MSI Cloud Offering Includes Cloud TEC Briefing and Assessment Service

[OMAHA, NE - January 28, 2010] - MSI Systems Integrators (MSI), a leading comprehensive IT solution provider of hardware, software and services, today announced it will offer cloud solutions as part of its complete IT solutions portfolio. MSI's cloud offerings include an MSI Cloud Briefing through MSI's award-winning local Technology Enablement Centers (TEC) and a MSI Cloud Assessment service.

MSI's TEC Cloud Briefing helps companies explore cloud solution alternatives, assess best practices, and educate companies about cloud computing types and technologies. The MSI cloud assessment builds a roadmap and implementation plan for public, private, and hybrid cloud solutions. MSI experts can assess a company for cloud computing by understanding the company's technology portfolio and analyze the associated benefits, costs, feasibility, risks, technologies, and implementation paths.

"Imagine being able to control your computer expenses by turning on - and turning off - your computer enterprise, using servers and software only when you need them," said Phil Sauvageau, chief operating officer, MSI. "With cloud, you can allocate computing resources on-demand, provision and deprovision power as needed, and manage all your companies' units varying workloads and processes according to each one's unique requirements."

The initial step toward cloud technology often involves briefings to educate organizations on the cloud environment. From there, MSI conducts a business assessment to determine how well a cloud would meet an organization's needs, helps with due diligence and vendor selection, and facilitates all migration requirements. MSI can aid in designing and implementing the entire cloud solution, which includes procuring the most appropriate software from vendors like Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, VMware, and many others with whom MSI has partnering arrangements.

MSI's technical talent and key partnerships with top cloud vendors provide an ideal environment for comparing and contrasting cloud technologies such as IBM's BladeCenter CloudBurst, HP's BladeSystem Matrix, Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS), NetApp Virtual Dynamic Data Center, and VMware, Citrix, Novell, Symantec, Archer Technologies, and APC.

For more information about MSI cloud offerings, visit www.msiinet.com/services-support/cloud/.

About MSI Systems Integrators

MSI Systems Integrators is an IT integration firm that helps companies make their businesses better by providing IT optimization, data center optimization, virtualization, security, business continuity and unified communication solutions. A leading provider of hardware, software and services, MSI has deep technical skills and partners with technology leaders such as Cisco Systems, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Symantec, and VMware to provide world-class business solutions that help companies be more efficient, dynamic, and resilient. MSI is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska with offices throughout the United States.

For more information, press only:
Teresa Mardesen
MSI Systems Integrators
(800) 640-4674, x2394
tmardesen@msiinet.com

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