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mindSHIFT opens new data center to support customers' complex IT and cloud demandsSTERLING, Va., May 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc., a Ricoh company, today announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art data center in Commack, N.Y. This highly anticipated facility provides added infrastructure to support customers' needs, and embraces the company's ongoing commitment to help protect the environment, leveraging energy-efficient cooling units and implementing a hydro power program. In addition to its enhanced sustainability benefits, mindSHIFT's newest data center will provide expanded Disaster Recovery, cloud hosting and support services to customer. Mona Abutaleb, President and CEO, mindSHIFT and Senior Vice President of Services, Ricoh USA, Inc., said: "Our new world-class data center represents a significant investment in support of our customers' growth and future success. It will deliver mindSHIFT's private, highly secure cloud to customers of all sizes. We look forward to continuing to deliver successful outcomes to complex customer technology challenges in this new facility." Bob Lamendola, General Manager, Infrastructure Services, recently commented on the key reasons why mindSHIFT decided on the data center investment and build out: "This data center represents the first phase of a multi-phase initiative to grow mindSHIFT IT services with Ricoh across not only the U.S. but North America and Latin America as well." Ryan Wilkinson, CTO, Vehicle Tracking Solutions, was quoted in this case study: "mindSHIFT offers a robust and extremely reliable and secure data center that can completely cover our needs in one solution. mindSHIFT has always met and far exceeded any requirements that any of our clients have ever had with the hosting of their data." For details on Ricoh's full line of products, services and solutions, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com. Also, follow @mindSHIFT_Tech and @RicohSMB on Twitter for more information. | About mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. | | About Ricoh | Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2016, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,209 billion yen (approx. 19.6 billion USD). For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com © 2016 mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. mindSHIFT is a registered service mark of mindSHIFT technologies, Inc. Ricoh is a registered trademark and service mark of Ricoh USA, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Contacts: Tracey Sheehy
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