Optimus Solutions to Host EcoTech Tour 2008 On June 12 At Atlanta Botanical Gardens
June 5, 2008
Optimus Solutions, a comprehensive technology solutions provider and value-added reseller (VAR),
today announced that it is hosting EcoTech Tour 2008, a one-day event where the company and its
partners will share best practices on how businesses can green the IT environment while enhancing
the bottom line. The event, which is hosted by Optimus Solutions and sponsored by Brocade, is
Thursday, June 12 at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, 1345 Piedmont Road in Atlanta. Registration
starts at 11:30 a.m.
At the event, Optimus Solutions experts and its partners will lead sessions that cover the
following topics:
· Green technologies that raise a businesses’ competitive
advantage while cutting environmental impact.
· Energy efficient initiatives and proven technology
solutions that can transform existing IT infrastructure.
· Industry leading power and cooling efficiency products.
· Implications of utilizing green products/services when
designing data centers and what savings may be realistically expected.
To register for EcoTech Tour 2008, visit
http://forms.optimussolutions.com/forms/EcoTech_Atlanta.
Steve Johnson, president of Optimus Solutions, said, “We’re excited about hosting a
green-minded event such as EcoTech, which provides significant value to businesses of all sizes. It
allows companies to learn green IT from a best practices perspective and to think about the role of
technology in environmental change. Coupled with our partners, this program will offer tangible
solutions on how IT managers can effectively incorporate green initiatives into their existing IT
infrastructure.”
Optimus Solutions is also hosting EcoTech Tour events on June 10, 2008 at the Chicago Botanic
Garden and June 17, 2008 at the Ribault Club in Jacksonville, Fla. For more information about the
events, visit
http://www.optimussolutions.com/Optimus_Events_Live.htm.
Tour partners include, APC, IBM, datadomain, Plasmon and VMware.
About Optimus Solutions
Optimus Solutions, which was acquired in January 2008 by Softchoice Corporation, provides
comprehensive IT solutions designed to streamline and integrate business processes across the
enterprise. Optimus is a trusted advisor of information technology solutions specializing in
the delivery of unified communications, workload consolidation, and data backup/recovery/archive
solutions. The company has earned the confidence of customers across a wide range of
industries by helping them reduce cost and risk, improve productivity and optimize the performance
of their enterprise.
Optimus, a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, EMC, VMware and other
leading IT vendors, holds the distinction of being an IBM Premier Business Partner, Cisco Silver
Certified Partner and Microsoft Gold Certified National Systems Integrator Partner. For additional
information, contact Optimus Solutions at 1.877.848.OPTI or
http://www.OptimusSolutions.com.
About Softchoice
As one of North America's leading providers of technology solutions and services, Softchoice
helps businesses and organizations of all sizes to select, acquire and manage their software and
hardware technology resources. Softchoice offers a full range of capabilities, including
face-to-face consultations and IT asset management services designed to help customers save time,
money and risk in IT procurement. In 2006, Softchoice was named Software Value Added Reseller
(VAR) of the Year by VAR Business magazine. Softchoice currently has more than 900 employees
operating from more than 40 branch offices located in major cities across the U.S. and
Canada. Softchoice stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the trading
symbol "SO". The Common Shares of Softchoice are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933 and are not publicly traded in the United States.