Presidio Networked Solutions Demonstrates Data Center, Storage and Virtualization Leadership at Its EMC Velocity2 Solutions Center

GREENBELT, MD--(Marketwire - March 19, 2009) - Presidio Networked Solutions Inc., the leading provider of professional and managed services for advanced IT lifecycle solutions, announces the successful launch of its EMC Velocity2 Solutions Center. The center, a comprehensive data center and virtualization laboratory, highlights Presidio's well established and $200.0 million per year practice and leadership position in data center solutions.

The new solutions center offers IT professionals a lab environment where data center storage and virtualization architectures can be introduced, demonstrated and tested with real-world applications. Combining Presidio's design and implementation expertise, EMC's Unified Storage, and VMware virtualization technologies, the lab helps enterprises evaluate various architectural choices for consolidation, disaster recovery and desktop virtualization.

"This solution center provides Presidio with the necessary tools to deliver increased value to customers through their relationship with EMC," said Pete Koliopoulos, Vice President, Global Channel Marketing. "Presidio is combining its strong domain knowledge of EMC and VMware technology with their value-added services to demonstrate how they can enable customers to enjoy critical IT efficiencies that virtualization delivers."

As EMC's 2008 Services Partner of the Year and a Premier-level partner in the VMware VIP Partner Program, Presidio has the solutions knowledge and industry leadership to help customers obtain the greatest value from their EMC and VMware infrastructure solutions.

"Presidio is honored to have launched our EMC Velocity2 Solutions Center," commented Robert Murphy, Co-President of Presidio Networked Solutions' Northeast Division. "The EMC Velocity2 Solutions Center allows EMC, VMware and Presidio the opportunity to showcase our collaboration and to demonstrate to customers how the solutions we offer help them meet and exceed their technology adoption goals."

About Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc.

Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of advanced IT lifecycle solutions, addresses the complete technology lifecycle -- plan, design, integrate, operate and optimize -- for the enterprise, commercial and government markets. Presidio's comprehensive solutions portfolio comprises unified communications, wireless, security, storage, network infrastructure and managed services. Holding the highest networking industry certifications from vendor partners Cisco, IBM, Sun, EMC, NetApp, VMware and Microsoft, Presidio Networked Solutions is well-positioned to meet the growing needs of customers migrating to advanced technologies. Presidio also offers customers an extensive range of financing solutions, including leasing.

Presidio Networked Solutions is a trademark of Presidio, Inc. Other trade names used in this document are acknowledged to be the properties of their respective owners.