned with our strategy and technology. AccessFlow is one of a small group of VMware Premier Partners nationwide and won the VMworld 2007 "Rising Star" award as the fastest growing VMware partner in North America. They are focused on designing and deploying enterprise virtualization," said Tom Riddle, Vice President of Channel and Alliance Development for Akorri. "Server virtualization and storage are Computer Design & Integration’s two big practices. They understand Akorri’s value proposition and believe we can help their customers adopt VMware faster. Expert Server Group understands that a storage solution is more than just its hardware and software components. They focus on our customers’ entire IT infrastructure. The company has a strong relationship with VMware as one of its first channel partners and has won many virtualization awards and accolades over the past 5 years."
"Gibraltar Solutions concentrates on IT infrastructure design and implementation, with a strong virtualization practice. They were an early VMware partner, so they truly understand how BalancePoint can help VMware customers resolve performance problems and improve service levels," continues Riddle. "Lumen21 specializes in helping clients architect infrastructure solutions and assist them in the area of professional services particularly in integration. Long View Systems has strong storage and virtualization practices and has strong relationships with many of Akorri’s partners. In fact, they were VMware’s Partner of the Year for the Americas. Finally, ProSys was recently cited at VMworld 2007 as VMware’s Market Maker partner for the US."
BalancePoint is the first IT management solution to provide cross-domain visibility into application performance and infrastructure utilization that is critical to making capacity planning decisions across IT silos. BalancePoint’s unique analytics technology enables IT organizations to quickly solve performance problems, optimize application performance, improve infrastructure utilization and accurately plan for growth and change.
About AccessFlow
Headquartered in Sacramento, California, AccessFlow enhances IT reliability, performance, and security while reducing both complexity and cost for its clients. AccessFlow reaches these goals by enabling a holistic virtualization encompassing not just servers, but also storage, backup, network, clients and replication/disaster recovery. AccessFlow partners with strategic industry manufacturers who produce products that enhance the performance, security and management of a virtual infrastructure. For more information visit: www.accessflow.com.
About Computer Design and Integration (CDI)
Computer Design and Integration, LLC is a privately-held infrastructure services company that combines innovative and comprehensive business solutions and service with experienced professionals to simplify the complexity of emerging technologies. Founded in 1995 and named to the VARBusiness 500 for five straight years, the company is one of the fastest-growing IT consulting firms in the Northeast. CDI offers complete solutions in Backup & Recovery, Business Continuance, Cisco IP Telephony, Consolidations, Data Center, Managed Services, Networking / Security, Operating Systems, Storage, Virtualization, and Project Management. For more information, visit CDI at www.cdillc.com.
About Expert Server Group
Expert Server Group is the most experienced provider of enterprise virtual infrastructure solutions in the Northeast. We work with clients of all size, including many Fortune 500 companies, to implement virtual technologies for server consolidation, infrastructure simplification, disaster recovery and more. ESG is a founding member of VMware’s elite VAC partner program and is a VIP Premier partner; ESG has won many virtualization awards and accolades over the past 5 years including PlateSpin Partner of the Year and Vizioncore’s 2007 Strategic Partner Award. ESG is passionate about helping our clients enjoy the many benefits of virtualization. For more information visit: www.expertserver.com.
About Gibraltar Solutions
Gibraltar Solutions optimizes large enterprise IT environments, with compelling value, in the area of Infrastructure Consolidation, Virtualization Solutions, Access Solutions, Application distribution, Security Assessment/Operations, as well process/project management. Our approach is to understand our customer’s business needs and then assist with the effective design, implementation and management of their IT systems. We provide experienced, knowledgeable professionals with the expertise that ensures our work is of the highest quality and integrity. Our commitment is to help our customers attain a measurable and rapid return on investment, by delivering successful projects and effective support services, on time and on budget. For more information, visit http://www.gibraltarsolutions.com.
About Long View Systems
Long View Systems is one of the largest IT Services and Solutions organizations with over 350 technical consultants in offices across North America. We provide our clients with the best IT people anywhere and offer complete solutions in 10 cores consulting practices, focused around IT infrastructure, user support and technology procurement. We specialize and have senior experts in virtualization & consolidation, storage, managed IT services, Cisco solutions and Microsoft server infrastructure design & support (VistaTM). Our rapid growth, customer references and our ability to attract the very best IT experts has made us a leader in providing companies with innovative, flexible and cost effective IT solutions & services. Long View’s mission statement is to build a sustainable IT consulting & procurement organization, where as many great people as possible can have healthy lives, and prosperous careers, by continuously adding more value to our clients. Long View Systems is committed to being ‘the best’ and continues to receive awards in technical expertise and customer service excellence from many of the top manufacturers in the industry.
About Lumen21
Lumen21 is a leading consulting firm specializing in infrastructure optimization, application solutions, network and operations management. Lumen21 works with clients to provide visibility and control of their physical, application and operations environments. Lumen21 consultants are equipped with the methodology and tools that allows them to integrate the business issues and the needed technology solutions to address them. Headquartered in Santa Ana, CA, Lumen21 is predominantly focused on working with mid-large sized organizations in the United States.
About ProSys Information Systems
ProSys successfully brings together customized IT solutions, comprehensive engineering expertise coupled with proprietary technology applications and best-in-class products to offer its client’s solutions tailored to meet their unique business requirements. We assess, design, acquire, implement and support their IT hardware and software solutions. ProSys is a VMWare Authorized Consulting Partner (VAC). For more information, visit www.prosysis.com.
About Akorri
Akorri cross-domain performance management software provides automated visibility and analysis across IT silos to help enterprises manage, optimize and plan performance and resource utilization across the virtualized data center. Akorri BalancePoint software provides visibility into the root cause of performance issues through deep drill down into server and storage resources, and the ability to understand both server and storage virtualization. BalancePoint enables IT organizations to optimize performance and capacity to meet service level objectives at the lowest possible cost. For more information, visit www.akorri.com.
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