STORServer Wins 2014 IBM Beacon Award

STORServer, Inc. wins 2014 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Solution for Midsize Businesses

IBM Beacon Awards recognize IBM Business Partners for driving business value with smart, innovative solutions

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 11, 2014) --STORServer®, a leading provider of proven data backup solutions, has been named a winner of a 2014 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Solution for Midsize Businesses. Each year, this honor is awarded to a select number of IBM Business Partners who have delivered exceptional solutions to drive business value and transform the way their clients and industries do business.

"We are honored to be recognized by IBM a as a leader in delivering advanced solutions proven to drive business value for our customers," said Bill Smoldt, president and CEO, STORServer. "The true innovation behind the STORServer Backup Appliance is that the solution solves companies' backup, archive and disaster recovery challenges once and for all. We're proud to be a leader in this market and an IBM Business Partner."

The Beacon Awards are IBM's premier Business Partner recognition program. Announced at the IBM
PartnerWorld Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and selected by leading industry influencers and IBM executives from among hundreds of nominations, IBM's Beacon Awards recognize IBM Business Partners who have demonstrated business excellence in delivering IBM-based solutions resulting in client transformation and business growth. This year's awards recognized Business Partner achievements across 27 award categories.

"This year's Beacon Award winners are Business Partners who have truly demonstrated their ability to develop new, advanced approaches to solving challenges while also transforming the way their clients and industries conduct business," said Marc Dupaquier, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners. "We're honored to recognize STORServer for winning the Beacon Award for Outstanding Solution for Midsize Businesses and consistently delivering value to our mutual clients."

Powered by Tivoli Storage Manager, STORServer offers a complete suite of enterprise backup appliances, software and services that solve today's backup, archive and disaster recovery challenges.

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