Akimbi Systems Announces 14 Charter Resellers as Inaugural North America Channel Partners Akimbi Systems Announces 14 Charter Resellers as Inaugural North America Channel Partners By VSM News Staff published: Tuesday, March 14 2006 Akimbi Signs Leading Virtualization Resellers to Launch its Channel Strategy SAN MATEO, Calif. – March 13, 2006 – Akimbi Systems, the global leader in Virtual Lab Automation Systems, today announced it has signed partnership agreements with 14 leading value-added resellers, launching the company’s channel strategy in the North American market. The new Akimbi Charter Resellers – including AccessFlow, Adeara, Agile360, Brigh Technologies, Collective Technologies, Entisys, Foedus, IPM, IT Partners, LogicsOne, New Age Technologies, Programmer’s Paradise, RapidApp, and VMPowered – all currently resell virtualization solutions from VMware and others, and will now market and sell the Akimbi Slingshot Virtual Lab Automation System to complement their existing virtual infrastructure product and service offerings. “Akimbi has made a strategic decision to go to market exclusively through the channel, and we are fully dedicated to the success of these top-tier partners as the inaugural resellers of Akimbi solutions,” said James Phillips, Akimbi Systems CEO. “The market is ready for solutions that leverage the growing presence of virtual machine technology in the data center, and resellers with deep experience and expertise in virtualization are particularly well-positioned to take advantage of this opportunity. The Akimbi Charter Resellers are the cream of that crop. ” Akimbi Systems’ flagship product, the Akimbi Slingshot Virtual Lab Automation System, leverages virtual machine technology from companies like VMware and Microsoft to help enterprise application development teams, and the IT operations groups that support them, address a number of critical challenges, including: controlling test lab server, storage and network equipment sprawl; minimizing the overhead of manual, time-consuming test setup and provisioning; eliminating the cost of system failures due to latent defects in software systems. Akimbi Slingshot automates the rapid setup and teardown of any number of complex multi-machine software configurations, and makes them available to users on a self-service basis, saving time and accelerating application development processes. With Akimbi Slingshot, organizations can pool and share servers, storage and network equipment resources, lowering "server-to-staff ratios" and reducing capital expenditures. Akimbi’s North America Charter Resellers AccessFlow “AccessFlow helps companies achieve the benefits and cost savings from enterprise virtualization by designing, deploying and supporting an optimal virtualization strategy,” said Steve Kaplan, president of AccessFlow. “As a highly complementary addition to our existing portfolio of solutions, Akimbi Slingshot will further enable us to help our clients wring more value out of their virtualization infrastructure.” Adeara “We are extremely focused on serving the VMware community by offering leading virtualization solutions coupled with value added services,” said Norm Shockley, Jr., Adeara president and CEO. “Akimbi Slingshot provides another avenue for us to deliver differentiated value to our customers as well as to quickly grow our top line revenues.” Agile360 “At Agile360, our goal is to assist clients in addressing specific business challenges and recommend only the solutions that enhance their IT business processes while improving their bottom line,” said Omar Yakar, CEO of Agile360. “Akimbi’s Virtual Lab Automation solution complements our current solution set, enabling us to leverage our expertise to bring clear cut solutions to our clients with extremely compelling ROI.” Collective Technologies “Collective Technologies is known for our ability to simplify the deployment and management of complex IT environments for large and mid-sized companies, and the growth of our virtualization and consolidation practice highlights the importance of these technologies for our clients’ future IT plans,” said Denise Court, vice president of marketing for Collective Technologies. “As a VMware Authorized Consulting Partner and VIP Reseller, we understand the emerging opportunities around virtual infrastructure management, and becoming an Akimbi Charter Reseller will help us capitalize on those opportunities.” Entisys “Entisys is built on the foundation of developing solutions that energize businesses at the deepest business and technical level,” said Mike Strohl, president of Entisys. “The Akimbi Virtual Lab Automation solution is a perfect match for the Entisys core vision.” Foedus “Foedus specializes in helping organizations utilize emerging technologies such as virtualization infrastructure to solve their critical business challenges,” said Michael Reilly, president and CEO, Foedus. “Akimbi’s Virtual Lab Automation solution, combined with our consulting talent and implementation expertise, furthers our ability to enable companies to realize a measurable return on their VI investment.” IPM “IPM partners with IT departments to help them fully capitalize on the benefits of proven technologies, and works with the leading technology vendors to ensure our clients’ success and long term return on investment,” said Myron Bari, president and CEO, IPM. “With the addition of the Akimbi Slingshot Virtual Lab Automation System, we are confident that we will not only broaden our core offerings, but also strengthen the ROI potential of the existing server virtualization technologies we’ve introduced within our client accounts.” IT Partners “IT Partners’ Server Virtualization solution addresses a number of issues facing IT managers today, including creating application development and testing environments,” said Gary Johnston, president, IT Partners. “Akimbi Slingshot is a great addition to our product set, not only enhancing our solution and but also enabling us to expand our footprint in customer accounts.” LogicsOne “Akimbi’s value proposition is focused, clear and compelling and I easily saw the benefits it would bring to my client base,” said Jeff Brooks, director of LogicsOne’s virtual infrastructure practice. “Following an introduction to one of my large corporate accounts, we worked together to close a deal and implement the Akimbi solution – and did it in just over two weeks and to the complete satisfaction of our client. For us, Akimbi represents a quick path to new revenue, further leveraging our virtualization technology expertise.” New Age Technologies “The competitive pressures for companies to do more with less, and react quickly to changing market demands, requires a change in the way they approach their business. Akimbi Slingshot, which builds on virtualization infrastructure, is a compelling solution for companies that utilize IT and software development to create a competitive advantage,” said Charlie Hagerty, president and CEO, New Age Technologies, Inc. “New Age Technologies provides IT consulting focused on industry best practices and helps companies leverage their IT investment to be more successful and drive higher effective ROI. Akimbi's partner program allows New Age Technologies to deliver a technology solution to our clients that meets these objectives.” Programmer’s Paradise "We're very excited and eager to offer Akimbi's software to our core customers: software development organizations," said Simon Nynens, president and CEO of Programmer's Paradise, Inc. “This is terrific technology for enterprise teams looking for ways to accelerate software development cycles and improve quality.” RapidApp “RapidApp has built its reputation by helping Fortune and mid-market companies minimize project costs and compress timeframes for developing new applications and their supporting infrastructure,” said Mitch Northcutt, CEO of RapidApp. “Working with Akimbi Systems enables us to further leverage our core competency in server virtualization, expanding our scope of solutions with minimal ramp time for our organization.” VMPowered “VMPowered recognizes that virtual machine technology used in application development and testing will bring immediate improvement in time to market, costs, and quality for our customers,” said Rod Lucero, CTO, VMPowered. “Akimbi Slingshot expands our existing product set and enables us to deepen the benefits that we deliver to our customers through virtual infrastructure projects.” For more information about how to become an Akimbi channel partner, visit our website at www.akimbi.com/partners, or contact the company at (650) 356-4400 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . About Akimbi Systems Akimbi Systems is the global leader in Virtual Lab Automation Systems. Since 2002, Akimbi technology has been a mission-critical infrastructure component within some of the world’s most effective software development organizations. Over two dozen Global 2000 enterprises including Coldwater Creek, Experian, Intel, Juniper Networks, RSA Security and Symantec have selected the Akimbi Slingshot™ Virtual Lab Automation System to power their Virtual Lab Automation initiatives. Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., Akimbi is a privately held company and has received funding from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, Partech International and Stanford University. Strategic partners include VMware, Microsoft, PlateSpin and Mercury. 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