Strickland Consulting, Inc.

Press Release

July 14, 2004

STRICKLAND CONSULTING, INC. BECOMES PLATESPIN, LTD. PARTNER

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, July 14, 2004 – Strickland Consulting, Inc. now provides IT consulting services and is a value added reseller for PlateSpin, Ltd. PlateSpin, headquartered in Toronto, Canada provides solutions that focus on server consolidation, virtual machine management and enterprise-wide management of both physical and virtual server environments from a single integrated view. Specifically, they offer cutting edge solutions that automate server conversions between physical and virtual machine servers built on VMware Virtual Infrastructure and Microsoft Virtual Server. PlateSpin also offers solutions that provide comprehensive virtual machine and physical server provisioning.

Susan Davidson, President of Strickland Consulting says “We can now help our customers convert Windows and Linux servers not only to VMware’s ESX or GSX server but to Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 as well. The flexibility is amazing, whether you want to do physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversions or virtual-to-virtual conversions (V2V). No agent installations or boot CDs are required and there is non-invasive discovery and inventory of physical and virtual machine servers.”

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