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Key
Executive Appointed to IBM's Business Partner Marketing Advisory
Board Highlights:
Woodland Hills, CA July 8, 2003 -- A top executive of Key Information Systems, a systems integration company and Premier IBMÆ Business Partner that specializes in storage, e-business and high-availability solutions, has been selected by IBM to serve on IBM's Business Partner Marketing Advisory Board. Pete Elliot, Director of Marketing for Key, joined the council for their June meeting where he provided the council feedback on IBM's current marketing programs as well as Key's own successful KEY Webinar Free University format. Key is a Premier Business Partner, IBM's highest designation for a business partner; in addition the company has been designated a TotalStorage Solution Center by IBM. Elliot brings over 15 years of sales and marketing experience with the IBM Small and Medium Business (SMB) marketplace to the council formed to aid IBM's support of its business partners. Key is a leading systems integrator with unique programs for informing the eServer community of Key's custom backup analysis and high availability ROI analysis. Built around the e-Lab on Key's Website (www.keyisit.com/elab), these special services are aimed at the storage and data protection functions within the SMB community, including IT professionals responsible for the backup and constant availability of data and critical applications at their installations. Earlier this year, Elliot and a design team at Key developed the company's e-Lab for focused IT problem solving. The e-Lab provides reference information for storage solution developers in four important areas: Zero Downtime: Eliminate Downtime During Backups The links to reference material are regularly updated and provide a ready reference to recently published materials and the latest thinking on the e-Lab topics. Elliot is also the mastermind of Key's current education programs for the IT community. Under his direction, the company produces the KEY Webinar Free University Series to explore current business and technology issues in storage, data security, high availability, server consolidation, Linux and the life sciences.
Key's webinar series is summarized in the company's INsights
e-newsletter. To register for INsights,go to http://www.keyisit.com
and click on Key Newsletter. Registration data is kept confidential.
For a schedule of KEY Webinars and an archive of past KEY Webinars
go to http://www.keyisit.com/websched. About
Key Information Systems, Inc. Key has been designated a TotalStorage Solution Center by IBM, providing a full line of storage solutions across the total enterprise. This includes ESS (SHARK), SAN, NAS, FAStT, BladeCenter, iSCSI, LTO, Tivoli, TSRM and IBM storage virtualization/management products. Services include consulting in the best way to manage storage resources, business continuity planning and systems integration services to assist organizations migrating between platforms and operating system environments. For more information, visit the company online at www.keyisit.com or call 1-877-442-3249.
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