NEXUS INFORMATION SYSTEMS JOINS ACTIFIO PARTNER PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH NEXT-GENERATION DATA PROTECTION SOLUTIONS

Next-Generation Data Protection Solutions from Actifio Now Offered by Open Technologies to Simplify Data Management and Dramatically Reduce Costs for Customers

DES MOINES, Iowa – January 18, 2011 – Open Technologies, Inc., a leading IT services and solution provider for the central United States, today announced that Open Technologies has been named an authorized Actifio partner as part of the Actifio Partner Program. Open Technologies will add Actifio’s software suite, including Actifio™ DP, for data protection, Actifio™ DR, for disaster recovery and Actifio™ BC, for business continuity, to its list of technology solutions for customers seeking data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions at lower cost points than were previously available. The Actifio solutions provide a single solution for physical environments and VMware virtualized environments including VMware SRM.

“Many of today’s enterprises – both large and small – have silos of data management applications with a range of disparate tools and infrastructure to manage them,” said Jay Lorenzen, Open Technologies. “Actifio’s data management virtualization technology enables us to either transform these silos into a single, simple virtualized offering or solve a single data protection problem rather than deploying yet another independent silo. All the solutions yield lower cost and ease of use throughout the entire data lifecycle. We are thrilled to add Actifio solutions to our product portfolio for our customers.”

"The deep expertise Open Technologies has in data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity make them a perfect partner for delivering Actifio Data Management Virtualization solutions,” said Ash Ashutosh, CEO, Actifio. “Their experience and customer reach throughout the central United States region make Open Technologies an ideal partner as we continue to expand our footprint in North America. We are pleased to have them as an authorized reseller.”

Designed to help drive revenue quickly in a high-demand market, the Actifio Partner Program provides access to extensive Data Management Virtualization technology training, marketing and customer support programs. The partner program also delivers a comprehensive partner platform for a range of marketing programs designed to drive long term partner success through innovative marketing and financial incentives.

About Actifio Data Management Virtualization

Actifio's Data Management Virtualization solution combines single SLA, VirtualData™ Pipeline and Storage virtualization technologies to deliver seamlessly managed data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions that are optimized for bandwidth, capacity and performance. Solutions based on this technology co-exist with other data management applications ensuring investment protection and seamless migration when user deems appropriate. The Actifio software suite consists of Actifio™ DP, for data protection, Actifio™ DR, for disaster recovery and Actifio™ BC, for business continuity. Built on Actifio’s VirtualData Pipeline™ (VDP) technology, these solutions are the first of a series of data management applications, offering radical simplicity, unprecedented agility, and up to an order of magnitude lower cost. For more information, please visit: http://www.actifio.com/.

About Open Technologies

Credible and professional, Open Technologies is an IT solutions and service provider with clientele in the central United States. The company started as the premier Value Added Reseller for Sun Microsystems in this region, and has since expanded to now offer solutions from key vendors including Dell, Oracle, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Headquartered in Des Moines, Open Technologies also has offices in Kansas City, Omaha, Saint Louis, Sioux City and Wichita. For more information, please visit: http://www.open-tech.com/.

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NEXUS INFORMATION SYSTEMS JOINS ACTIFIO PARTNER PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WITH NEXT-GENERATION DATA PROTECTION SOLUTIONS

Nexus Offers the Actifio Data Management Virtualization Software Suite to Reduce the Cost of Data Protection, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – January 18, 2011 – Nexus Information Systems, a regional leader in data center solutions and services, today announced that the company has become a member of the Actifio Partner Program.  As an approved Actifio partner, Nexus Information Systems will offer its clients the Actifio Data Management Virtualization (DMV) software suite to lower data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity costs. Actifio solutions help customers protect their physical and VMware virtualized environments including VMware Site Recovery Manager.

"Enabling virtualized infrastructures with cost efficient data protection and disaster recovery is a top business requirement for our customers,” said Keith Norbie, vice president of sales for Nexus Information Systems. “With the Actifio software suite, we are able to easily eliminate companies’ information silos and realize dramatic cost savings while reliably protecting their critical information. We are pleased to become an Actifio authorized reseller.”

"Nexus Information Systems is recognized for its superior consulting and services and they are perfectly aligned with our vision of providing comprehensive data protection solutions that provide huge value for our mutual customers,” said Ash Ashutosh, CEO, Actifio. "Nexus clients will benefit from the powerful combination of superior Nexus services and Actifio’s Data Management Virtualization solutions for data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity.”

Designed to help drive revenue quickly in a high-demand market, the Actifio Partner Program provides access to extensive Data Management Virtualization technology training, marketing and customer support programs. The partner program also delivers a comprehensive partner platform for a range of marketing programs designed to drive long term partner success through innovative marketing and financial incentives.

About the Actifio Data Management Virtualization

Actifio's Data Management Virtualization solution combines single SLA, VirtualData™ Pipeline and Storage virtualization technologies to deliver seamlessly managed data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions that are optimized for bandwidth, capacity and performance. Solutions based on this technology co-exist with other data management applications ensuring investment protection and seamless migration when user deems appropriate. The Actifio software suite consists of Actifio™ DP, for data protection, Actifio™ DR, for disaster recovery and Actifio™ BC, for business continuity. Built on Actifio’s VirtualData Pipeline™ (VDP) technology, these solutions are the first of a series of data management applications, offering radical simplicity, unprecedented agility, and up to an order of magnitude lower cost. For more information, please visit: http://www.actifio.com.

About Nexus Information Systems

Nexus Information Systems is recognized as a regional leader in data center solutions and services for small to medium businesses through large enterprise clients. From architecture design to implementation, Nexus' focus on virtual infrastructure, business continuity, backup/archiving, networking, client computing, and managed services empowers their clients with the technology required to meet their ever-changing needs. Nexus is devoted to the core values of client satisfaction, integrity, and accountability to continue their long history of quality services and solutions. Read more at nexusmn.com

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LIGHTHOUSE COMPUTER SERVICES JOINS ACTIFIO PARTNER PROGRAM

Premier  Technology Integration and Maintenance Service Expert Authorized to Offer Actifio Data Management Virtualization Software Suite for Next-Generation Data Protection

LINCOLN, R.I.  – January 18, 2011 – Lighthouse Computer Services, one of Rhode Island’s fastest growing technology companies, today announced that it has joined the Actifio Partner Program as an Actifio reseller. As an Actifio partner, Lighthouse Computer Services will offer the Actifio software suite of Data Management Virtualization (DMV) solutions for its customers looking to reduce the cost and complexity of data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity in both physical and virtual infrastructures.

"Organizations are now rapidly embracing the virtualized infrastructure for its ability to improve scalability and lower costs, yet the data itself often remains in separate silos preventing the full realization of the value of virtualization,” said Michael Adams, storage practice leader, Lighthouse Computer Services. “The Actifio product suite gives us a powerful solution to eliminate these technology silos so companies can see dramatic cost savings and ease of management in data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity. Lighthouse Computer Services is pleased to become a reseller for the Actifio DMV suite of solutions.”

"Lighthouse Computer Services is an expert service provider with strong knowledge in the technology needs of today’s virtual enterprises,” said Ash Ashutosh, CEO, Actifio. “Actifio is pleased to partner with them to support the Data Management Virtualization needs of their growing list of customers.”

Designed to help drive revenue quickly in a high-demand market, the Actifio Partner Program provides access to extensive data management virtualization technology training, marketing and customer support programs. The partner program also delivers a comprehensive partner platform for a range of marketing programs designed to drive long term partner success through innovative marketing and financial incentives.

About Actifio Data Management Virtualization

Actifio's Data Management Virtualization solution combines single SLA, VirtualData™ Pipeline and Storage virtualization technologies to deliver seamlessly managed data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions that are optimized for bandwidth, capacity and performance. Solutions based on this technology co-exist with other data management applications ensuring investment protection and seamless migration when user deems appropriate. The Actifio software suite consists of Actifio™ DP, for data protection, Actifio™ DR, for disaster recovery and Actifio™ BC, for business continuity. Built on Actifio’s VirtualData Pipeline™ (VDP) technology, these solutions are the first of a series of data management applications, offering radical simplicity, unprecedented agility, and up to an order of magnitude lower cost. For more information, please visit: http://www.actifio.com.

About Lighthouse Computer Services

Lighthouse Computer Services, a 110-employee firm, is one of R.I.’s fastest-growing technology companies. Founded in 1995, the company now provides technology products and services to more than 450 midsize to large enterprises throughout the Northeast. Today, Lighthouse offers consulting, integration and maintenance services on the latest hardware and software technologies available, including those from IBM, NetApp, VMware, Microsoft and more. Lighthouse placed number 268 in VARBusiness 2009 ranking of the top 500 IT solution provider firms in the U.S. Lighthouse is also winner of IBM’s 2009 Beacon Award for Outstanding Service Management Tivoli Solution; 2009 Tivoli Business Partner Innovation Award; 2008 IBM Business Partner Excellence Award for North America; IBM’s 2007 Award for Best Compliance Solution; and IBM’s 2006 Beacon Award for Overall Technical Excellence in a Business Partner. For more information about the company, please visit www.LighthouseCS.com.

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INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERWARE BECOMES AUTHORIZED ACTIFIO PARTNER

Leading New England Information Technology Service Provider to Help Reduce Customers’ Data Protection Costs with Data Management Virtualization Solutions from Actifio

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – January 18, 2011 – International Computerware, Inc. (ICI), a leading New England information technology professional service provider, today announced that ICI has become an authorized Actifio partner to enable customers to reduce data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity costs through Data Management Virtualization (DMV) solutions from Actifio. As a member of the growing Actifio Partner Program, ICI has become an authorized reseller of the Actifio software suite, including Actifio™ DP, for data protection, Actifio™ DR, for disaster recovery and Actifio™ BC, for business continuity. These solutions are deployed for both physical and VMware virtualized environments.

"Reducing the cost and complexity of protecting data is among the top IT priority for today’s business,” said Jamie Shepard, executive vice president Technology Solutions, ICI. "As an Actifio partner we can now offer our customers one of today’s most innovative solutions for next-generation data protection that eliminates individual silos of point tools with ease of management and significant cost savings.”

"Together, ICI and Actifio are delivering the combined expertise and technology New England companies need to protect their vital virtualized data,” said Ash Ashutosh, CEO, Actifio.  “ICI’s advanced services, paired with the Actifio product suite will give our mutual customers the complete solution they need to ensure investment protection and comprehensive virtualized data management with both simplicity and agility.”

Designed to help drive revenue quickly in a high-demand market, the Actifio Partner Program provides access to extensive data management virtualization technology training, marketing and customer support programs. The partner program also delivers a comprehensive partner platform for a range of marketing programs designed to drive long term partner success through innovative marketing and financial incentives.

About Actifio Data Management Virtualization

Actifio's Data Management Virtualization solution combines single SLA, VirtualData™ Pipeline and Storage virtualization technologies to deliver seamlessly managed data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions that are optimized for bandwidth, capacity and performance. Solutions based on this technology co-exist with other data management applications ensuring investment protection and seamless migration when user deems appropriate. The Actifio software suite consists of Actifio™ DP, for data protection, Actifio™ DR, for disaster recovery and Actifio™ BC, for business continuity. Built on Actifio’s VirtualData Pipeline™ (VDP) technology, these solutions are the first of a series of data management applications, offering radical simplicity, unprecedented agility, and up to an order of magnitude lower cost. For more information, please visit: http://www.actifio.com.

About International Computerware, Inc.

International Computerware, Inc. (ICI) is a leading-edge technology innovator that combines industry knowledge, functional experience and technology skills to help its clients grow and create extraordinary value. ICI has spent over 20 years renewing and reinventing itself continuously. As a result, ICI comes to its clients with a fund of fresh knowledge and experience in leading industries around the globe. ICI's people bring curiosity, creativity, integrity and analytical rigor to every job, which means fast and dramatic performance improvements. For more information, please visit: http://www.iciamerica.com.

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FOCUS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS JOINS ACTIFIO PARTNER PROGRAM TO PROVIDE NEXT-GENERATION DATA PROTECTION SOLUTIONS TO ITS MANAGED SERVICE CUSTOMERS

Leading MSP Simplifies its Managed Service Data Management Operations with Actifio 

SEABROOK, N.H. – January 18, 2011 – Focus Technology Solutions, the trusted provider of integrated IT infrastructure solutions throughout New England, today announced that Focus has been approved as an authorized Actifio Channel Partner. As a member of the Actifio Partner Program, Focus Technology Solutions will offer the Actifio software suite of Data Management Virtualization (DMV) technology to its managed service customers.

"Actifio’s business continuity solution will allow us to simplify our data management operations and eliminate multiple tools in our current environment," said Bill Smeltzer, CTO, Focus Technology Solutions.  “Actifio takes a service catalog approach which makes the entire data management process simple, consistent and lower in cost and we can pass this value along to our customers to provide them with next-generation data protection solutions." 

Designed to help drive revenue quickly in a high-demand market, the Actifio Partner Program provides access to extensive data management virtualization technology training, marketing and customer support programs. The partner program also delivers a comprehensive partner platform for a range of marketing programs designed to drive long term partner success through innovative marketing and financial incentives.

“Focus Technology Solutions is an innovative solution provider with a vision for delivering business continuity for its customers that is second to none,” said Ash Ashutosh, CEO, Actifio. “We are honored to add them to our list of authorized partners as they continue to deliver superior solutions for their customers’ data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity requirements.”

About Actifio Data Management Virtualization

Actifio's Data Management Virtualization solution combines single SLA, VirtualData™ Pipeline and Storage virtualization technologies to deliver seamlessly managed data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions that are optimized for bandwidth, capacity and performance. Solutions based on this technology co-exist with other data management applications ensuring investment protection and seamless migration when user deems appropriate. The Actifio software suite consists of Actifio™ DP, for data protection, Actifio™ DR, for disaster recovery and Actifio™ BC, for business continuity. Built on Actifio’s VirtualData Pipeline™ (VDP) technology, these solutions are the first of a series of data management applications, offering radical simplicity, unprecedented agility, and up to an order of magnitude lower cost. For more information, please visit: http://www.actifio.com.

About Focus Technology Solutions

Focus is the trusted provider of integrated IT infrastructure solutions throughout New England. Located in the heart of the New Hampshire seacoast, Focus is committed to providing our clients with exceptional customer experiences. As a dedicated customer-centric company, our single goal is to provide our clients with solutions that result in maximum business value. Focus provides maximum business value by aligning our clients’ goals and existing assets with our expertise in integrated IT solutions. Our clients benefit from our highly trained staff, strategic partners and our ability to combine real-world experience with creativity. We customize IT Solutions based on our clients specific needs to maximize business value. For more information, please visit, www.focustsi.com.

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Focus Technology Solutions

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Actifio Unveils Channel Partner Program To Drive Increased Availability For Data Management Virtualization

Actifio Partner Program Advances Market Availability for Solutions that Radically Simplify Data Protection, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity and Lowers Costs by up to 90 Percent

WALTHAM, Mass. – January 18, 2011 – Actifio™, the leader in Data Management Virtualization (DMV), today announced its new Actifio Partner Program to expand availability of the Actifio software suite – the industry’s first, single, virtualized solution for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity and VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) that delivers radical simplicity at up to 90% lower TCO. The partner program is available for Direct Value Added Resellers (D-VARs) throughout North America. The program includes dedicated training tools, joint marketing programs and go-to-market resources designed to streamline DMV sales processes and enable rapid deal closure for partners looking to offer data management virtualization that can co-exist in clients’ current infrastructure with simplicity and agility at a dramatically lower cost.

According to IDC, unstructured data is growing by 60 percent per year which is creating a need for vastly different storage economics and the cloud is expected to account for 14 percent of all IT spending by 2014. Rapid market adoption of server virtualization, backup to disk/deduplication, and commoditization of storage has opened up the opportunity to simplify data management and reduce the overall cost by up to 90 percent.

By ushering in virtualization for data management, Actifio transforms individual silos of point tools into a single solution managing the lifecycle of data - providing organizations’ the freedom to use any data management application, any server, on any storage device, on premise or in the cloud. Actifio delivers a dynamic virtualized data management solution that provides zero backup windows, instant restore, long-term backup, disaster recovery and business continuity and is independent of the application, operating system, server storage, or network technologies. With integrated global deduplication, compression network optimization and storage virtualization, Actifio is setting a new industry benchmark for ease of use, reduced storage footprint, network utilization and lowered TCO.

Partners supporting the Actifio Partner Program include Focus Technology Solutions; International Computerware, Inc.; Lighthouse Computer Services; Nexus Information Systems, and Open Technologies, Inc.

Focus Technology Solutions, a large New England Managed Service Provider has added the Actifio Data Management Virtualization software suite to its product portfolio to provide customers with next-generation data protection solutions. The company was so impressed with Actifio’s DMV capabilities that they purchased the business continuity solution for its own internal data management operations. The built-in deduplication will reduce the storage footprint and Focus will be able to further reduce the storage costs by leveraging the storage virtualization capability and deploying a secondary storage system for local and remote protection data. “The key for Actifio’s solution was the ability to not only meet our current business continuity requirements, but will allow us to eliminate multiple tools in our current environment,” said Bill Smeltzer, CTO, Focus Technology Solutions. “Actifio is clearly the first company to take the service catalog approach and makes the entire data management process simple, consistent and will drive down the cost for both Focus and our customers.”

The Actifio Partner Program

The Actifio Partner Program provides Actifio partners with access to its extensive data management virtualization technology training, marketing and customer support programs. It also provides a comprehensive platform for a range of programs designed to drive long term partner success through innovative marketing and financial incentives.

Program benefits include:

Training to become a certified partner

Attractive margins and fees

Innovative demand generation programs

Deal registration

Premiere customer support  

Sales and partner marketing support and tools

“Expanding our channel partner ecosystem is an important component of our distribution model and will help us to rapidly advance market availability for our virtualized data management solutions,” said Ash Ashutosh, CEO, Actifio. “From the onset channel partners have been an integral part of Actifio’s business model and we’ve worked with our partners over the last 6 months to develop the best partner program in the industry. A strong partner program combined with a simple, differentiated channel-ready product is the foundation for long-term successful delivery of the solution to the users. The Actifio software suite combined with expert training, implementation support and go-to-market resources will enable partners to act quickly on this dramatic business opportunity.”

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About Actifio

Actifio™ delivers the next generation solution for data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity in virtual and physical IT environments. Based on Data Management Virtualization technology, Actifio integrates data deduplication, compression, encryption and bandwidth optimization, along with storage virtualization, to transform individual silos of point tools into a unified data lifecycle management solution. The result is radical simplicity, unprecedented agility and up to an order of magnitude lower cost. Please visit www.actifio.com for more information.

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General Dynamics Itronix Rugged Wearable Computer for Military, Federal/Civil and Commercial Field Service Personnel

Lightweight with ultrasensitive GPS is designed to support a range of missions and applications

General Dynamics Itronix – a longstanding innovator in rugged, mobile computing – has expanded its award-winning purpose-built product line with the  GD300 rugged, wearable computer for tactical and commercial users.

Bringing enhanced situational awareness to the field with the latest in advanced GPS technology, this ultra-lightweight, arm- or chest-worn device is based on the flexible Android mobile operating system. Compatible with tactical and commercial radios with a simple cable connection, the GD300 provides real-time situational awareness to the dismounted soldier, first responder or commercial field service user.

The General Dynamics Itronix GD300 combines commercial global positioning and communications technology with rugged computing. The fully rugged, arm- or chest-worn computer weighs less than 8 ounces and operates like an ultra-sensitive commercial GPS unit or, with the click of a cable, interfaces with tactical and commercial radios for secure access to the network.

- Designed to support a range of missions and applications

- Lightweight, wearable computer providing real-time situational awareness

- Ultrasensitive GPS for signal acquisition where you need it most

- Fully rugged for any environment

- Compatible with tactical and land mobile radios via a simple cable connection

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