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(770) 642-2080
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NORCROSS, GEORGIA
— September XX, 20January
4, 2006 — Optimus Consulting, a full lifecycle solution development and business
strategy consulting firm, a leading provider of Information Technology (IT)
solutions, announces a strategic partnership with BEA Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS), the world leader in the application infrastructure
software market. BEA provides the enterprise software foundation that allows
thousands of companies to benefit from service-oriented architectures (SOA), a
software design approach that more closely aligns IT with business objectives
by taking the discrete business functions contained in enterprise applications
and organizing them into interoperable, standards-based services that can
quickly be combined and reused in composite applications and processes. This
relationship will give Optimus clients a solid software infrastructure from an
acknowledged leader, matched with Optimus consultantsÕ deep experience in
standards-based technologies, such as Java Enterprise Edition and XML, which
compliment the integration engines found in the BEA platform.
ÒOptimus Consulting strives to bring best-of-breed solutions to our customers, and to be their trusted advisors in IT,Ó said Doug Sekus, Director Solutions Group, Optimus Consulting. ÒTo do this we need partnerships with industry leaders.Ó
While heterogeneous systems are a fact of life for most organizations, the big picture involving information flow and synchronization becomes a struggle over platform incompatibility. Clients at Optimus Consulting are often looking for ways to maintain functionality while bridging information gaps. Using BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platformª, a superior framework for SOA that helps businesses efficiently leverage IT assets, speed the delivery of new services, and increase adaptability to ongoing change, Optimus Consulting will work with clients to break down information barriers and redefine functionality as a service.
Optimus Consulting will also deliver the BEA AquaLogicª family for managing SOAs in heterogeneous environments. AquaLogic provides an interoperable infrastructure and set of reusable infrastructure services for managing SOAs and assembling composite applications, regardless of the underlying technology. Clients benefit from improved business responsiveness and efficiency, reduced complexity of IT environments, and lowered lifecycle costs for applications.
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Silver Certification status from
Cisco Systems, Inc. As a Cisco Certified Partner, customers can be confident
that Optimus consultants have the skills and experiences to effectively
implement CiscoÕ earned the company this prestigious
recertificationÕs Advanced Technologies,
including IP
Communications, Security, and
Wireless LANs., and Storage Networking.
"The highly trained and reliable consultants
at Optimus Solutions did a superior job
of designing and supporting the initial phase of our Cisco IP Telephony
solution", said Roger Guimond,
Executive Vice
President and Chief
Financial
Officer
for 1st Franklin Financial. ÒWe recommend them highly.Ó
To achieve Silver
Certification, Optimus had to meet stringent personnel, training, support,
specializations and customer satisfaction requirements as outlined in CiscoÕs Partner Certification
Program. The silver certification status recognizes OptimusÕ continuous efforts
to attain the highest level of customer satisfaction by offering strategic
business technologies backed by knowledgeable support and consulting personnel.
ÒCisco acknowledges the
expertise that Optimus Solutions and our staff have acquired over many years of
selling and deploying Cisco technologies, including in our new headquarters,Ó
said Steve Johnson,
executive vice president
and general manager of
Optimus Solutions. ÒOptimus Solutions has designed and implemented
complex, Cisco-based projects for networking and securityÕ, with expertise in strategic new initiatives such
as Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony, Wireless LANs
and , Security/VPN, and
Storage networking solutions and
architecting networks that have lasting business value and are capable of
coming innovations."
ÒBy becoming a Cisco Certified Channel Partner at this level, Optimus Solutions is recognized for high credibility, experience,
training and customer success,Ó said Andy Rickman, Internetworking Business
Development Manager at Optimus. ÒOptimus will enjoy greater visibility and a
stronger relationship with Cisco, which acknowledges their our
competence in delivering a consistently high
quality of implementation services and support.Ó Optimus Solutions currently
holds Cisco specializations in IP Communications Express, Security/VPN, and
Wireless LANs.
Cisco Certified Partners are
recognized and rewarded for having
some of the industry's best trained network technicians, who are capable of
achieving and demonstrating high levels of expertise in planning, designing,
implementing and supporting CiscoÕs advanced technology solutions. An annual audit by Cisco assures that this well-trained
team of networking experts consistently delivers industry-leading support and
maintains the rigorous Cisco standards for internetworking expertise.
As a Cisco Certified Channel
Partner, Optimus receives numerous benefits, such as learning tools and ÒBest PracticesÓ,
that help Optimus and its customers stay at technologyÕs leading edge. Other
benefits include training information and access to advanced Cisco technical
support teams and documentation.
As a Cisco Silver Certified
Channel Partner,
Optimus offers a full complement of configuration, upgrade and post-sale
support services including installation, on-site repair or upgrade,
and troubleshooting. In addition, customers may select rigorous support for
their Cisco equipment directly
from Optimus, which highlights Optimus SolutionsÕ commitment to the strategic
value and operational reliability of its customersÕ network equipment.
ABOUT OPTIMUS CONSULTING
Optimus Consulting provides comprehensive IT solutions designed to streamline and integrate business processes across the enterprise. Optimus Consulting professionals use robust tools and best practice techniques for developing, implementing, and integrating information solutions effectively and efficiently. The organization has expertise in application integration, IBM Domino/Lotus¨ groupware solutions, Research in Motion (RIM) Blackberry¨ mobile solutions, and web-enabled solutions such as Sun J2EE, Microsoft .NET, and IBM Domino and WebSphere. Optimus Consulting is poised to help large and medium corporations leverage their existing technology investments, reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve the quality of information and customer service. The firm is a division of the $190 million OHC LLC. For additional information, visit www.optimussolutions.com/oc or contact Optimus Consulting at 1.877.848.OPTI.
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Optimus Solutions is a
leading provider of enterprise Information Technology (IT) solutions including
systems, storage and software enhanced by a complete range of integration and
consulting services. The firm has specific expertise in high availability
solutions, server consolidation, Internetworking, IP Telephony and Contact
Center solutions, Information Security/VPN, Wireless LANs and Storage
Networking design and implementation.
Optimus
is a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Cisco Systems, Inc., IBM
systems and software (pSeries, iSeries, xSeries and Storage), VERITAS, Oracle,
Vision and Hitachi. Optimus offers customers comprehensive financial options
for acquiring and managing the life cycle of computer technology, such as
leasing and installment payment. During 2003, Optimus was named to CRN magazineÕs Top 25
Rising Stars, ranked 186 on VARBusiness magazineÕs VARBusiness
500, and recognized among the fifty fastest growing private companies in
Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Business
Chronicle.
Optimus Solutions announced 2003 revenues of $37 million, up from $20 million
in 2002. The firm is a division of the $153 million OHC, LLC. For additional
information, contact Optimus Solutions at 1.877.848.OPTI or http://www.OptimusSolutions.com.
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