[August 11, 2005] Helio Solutions Honored with Three Partner Excellence Awards from Sun Microsystems Tweet SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 11, 2005 -- Helio Solutions, Inc., a premier data center solutions provider, announced the company was recently honored with three partner achievement awards at the Sun Microsystems Western Area Partner Road Show, the Sun Grow America Tour. These awards are presented to Sun iForce(SM) partners who showcase excellence in servicing and meeting customer needs by leveraging their alliance with Sun Microsystems. Helio Solutions won three of the seven awards given this year. -- Area Teaming Award -- Given for exceptional teaming between Helio Solutions and Sun, this customer solution included a Grid Computing implementation. The client's R&D department was looking to implement a more robust solution for their MRI application. Helio Solutions' expertise in Grid Computing along with the Sun N1(TM) solution, allowed Helio to re-architect their current infrastructure to support an image and data intensive environment. -- TARP (Target Account Rebate Program) Award -- Presented to the partner securing the most "new-to-Sun" customer revenue, Helio Solutions was honored with the TARP Award for its significant partner contributions over the past fiscal year. Combining Sun Microsystems' extensive product offerings with Helio Solutions' professional services enables the two companies to solve customer's critical business issues and increase their footprint into new accounts. -- SOLAR Edge Elite Award -- Delivered to recognize the partner with the most AMD Opteron(TM) processor-based systems sold since the inception of Sun's program, Helio Solutions' certification in this product area and overall expertise in the Solaris(TM) Operating System proved to be contributing factors in securing this award. Helio has found customers that require high-end performance without breaking a budget choose Sun's AMD Opteron-based systems specifically designed to reduce the cost and complexity of running networks, compute and Web services without sacrificing performance. "Sun Microsystems is highly invested in the success of our partners and we wanted to recognize their outstanding achievements over the past year," said Darlene Yaplee, Vice President, Western region, Sun Microsystems. "Helio is a premier long-standing partner of Sun and we are pleased to honor their continued dedication and commitment to our relationship." "Helio is extremely proud to receive all three of these prestigious awards from Sun Microsystems," said Helio Solutions' CEO, David Condensa. "Helio continues to raise the bar in the channel community by delivering unprecedented value to our customers. These awards demonstrate that with the support of our customers, Helio is being globally recognized for making a substantial impact with our vendor alliances." About Helio Solutions, Inc. Helio Solutions is a premier technology integrator and data center solutions provider for all-sized companies, ranging from technology-centric small businesses to Fortune 1000 companies. Helio Solutions provides unparalleled products and expertise to deliver highly available, high-performing data center solutions that maximize its customers' IT investments and meet short- and long-term business needs. Helio Solutions is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices in San Jose, CA; Los Angeles, CA; and Phoenix, AZ. For more information, call 866-44-HELIO or visit www.heliosolutions.com. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, iForce and N1 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]