| HOLBROOK, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2005: Future Tech Enterprise, Inc . – In anticipation of its 2005 PartnerWorld event commencing later this week, IBM today announced the winners of its highly coveted Beacon and Stellar Awards. The awards honor those IBM partners who have demonstrated leadership, innovation and excellence in the IT Industry and specifically in support of IBM's solutions. Future Tech Enterprise, Inc., a market-leading full service IT solution provider, has been announced as the 2005 recipient of IBM's Beacon Award for the Best ThinkVantage Technologies Solution.
Additionally, with over 5,000 Business Partners and VARs that partner with IBM in their Personal Computing Division, IBM designated Future Tech as the winner of its 2005 Stellar Award, which identifies its #1 Business Partner in the Americas with respect to delivering innovation and excellence to the Personal Systems area.
“We're extremely gratified by IBM's public acknowledgment of Future Tech's contribution to both its Personal Computing Division and its ThinkVantage Technologies Solution,” said Bob Venero, President and CEO of Future Tech. “What this all comes down to is identifying and delivering the best possible IT solution that meets our customers' business needs. That's why we've invested so heavily in IBM and the ThinkVantage Technologies side of the house --- because we've seen the value it brings on a daily basis at our clients' sites and we want to be known as the Solution Provider that delivered that competitive advantage to our customers.”
These industry accolades come on the heels of the creation of Future Tech's IBM ThinkVantage Technologies Solution Center. Future Tech conceived, petitioned for and ultimately built the world's first ThinkVantage Technologies Solution Center, a $2 million facility here in Holbrook that augments the efforts of both Future Tech's and IBM's sales force everyday. The Center functions as a proof of concept vehicle for IBM's industry-leading solutions, including ThinkVantage Technologies, pSeries, xSeries, iSeries, Storage (Shark included), Printing, Software, Blade Center and Point of Sale.
In further testimony to Future Tech's preeminence in the Personal Systems field, and specifically its evangelical role in establishing ThinkVantage Technologies as a corporate standard throughout Fortune 1000 Companies nationwide, IBM has included Future Tech in its ongoing development of ThinkVantage Technologies tools. Future Tech has been working with IBM's ThinkVantage Technologies' Development Team with respect to upcoming product launches as well as anticipated enhancements to current technologies.
Future Tech will receive its awards in a formal ceremony on March 1 st at IBM's PartnerWorld in Las Vegas. For more information on Future Tech, please visit us at www.ftei.com.
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Shannon Mallozzi
Vice President of Marketing & P.R.
Future Tech Enterprise, Inc.
(631) 472-5500 x.7518
smallozzi@ftei.com
About Future Tech
Future Tech Enterprise, Inc. is a market leading full service IT solution provider, representing over 700 different manufacturer product lines including IBM, Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Toshiba and Fujitsu. Future Tech offers the resources corporations need to gain control of their technology acquisition cycle. Our highly skilled technicians, sales support engineers, and network consultants are trained and certified to support most major product lines. We've skillfully combined the people, processes and technologies it takes to streamline the information flow, reduce delays and costs, shorten order-cycle time, and maximize customer satisfaction. Future Tech's vision is to create business partner relationships with both customers and suppliers that help our clients align their business and technology strategies. The creation of this true partnership ensures a win-win approach for all partners involved, while providing the best possible pricing and service practices in our industry. For more information about Future Tech, please visit www.ftei.com |
