"Every professional in sales who deals with our customers every day are all mobile," explained Deborah Nemesi, vice president IBM Central Region, General Business, and a member of Kettering's Board of Trustees. "Companies should consider the use of the mobile model in order to survive in a rapidly changing global business environment," she added.

Meg Selfe '94, vice president of GM Infrastructure Integration Management for IBM Global Services, finds that working as a mobile professional is extremely beneficial for her customers. "It allows us to put the right skill set of the professional in the right position to help our customers quickly and efficiently," she said. "If the professional with a skill set that a customer requires is logistically many miles away, our global network capabilities allow us to connect very easily. It's very powerful and when clients see that power applied in the right manner and what it can do to help them facilitate their business and processes, they recognize the tremendous benefit it offers and how it can accelerate their own globalization efforts."

Karen Bachelder '81, Business Development executive for IBM Financial Services Sector, said that she also finds herself to be much more productive as a mobile professional instead of one tied down by an established office.

For Nemesi, the Kettering co-op experience provides graduates who are exceptional examples of how a mobile professional can indeed help the company succeed while allowing the flexibility necessary to keep family happy.

Located in Flint, Mich., Kettering University is the home of the country's most modern professional co-op program. For more on Kettering, visit: www.kettering.edu.

SOURCE: Kettering University

Kettering University
Gary Erwin, 810-762-9538
gerwin@kettering.edu

The mission of the VACC is to provide an environment at the University that supports computing-related research, education, collaborations between UVM researchers and regional commercial colleagues, and technology transfer. The e1350 High Performance Cluster solution provided by Datatrend has enabled the VACC to exceed the expectations of their customers and maintain UVM's position as the pre-eminent computing research resource.

"By taking advantage of computing-related advances provided by Datatrend and IBM with the e1350 High Performance Cluster solution for the VACC environment, we have exceeded our goals of providing what we believe is the most advanced computing environment in a public or private university setting, enabling true breakthroughs for researchers, students, educators, and businesspersons. It has quickly attracted additional direct and indirect grants that will have a lasting impact." -- Mike Austin, IT Director, University of Vermont.

"Recognition as a Beacon Award finalist is an honor that very few IBM Business Partners enjoy, and we are delighted to be one of only three finalists," said Charlie Cox, Sr. Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, Datatrend Technologies, Inc. "Being selected as a finalist for this award is a testament to the team here at Datatrend and their commitment to providing customers with the highest quality IT and infrastructure solutions in the industry and underscores the value that Datatrend and IBM deliver to customers."

This is the second consecutive year Datatrend has been recognized by IBM in a System x(TM) Solution Beacon Award category. Datatrend won an IBM Beacon Award in 2007 for "Best IBM System x(TM) Solution."

Chosen from over 725 nominations, winners and finalists from around the world will be honored during a gala event at the IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference in Los Angeles on April 30 - May 2, 2008.

About IBM Beacon Awards:

More than 725 nominations were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts and IBM executives, who selected winners and finalists in 37 award categories. These IBM Business Partners will be honored during a gala event at the IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference in Los Angeles on April 30 - May 2, 2008. For more information about the IBM Beacon Awards, please visit http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/2008_awards.html

About Datatrend Technologies:

Founded in 1987, Datatrend Technologies is a national IT solutions provider dedicated to helping companies optimize their IT environments and transform their business. Datatrend specializes in best-in-class technology services; server and storage solutions; and structured cabling services. By providing exceptional thought leadership and a customer-intimate approach, Datatrend has earned the respect of customers everywhere as a trusted advisor on business and technology issues. Visit Datatrend online at http://www.datatrend.com.

     Contact Information:
     Charlie Cox
     Sr. Vice President of Sales & Marketing
     Datatrend Technologies, Inc.
     Phone: 952-931-1203
     Email: charlie.cox@datatrend.com

SOURCE Datatrend Technologies, Inc.

http://www.datatrend.com

--  More than doubles the number of systems that can run in a single rack,
--  Uses 40 percent less power while increasing the amount of computing
    that can be done on single system 5X,
--  Can be outfitted with a liquid cooling wall on the back of the system
    that enables it to run at "room temperature" -- no air conditioning
    required,
--  Uses all industry standard components as well as open source software
    such as Linux to lower costs.

"IBM Global Financing offers an end-to-end solution for customers looking to access the new IBM iDataplex technology," said John Callies, general manager of IBM Global Financing. "From acquisition to disposal, IBM Global Financing can be there to help Web 2.0 customers and other segments with high performance environments access these benefits."

IBM Global Financing is uniquely positioned to offer customers looking to access the IBM iDataPlex system attractive lease rates because of its ability to capture high residual value in the secondary market for these new servers. Customers in the US can also benefit from additional benefits received under the US Economic Stimulus Advantage offering developed by IBM Global Financing. Under this offering announced earlier this year, US customers acquiring the IBM iDataPlex system in 2008 can benefit from either enhanced rates or a free 3 month deferral on leases.

IBM Global Financing will also help clients accessing this technology spread the costs of these servers and the software and services needed to implement them flexibly over time. IBM Global Financing's Project Financing offerings will help match costs to benefits, with low upfront payments during the install process, that will ramp as the benefits achieved from the new technology begin to be realized. This is a significant benefit for CEOs and CFOs looking to manage costs while simultaneously funding innovation.

Customers looking to replace their existing data center equipment with the new iDataPlex technology can also benefit from IBM Global Asset Recovery Services, which can manage the disposal of equipment in accordance with environmental regulations, paying special attention to the security of the data contained on the hard drive.

Companies that operate massive scale-out data centers spend 10 to 30 times more on energy costs per square foot than a typical office building. The energy powers both hundreds of thousands of servers and the air conditioning needed to cool them. The exponential growth of Web 2.0 data centers will continue as streaming video, online gaming and social networks spike Internet traffic, requiring companies to build ever vaster pools of computers that devour energy resources to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

About IBM Global Financing

IBM Global Financing (IGF), the financing business segment of IBM and the world's premier single-source provider for multi-vendor IT financing solutions, serves commercial clients ranging from small businesses to the majority of the Fortune 100. With assets of $38 billion worldwide, IGF provides project financing, commercial financing and asset-recovery services to 125,000 clients in more than 50 countries. Additional information can be found at http://www.ibm.com/financing

CONTACT:
Fred Clarke
IBM
914-715-5986 (cell)
914-765-6700 (office)
fredc@us.ibm.com

SOURCE: IBM

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The agreement to deliver the new e-commerce solution was signed in March 2008 and the project is already underway. The agreements to deliver maintenance and migration services of the existing e-commerce solution were signed in April 2008.

IBM will also be responsible for the implementation, integration and application management of the solution, to be hosted at an IBM datacenter running on IBM Power AIX systems.

During the past three years, transactions on the Endorsia system have more than doubled, and in 2007 the system handled more than 12 million transactions. Endorsia's growth led to the need to upgrade the e-commerce platform, increase performance, expand transaction capacity, and enable the development of new services and the expansion of business areas.

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