Sayers Among First VMware Partners to Achieve All VMware Technical Competencies

VERNON HILLS, Ill., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale Sayers, Chairman of Sayers, today announced the Company is one of the first VMware partners in the world to achieve all technical competencies from VMware.  In addition to being a VMware Authorized Consultant partner, Sayers has completed VMware solution competencies in infrastructure virtualization, desktop virtualization and business continuity.

"This is a great achievement for our company and demonstrates our commitment to virtualization as a compelling and contemporary solution that helps our clients gain competitive advantage from their IT investments. VMware solutions are a key component of our offerings and our partnership with VMware keeps us at the forefront of all that is happening in cloud computing," said Sayers.  

"Sayers has demonstrated its expertise in providing virtualization solutions for customers on the journey to cloud computing," said Brandon Sweeney, vice president, Americas channel sales, VMware.  "With these new certifications and competencies, Sayers can now illustrate this expertise to customers and help them accelerate time to market, control costs, and reduce risk."

"You can't talk virtualization without talking VMware.  So, to meet all of its technical competency requirements this quickly gives us a competitive edge and validates our value proposition," said Bill Tohtz, Head of Sayers' Virtualization Practice.

About Sayers

Sayers is an independent provider of IT products and services, partnering with top hardware and software companies to respond to the most crucial issues facing organizations today—issues like securing sensitive information, optimizing IT investments across the enterprise, and establishing a technology architecture to better manage new or growing risks. At Sayers, everything project is customized—an approach captured in their slogan, "Built Around You."  

The Company delivers its services through six primary Practice Areas—Technology Refresh, Virtualization, Procurement and Configuration, Capacity on Demand, Security, and Mobility.  Sayers is a Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE) certified by the Chicago Minority Business Development Council.  Sayers is an active member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council's Corporate Plus® Program. This designation provides Sayers with the ability to satisfy national contracts for NMSDC Corporate Members.

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