Strickland Consulting, Inc.

Press Release

August 13, 2004

STRICKLAND CONSULTING, INC BECOMES VMWARE ENTERPRISE PARTNER

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, August 13, 2004 – Strickland Consulting, Inc., is now a VMware Enterprise Partner and can help clients as a reseller and as a provider of IT services in order to improve customers’ system capabilities using the full range of VMware’s virtual infrastructure solutions.

Virtual infrastructure solutions allow servers to be seamlessly consolidated and programs to be managed centrally. Virtual infrastructure solutions provide a layer of abstraction between the computing, storage and networking hardware, and the software that runs on it. Since hardware management is separated from software management, the hardware equipment can be treated as a single pool of processing, storage and networking power which can be directed and redirected to a variety of software services. As a result, a company or agency will be able to lower IT costs by becoming more efficient, flexible and responsive.

“We are pleased to be able to provide this innovative offering to our clients so that they can consolidate both applications and infrastructure services that run on diverse operating systems,” says Susan Davidson, President of Strickland Consulting, Inc. “We serve as a reseller and our clients can also depend on us to deploy these solutions and offer any additional support services that may be necessary to get it up running. The customer will benefit from an immediate ROI and a one-stop-shop experience. With virtual infrastructure technologies, you can operate with fewer, highly scalable, enterprise-class servers,” says Davidson.

The following VMware solutions and services for these solutions are offered:

Ø VMware ACE

Ø VMware ESX Server

Ø VMware GSX Server

Ø VMware P2V Assistant

Ø VMware Virtual Center

Ø VMware Virtual SMP

Ø VMware VMotion

Ø VMware Workstation

Founded in 1999, Strickland Consulting, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business based in Germantown, Maryland. Strickland Consulting provides highly skilled information technology services in complex, enterprise environments. The company specializes in Systems Management and Security Management solutions, which maximize the performance, availability and security of IT networks and applications. The company also specializes in Virtual Infrastructure Management solutions that streamline server consolidations, support legacy applications, provide new levels of test and development capabilities, simplify OS/application migrations and offer enhanced disaster recovery and backup options. Strickland also offers Training Services in a variety of technical areas as well such as HP OpenView Network Node Manager Essentials; Advanced, Secure Computing’s Sidewinder Firewall Essentials; NetIQ AppManager; NetIQ Security Manager; and NetIQ AppAnalyzer for Exchange.

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Strickland Consulting, Inc.
   19206 Ranworth Drive
   Germantown, MD 20874
   Phone: 301-540-4688
   Fax: 301-540-8606