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Acumen Announces Addition of Dell EqualLogic Storage to Its Best-of-Breed Portfolio

Submitted by: Meredith Kinsey on Mar 03, 2008 at 2:52 pm Tagged with: Information Technology, SANs, storage Source: Acumen I.T.

(Greenville, SC: March 3, 2008) Adding to its already extensive I.T. product line, Acumen I.T., a Greenville-based technology company, is now partnering with Dell to provide Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series storage area networks (SANs) to its customers. The Dell EqualLogic SANs are leading virtualized iSCSI-based networked solutions that provide enterprise-class storage management functionality in an affordable midrange package. Through this partnership, Acumen continues to enhance its ability to create complete solutions that address specific customer needs, making Acumen a stronger, strategic partner for its customers.

“As a longtime valuable partner with Dell, we welcome Acumen’s embrace of the Dell EqualLogic SAN line,” said Bob Skelley, director, Enterprise Architecture Channel at Dell. “Acumen’s strong managed services and virtualized infrastructure offerings are perfect fits for the modular scalability and virtualization of the Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays. As we grow Dell’s storage business, we will depend on the expertise of VARs such as Acumen who have trusted advisor roles with their clients

Dell EqualLogic SAN solutions are designed to enable customers to consolidate storage, reduce costs, and implement advances and automated features. Using automatic, self-managing intelligence, Dell EqualLogic systems can enable fast, flexible storage provisioning while dramatically reducing the time and costs required to manage and maintain a local or remote SAN environment.

“Dell EqualLogic storage is recognized as the leading iSCSI SAN solution for its ease of use, rapid deployment and enterprise software capabilities,” says David Pence, CEO of Acumen I.T. “Acumen is proud to be a part of this Dell channel for premium Dell EqualLogic storage and to strengthen our infrastructure offerings to our customers. This relationship adds to our ability to deliver comprehensive solutions and to be a leading single source of technology solutions for our businesses, using best-of-breed server, storage and virtualization technologies.”

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About Acumen I.T.
Acumen I.T. is a privately held technology firm located in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1999 by David Pence, Acumen offers an alternative and supplement to in-house information technology (I.T.) departments. Acumen offers enterprise level service and technical support at affordable fixed monthly costs. A Microsoft Business Solutions Partner, Acumen also offers I.T. support, Avaya phone systems, custom software development, and Web development. Acumen has more than 100 years of I.T. systems engineering experience. More information may be found at www.acumenIT.com.

Contact:
Tom Pence
864.271.9000