SHELTON, CT--(Marketwire - June 10, 2008) - CRI Technologies, a leading virtualization
professional services and consulting firm specializing in maximizing
customers' virtualization investments and a VMware Premier Partner, today
announced that it received the 2008 VMware Technical Achievement Award at
the VMware Partner Exchange conference which took place on May 6th, 2008 in
San Diego. CRI Technologies received this honor out of a field of more than
4,870 eligible Americas partners.
"We are proud to receive VMware's Technical Achievement Award for 2008,"
said CRI Technologies CEO, Howard Pavony. "CRI Technologies will remain
focused on creating an organization that drives the standard for
virtualization consulting and professional services. Our best practices
guidelines, operational readiness and a clear business focus on technology,
remain a differentiator as we help mid-enterprise companies recognize the
promise of maximizing virtualization ROI."
"We continue to be impressed with CRI Technologies' commitment to VMware
and the virtualization market as a whole," said Steve Houck, vice president
of worldwide channels at VMware. "CRI Technologies has built an excellent
service delivery practice around the VMware platform and we expect our
relationship to expand and gain momentum in 2008."
CRI Technologies is currently preparing the official launch of VIRTERA
(visit
www.virteratech.com) as part of its initial acquisition of Computer
Resolutions in August 2007 to establish a nationwide professional services
company focused on virtualization. Through significant investments, a new
management team and a pure consulting growth strategy focus, CRI
Technologies expects this strategy will best serve its clients'
virtualization needs and provide a clear roadmap for scaling their future
environments, platforms and investments.
CRI Technologies continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to VMware and
the pursuit of excellence in virtualization services. The selection
criteria for this year's award included:
-- Technical Excellence in Delivering Services
-- Number of VMware Certified Professionals (VCPs) employed
-- Volume of Services Delivered
CRI Technologies will continue to invest in architecting and taking to
market a wide range of professional services offerings that leverage
virtualization. "This award underscores our dramatic growth in technical
and sales personnel to support the delivery of sophisticated solutions
around virtualization. To date, our company employs 24 VAC VMware Certified
Professional's (VCP) and 54 services accreditations across a broad range of
areas. We will continue to collaborate with VMware on new market
opportunities to extend the VMware Infrastructure footprint," concluded
Pavony.
About CRI Technologies
CRI Technologies is a leading independent Information Technology (IT)
professional services and consulting firm delivering virtualization
technology solutions and services to companies nationwide. CRI
Technologies' proven Virtual Operations Framework (VOF) methodology
uniquely ensures successful and rapid adoption of virtualization
technologies while ensuring optimum return on organizations' IT
investments. CRI Technologies' team of certified IT architects and
consultants develop, deploy and manage Virtual Infrastructure (VI)
solutions designed to solve today's most challenging IT issues while its
industry-unique vAssure Strategy group tests and analyzes virtualization
trends across the entire virtual ecosystem. CRI Technologies was founded
in 2007 with headquarters located in Shelton, CT.
For additional information please visit
www.CRI1.com.
Contact Information: Contacts:
Shawn McDonald
CRI Technologies
(207) 752-1525
smcdonald@cri1.com
Or
Dale Allaire
BridgeView Marketing
(603) 766-3681
dale@bridgeviewmarketing.com
