Promedia Technology Services, Inc. has recently completed certification to become a Cisco TelePresence Video Express Authorized Technology Provider (ATP). The ATP Program is an invitation-only program involving Cisco partners who possess top-notch partner qualifications. Promedia has completed all of the necessary training programs and is now in a position to deploy Cisco’s complete TelePresence suite of products. Cisco Telepresence is a dynamic video conferencing solution that can allow for remote collaboration and increased flexibility to get the most out of your employees or bring unique learning opportunities to your students.

The goal of this Cisco program is to focus on providing a new way of working, in which everyone everywhere can be more productive through face-to-face collaboration with TelePresence Video solutions. This new certification allows Promedia’s Collaboration division to design and deploy complex TelePresence solutions unique to each environment in an effort to meet this goal. TelePresence provides high quality face-to-face interaction between remote locations, saving time and money, and making it far easier to successfully collaborate. This is a system that translates very easily to both a business and academic environment, providing opportunities to bring people together and share ideas like never before.  Promedia is excited to be in a position to offer its customers the ability to work and learn together, no matter where they are.

Partners Across the Globe Acknowledged for Excellence in Delivering VMware Virtualization and Cloud Solutions

Feb. 15, 2012 — Promedia Technology Services, Inc. today announced that it has been named the Americas recipient of a VMware Partner Network Award in the Academic Partner of the Year category by VMware.  The award was presented at VMware Partner Exchange 2012, VMware’s annual partner event, on Feb. 14 in Las Vegas.

“We are proud to acknowledge the achievements made in 2011 by members of the VMware partner ecosystem and congratulate Promedia Technology Services, Inc. on winning a VMware Partner Network Award,” said Doug Smith, vice president, global partner strategy and operations, VMware. “Partners worldwide assemble at VMware Partner Exchange to become equipped with the tools and knowledge needed to further realize the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing – making this the leading global event for partners seeking peer-to-peer training, education and networking to enhance their business strategies and distinguish their position in the marketplace. VMware partners continue to be the foundation of our business and we look forward to the future successes of Promedia in 2012, as well as the rest of our partner ecosystem.”

“Promedia is honored to accept this award and is dedicated to creating awareness of VMware virtualization and cloud computing solutions that can enable New Jersey academics to save money, ease administration, decrease downtime and focus on their core competency, which is educating their students,” said Gene Murphy, President, Promedia Technology Services, Inc.

Partner recipients of a VMware Partner Network Award in the Americas were acknowledged by VMware in 28 categories for their excellence in performance and distinctive achievements during 2011:

• SMB Partner of the Year
• Solution Provider of the Year
• Government Partner of the Year
• Academic Partner of the Year
• Infrastructure Virtualization Partner of the Year
• Business Continuity Partner of the Year
• Desktop Partner of the Year
• Training (VATC) Partner of the Year
• Distributor of the Year
• Emerging Market Partner of the Year
• Cloud Application Platform Partner of the Year
• Emerging Products Partner of the Year
• VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) Partner of the Year
• Systems Integrator of the Year
• Partner Executive MVP
• Corporate Reseller of the Year
• National Partner of the Year
• Rising Star of the Year
• LATAM Distributor of the Year
• LATAM Education (VATC) Partner of the Year
• LATAM Solution Provider of the Year
• LATAM Government Partner of the Year
• LATAM Systems Integrator Partner of the Year
• LATAM Best Performance of the Year
• Brazil Solution Provider of the Year
• Mexico Solution Provider of the Year
• NOLA Solution Provider of the Year
• SOLA Solution Provider of the Year

About VMware Partner Exchange 2012

VMware Partner Exchange 2012 is the leading global event for virtualization and cloud partners, bringing thousands of members from the VMware partner ecosystem together to discuss the future of the industry. With more than 170 breakout sessions and an extensive exhibitor pavilion, partners gain valuable insight on how to leverage new technologies to deliver next generation enterprise hybrid cloud solutions to customers. To learn more about VMware Partner Exchange visit www.vmwarepartnerexchange.com

About Promedia Technology Services, Inc.

Promedia Technology Services, Inc.  has adopted Virtualization as one of its core technologies, delivering these solutions to the academic vertical.  Over the past year Promedia has been able to leverage an Enterprise License Agreement created with NJEDge (a New Jersey Higher Education Consortium) to bring a competitive pricing model for VMware licensing and services in New Jersey to these institutions.  This agreement has served as a purchasing vehicle for these institutions, eliminating the lengthy bid process enabling them to implement virtualization solutions on demand.  Promedia and NJEDge have extended this agreement to encompass the K-12 subset of New Jersey’s Academics by including the NJSBA (New Jersey School Boards Association).  This will enable every K-12 district in New Jersey to start a Virtualization strategy.  Currently the agreement has had approximately 2 million dollars of  VMware licensing and services flow through it since its inception 1 year ago.  It has saved academic institutions on average 30% on the licensing costs.  Promedia has seen a mixture of over 30+ institutions throughout the state stand up Virtual environments ranging from large Server Consolidation and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure deployments to  Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery solutions. Promedia’s goal is to continue to increase awareness of the cost savings and benefits of VMware’s solutions to the Academic vertical.  Seminars and Educational series are continuously being delivered to the academic community both on a high level (CIO, Superintendent, Business Administrator) and a technical level (Network Administrators, Systems Administrators, Technicians) to increase awareness of the Enterprise License Agreement and the benefits of VMware Virtualization.  Our team of experienced engineers and account managers have over 25 VMware certifications (VCP, VSP, VTSP) enabling Promedia to achieve VMware Competencies in Business Continuity, Desktop Virtualization, and Infrastructure Virtualization.   The solutions Promedia is delivering enable New Jersey Academics to save money, ease administration, decrease downtime, and focus on their core competency which is educating their students. >

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Contacts:

Victor Falconieri

Marketing Manager

Promedia Technology Services, Inc.

marketing@promedianj.com

Presenters:

Don Coulter – Cisco

Ralph Carter – Promedia

Cisco Borderless Networks connect people, information, and devices — securely, reliably, and seamlessly. Connect anyone, anywhere, on any device, at any time. This webinar will focus on:

• How to take advantage of an end-to-end portfolio of unique switching and routing solutions for Borderless Networks optimized for investment protection to reduce Total Cost of Ownership.
• How Cisco Routers and Catalyst switches offer new ways to build scalable networks based on highly secure, reliable, seamless, and integrated solutions and service offerings.

• The new enhancements that transform the network to support changing needs and support innovation.

Presentation Slides

The New Jersey School Boards Association has entered into an agreement with NJEDge.net to allow its members to join the consortium and take advantage of the Enterprise LicenseAgreement (ELA) in association with Promedia Technology Services, Inc. and VMware. This agreement will allow School Boards members to procure VMware virtualization technology and support services at the best possible price point available today, at 30% below the already reduced education pricing. The NJSBA has put together a series of webinars to educate its members on the details and benefits of the ELA.

The first webinar in the series, designed to outline the benefits of virtualization and the ELA, brought together all of the key members of the agreement. Members of NJSBA, NJEDge, VMware, and Promedia gathered to explain the agreement to School Boards members and demonstrate the value of the ELA and virtualization technology. To view the webinar follow this link.

The second webinar, Virtualization 101, gave a high level overview of virtualization technologies, their benefits, and the ways that virtualization can provide a simultaneous reduction in cost and improvement to your environment’s performance. You can view Virtualization 101 here.

There will be two more webinars to follow which will go into further detail about virtualization and the agreement. The next two will be held on March 14th and April 11th, and will focus on a technical deep dive into Server Consolidation and Desktop Virtualization, respectively.

You can use these links to sign up for the upcoming webinars in the NJSBA’s series:

March 14th – Server Consolidation - This webinar will provide a deeper look at how the server consolidation aspect of virtualization can save money by streamlining your data center.

April 11th – Desktop Virtualization - This webinar will provide a deeper look at how the desktop virtualization technology can provide cost savings and ease of administration throughout a desktop environment.

Presenter: Fred Zalupski

Cisco mobile collaboration solutions enable you to be in touch anywhere.
Let Unified Communications level the playing field irrespective of location,
bandwidth, or end device. In this webinar:
• Find out why industry analysts are calling this the “post-pc” era and what
it means for you, your end users and how it’s transforming the way we
communicate.
• Cisco Unified Communication systems including phones and conferencing
solutions
• Mobile collaboration apps for popular platforms
• The brand-new Cisco Cius and what makes it uniquely valuable.

At Techspo 2012, Promedia will be featured with a presentation called Virtualizing Desktops on iPads and Managing These DevicesInside Your School District:

This presentation will be given on Friday, January 27th at 2:30 PM and will touch on topics such as:

• How Virtual Desktops are presented on a mobile device (Windows 7 on the iPad)

• Ease of administration and management through the use of a virtual desktop environment and how this leads to cost savings

• Solutions for controlling Apple Devices inside your school district

• The ability to push applications and curriculum to these devices selectively or district wide

• Remotely manage and wipe devices with a click of a mouse

• Central administration console for windows desktops and iOS device management

There will also be an additional announcement from NJSBA and NJEDge detailing how your district can save money by taking advantage of the NJSBA/NJEDge virtualization agreement with Promedia and VMware.

And don’t forget, at the end of the session Promedia will be giving away an iPad 2 to one of the attendees!

Presentation Slides

We look forward to an outstanding Techspo 2012, with plenty of opportunities for education and discussion about the state of technology in education today! See you there!

Presenter: Yury Magalif

A Virtual desktop environment provides IT administrators with ease of management and administration by providing the capability of managing and deploying desktops from a central administration console. Virtual desktops can run off of thin clients or mobile devices lowering costs and enabling remote access. The webinar will include:

• Discussion of the pluses and minuses of different solutions on the market.

• Participants will learn how to deploy Windows 7 through VMware View, how to deploy software to multiple Virtual Desktops at once, how to build fresh Virtual Machines within minutes after a user logs out, and how to scan Virtual Desktops for viruses without impact to I/O through a real-world case study

• VMware View will be featured and attendees will also learn about VMware’s client for iPad, which is PCoIP compatible

• Attendees will learn about WYSE PocketCloud View client for Apple devices

• A basic understanding of operating system imaging and Microsoft Active Directory is recommended.

Presentation Slides

-Jeff Platenyk, Director of Technology, Mater Dei High School

-Mike Asmus, Director of Technology, North Arlington School District

“Executing network solutions that are cost effective and economize our tight facilities infrastructure are key to our current and future plans for student success. The problem solving skills of Director of Technology, Mr. Asmus, and our long standing network relationship with Promedia continue to collaboratively work to successfully visualize our goals.”

-Dr. Oliver Stringham, Superintendent of Schools, North Arlington School District