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Sirius is IBM Beacon Award Finalist for Innovative IBM Business Systems Solution
The Morey Corporation Uses System i to Consolidate Servers, Extend Voice over IP (VoIP) to Entire Operation
San Antonio , TX – April 15, 2008 – Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. has been named a Finalist in the category of "Innovative IBM Business Systems Solution" in the annual IBM Beacon Awards competition, honoring IBM Business Partners for their ingenuity, innovation, client satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing business solutions.
The Sirius solution that earned this honor was on behalf of The Morey Corporation, an original design manufacturer / electronic manufacturing service provider headquartered in Woodridge, Illinois, that was experiencing strong growth that threatened its IT and telephony infrastructure. The company was quickly outgrowing the digital switch that was the foundation of their corporate phone system, and server proliferation had led to nearly 25 x86-based servers that were expensive, difficult to manage, and consumed too much of their data center resources.
Sirius helped Morey implement an IP Telephony on System i solution from IBM, along with software and components from 3Com, which provided a flexible, long-term platform for Morey's telecommunication needs. A single System i520 server was partitioned to run their IP telephony, ERP and Lotus Notes applications. A second System i server at a remote location provides failover protection for their phone system and critical applications. The migration also provided an opportunity to consolidate their x86-based servers onto just 10 IBM BladeCenter blades, using the System i server as a front end. The solution reduces both administrative costs and environmental requirements in the data center, while providing a flexible platform that can grow with them for years.
According to Win Semmler, CIO of The Morey Corporation, "Sirius provided us with not only a solution to an immediate problem we were faced with in our phone system upgrade, but also an innovative approach to bundle a new phone system together with machine upgrades that position us for better scalability as our business continues to grow."
Said Sirius president Joe Mertens, "The Morey solution is a perfect example of using IBM’s proven, stable and flexible System i server as a platform for a variety of business-critical applications. Our partnership with 3Com allowed us to bring together different disciplines in hardware, software, networking and voice to help Morey achieve a comprehensive solution.”
As an IBM Premier Business Partner and the world’s largest IBM value-added reseller, Sirius’ commitment to IBM products and programs like the Beacon Awards is reflected in that fact that Sirius has had Beacon Award Winners and/or Finalists every year since the Beacon program was created.
In addition to being an IBM Beacon Award Finalist for the Morey project, Sirius has also been awarded a 2008 Beacon Award for "Excellence in the Use of System z for New Workloads or Applications" for work done for the City and
County of
Honolulu , and was a 2008 Finalist for "Outstanding IBM Information Infrastructure Solution" for Monitronics.
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 Sirius:
Sirius is a national IT solution provider and IBM Premier Business Partner that is dedicated to helping clients implement advanced infrastructure solutions that provide a competitive advantage and a positive return on their investment. Backed by 26 years of IT experience, Sirius has a certified team of sales and technical professionals with the skills, product knowledge and commitment to help clients develop and implement the right solution to solve their business needs. For more information about Sirius, visit www.siriuscom.com.
Contact Information:
Susan Griffin, Corporate Communications Manager, Sirius Computer Solutions
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