Cary, North Carolina (PRWEB) November 3, 2009
Consonus Technologies today announced the formalization of its innovation initiatives into a wholly-owned subsidiary, Consonus Labs™ LLC. Consonus Labs™ will expand its partner network of select academic institutions, venture capital firms, and technology providers to accelerate the development and deployment of market-leading data center solutions.
Consonus Labs™ will drive technology innovation in three areas: cloud computing and virtualization, energy efficiency and data protection. It will leverage existing corporate resources including Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Engineering and Operations, as well as partnerships with select academic institutions, venture capital firms and technology providers as well as 700 loyal Consonus clients to deliver data center solutions to our customers.
"We look forward to enhancing our existing solution set with fresh ideas and new products and services that will enable our customers to save costs and decrease energy usage in the Data Center while maintaining the highest levels of availability and reliability," said Michael Bucheit, EVP of Consonus Corporate Development and General Manager of Consonus Labs™.
"Consonus Labs™ is the 'innovation engine' that will catalyze the continued growth of Consonus as a leading provider of Data Center services and solutions to mid-enterprise customers, and I am excited that we have found a low-cost virtual model to innovate for our customers' benefit and create intellectual property for the Company. With the patents pending on Consonus SAFE™ (Secure eMail Archiving for the Enterprise™) and Consonus VBC™ (Virtual Business Continuity™), we have already demonstrated that Consonus Labs™ -- in collaboration with our technology partners like Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) and BlueLock -- can demonstrate tremendous value add for our clients," said Nana Baffour, Executive Chairman of Consonus.
About Consonus Technologies
Consonus Technologies, Inc. is a leading national provider of Data Center hosting and colocation, Managed IT Services, IT Infrastructure, and IT Consulting solutions based in Cary, NC. Offering a comprehensive suite of IT services, combined with highly-secure, reliable, and energy-efficient data centers across the country, Consonus provides customers with complete cloud computing solutions addressing disaster recovery, data protection, and virtualization. Visit Consonus Technologies on the Web at http://www.consonus.com.
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