Presidio Launches EMC Velocity² Solutions Center

Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc., provider of professional and managed services for advanced IT lifecycle solutions, announces the 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."