ITASCA, IL, February 8, 2010 - Laurus Technologies, an Itasca, IL-based provider of IT consulting and systems integration solutions, today announced it has joined the EMC Velocity² Partner Program to meet increasing customer demand for information infrastructure solutions. The addition of EMC to the Laurus Technologies portfolio addresses the growing needs of customers seeking flexible and scalable data management, recovery, deduplication, and networked storage.

“Joining the EMC Velocity² Partner Program demonstrates our commitment to offer a broad range of leading technology solutions to solve business challenges,” said Mike Clesceri, Partner and Executive Vice President at Laurus Technologies, who heads the firm’s Systems Integration group. “Laurus Technologies has been providing technology-driven solutions to businesses in the Midwest for more than 10 years, and we are pleased to add EMC to our portfolio.”

Laurus will have access to EMC’s industry-leading EMC CLARiiON networked storage, EMC Avamar deduplication software, and EMC Celerra unified storage. Laurus Technologies will expand its unique backup and recovery offerings with an innovative approach to information protection by combining its management strategies with EMC’s backup technology.

 “Laurus Technologies has deep market knowledge and expertise, in addition to its proven commitment and reputation in the region,” said EMC’s Gregg Ambulos, Vice President, Americas Channel Sales. “We look forward to working with Laurus Technologies and helping deliver cost-efficient and reliable networked storage, backup and recovery solutions to solve the pressing IT issues of their customers.”


The announcement marks the latest initiative from Laurus Technologies to further expand the business. The company recently added new support and maintenance services including hardware maintenance, parts replacement, depot services, and spares. In addition to support services, Laurus Technologies offers managed backup, archiving, SaaS Master Data Management for SAP, and Oracle solutions.

About Laurus Technologies, Inc.
Laurus Technologies is an IT consulting and systems integration firm that helps its customers solve their most pressing business challenges. The company’s strength comes from its combination of business knowledge, deep technical talent and commitment to customer satisfaction.  Laurus Technologies’ people are experts in managing today’s increasingly complex IT infrastructure and delivering integration management solutions.  Laurus Technologies goal of a 100% referenceable customer base has resulted in the company becoming one of the nation’s fastest growing solution providers.

Laurus Technologies serves the technology needs of its customers from offices in Itasca, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Denver. For further information, please visit www.laurustech.com.

Contact:
Laurus Technologies
Steve Susina
Director of Marketing
630.521.8932
ssusina@laurustech.com

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