Presidio Leads the Race to the Dynamic Data Center

GREENBELT, MD--(Marketwire - April 7, 2009) - Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of professional and managed services for the full lifecycle of advanced IT infrastructure solutions, today announced the completion of a series of knowledge leadership events that demonstrated the benefits of virtualization across the corporate data center. During the Dynamic Data Center events, Presidio, with leading technology partners: Cisco, NetApp and VMware, demonstrated the achievable benefits of a virtual infrastructure that delivers high levels of flexibility and operational efficiency.

"NetApp is committed to investing in our channel partners and supporting initiatives that help them better meet their customers' data center needs," said Todd Palmer, Vice President, Americas Channel Sales, NetApp. "Presidio's Dynamic Data Center events were a great opportunity to show customers how to make their IT operations more efficient, something all organizations are striving for in the current economy. While this event clearly demonstrated Presidio's thought leadership in data center solutions, it is their ability to continually implement these solutions for customers that has led them to being one of NetApp's leading go-to partners for data center solutions."

A recent Gartner Dataquest report, "Virtualization Market Size Driven by Cost Reduction, Resource Utilization and Management Advantages," pegs the virtualization segment of the server business to grow 43% this year to $2.7 billion worldwide. Full-service integrators, like Presidio, will enable this growth by deploying the latest in virtualization innovations from market-leading server technology partners like VMWare, HP, IBM and soon Cisco. These solutions, combined with complementary storage solutions from NetApp, provide the foundation for the efficient, flexible and scalable next generation data center.

Presidio Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joel Schleicher commented: "Customers need to feel secure in the knowledge that an investment today in next generation data center technologies can be cost-effective in the short term, while delivering long-term operational savings across the organization. With partners Cisco, VMware and NetApp, we are demonstrating solutions that can help enterprises realize new efficiencies immediately while scaling for new levels of growth."

With the data center practice representing over $200.0 million in revenues, Presidio offers production-proven data center solutions that transform how companies operate and manage their IT environments to reduce costs, increase resiliency, and provide always-on services, along with capabilities for adding IT capacity on demand.

"The data center is a very complex, fast-moving environment and customers need to look for a holistic approach to achieve a virtualized data center solution. Presidio helps the customer understand what their virtualization strategy is, how it benefits the client in the short, medium and long term, and then architects a solution that matches their strategies with appropriate technologies for their environment," said Dave Hart, Chief Technology Officer at Presidio Networked Solutions. "Our select partnerships bring solutions that maximize the customer's technology investment that will drive operational efficiency."

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.