Gibraltar Solutions Achieves HP Converged Infrastructure Elite Partner Designation

Mississauga, Ontario, May 13, 2011 – Gibraltar Solutions announced today that the company has been awarded the prestigious Converged Infrastructure Elite partner certification from HP.

Recognized as a pioneer and Ontario’s leading virtualization solution provider, Gibraltar looks forward to working with Citrix and Microsoft, through V-Alliance, to bring the transformational power and benefits of virtualization and cloud computing to customers in Ontario and Canada.

“Gibraltar is extremely pleased to be named as a contributing member of the V-Alliance,” said Don Lee, CEO of Gibraltar. "As a member of V-Alliance, Gibraltar will have unprecedented access to Citrix and Microsoft tools and resources that might have been labeled as ‘internal only.’ This incremental access will enhance the already very deep relationships between our collective engineering teams and ultimately bring more value to virtualization customers and end users in Ontario.”

“Since Gibraltar’s inception in 1996, virtualization technology has been a strategic area of focus. This makes today’s announcement to further expand the scope of cooperation with leading virtual computing providers like Citrix and Microsoft an exciting one for Gibraltar,” said Brad Henderson, COO of Gibraltar. “I am especially excited since cooperation opportunities such as V-Alliance will ultimately allow Gibraltar to build and bring better integrated virtual solutions to the market."

“We are continually looking for ways to work with Microsoft to add value to our joint channel,” said Tom Flink, vice president, Channel and Emerging Products for Citrix. “V-Alliance is the latest effort to do just that. This program will give our joint partners the information and resources they need, so they may more effectively deliver the kinds of virtualization solutions that the market is looking for.”

Ross Brown, vice president, Worldwide Partner Sales at Microsoft Corp said, “The Microsoft-Citrix relationship, which goes back more than two decades, has always been about delivering solutions that enable our customers to be more productive. V-Alliance is our latest effort to ensure that our joint partners around the world are always fully equipped to deliver the broadest array of virtual computing solutions to the market that only Microsoft and Citrix can offer.”

This designation recognizes Gibraltar as one of the HP partners in Canada with the expertise to design, deliver and support end-to-end HP Converged Infrastructure architecture.

Building on an extensive suite of HP partner and technology certifications, the Converged Infrastructure Elite certification confirms Gibraltar’s deep expertise in the wide range of data centre technologies and services. The certification also demonstrates Gibraltar’ ability to properly leverage HP’s Converged Infrastructure technology to deliver the next generation of data centres.

“Gibraltar is extremely pleased to achieve the Converged Infrastructure Elite designation with HP,” said Don Lee, CEO of Gibraltar. "As a Converged Infrastructure Elite member, Gibraltar will have unprecedented access to HP tools and resources. It will also allow for continued integration and collaboration between our engineering teams to deliver the next generation of instant-on, always available data centres to our customers.”

HP maintains strict requirements for the Converged Infrastructure Elite certification, which Gibraltar was able to meet via its vast pool of HP expertise and resources. These include both proven customer successes deploying HP solutions, and Gibraltar’s impressive staff of technical experts – who hold numerous HP technology certifications covering the full range of enterprise IT computing systems and products.

“Helping customers to transform their IT environments to deliver more innovation and efficiency has been a consistent goal of Gibraltar,” said Ivan Brinjak, Gibraltar’s Director of Sales. “This transformational process starts at the data centre and we believe HP’s Converged Infrastructure is the best solution and platform available today. Its flexible architecture provides the technical nimbleness necessary to align IT resources with business requirements to deliver IT as a Service."

About Gibraltar Solutions
Gibraltar specializes in helping organizations to use virtualization technologies in innovative ways to solve common IT and business challenges. Working closely with you and your team, we determine the optimal solution with maximum ROI and minimum risk for achieving your goals. Supported and certified as top tier partners by industry-leading vendors (like Citrix, HP, Microsoft, and VMware), Gibraltar offers an exceptional combination of consulting talent and implementation expertise to organizations that want to realize the full benefits of virtualization.

For more information, please visit www.gibraltarsolutions.com or call 1-877-895-2474.

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