August 6, 2010 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) –
Image Microsystems, a leading provider of technology restoration, reverse logistics, e-waste recycling and recycled plastic products manufacturing, has selected
SunGard Availability Services to provide colocation services. SunGard will provide colocation services to help Image Microsystems improve information availability and ensure data security without straining internal IT resources.
Serving computer and consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers, Image Microsystems’ solutions include complex product tracking systems and Web portals for customers to manage their assets. By utilizing SunGard’s colocation services, Image Microsystems can help ensure customers have around-the-clock accessibility and security to prevent breaches and data loss.
“When not managed properly, consumer returns can cause manufacturers and retailers to lose a significant amount of money,” said Alex Abadi, PhD, chief executive officer of Image Microsystems. “Our reverse logistics solutions change the cost dynamics by generating efficiencies and remarketing opportunities. SunGard data center infrastructure and services will help us improve resiliency and system uptime so we can always be available to meet customer needs.”
Image Microsystems will relocate critical business applications from its data center and host them at a SunGard data center. SunGard will provide Image Microsystems with a redundant, secure, highly available IT infrastructure, freeing Image Microsystems from capital expenditures needed to maintain its data center.
“SunGard Availability Services provide us a significant cost-benefit by allowing us to leverage redundancy, economies of scale and specialized expertise that would be cost-prohibitive if created on our own,” said Michael Carpenter, vice president of information technology at Image Microsystems. “Also, high availability is in SunGard’s DNA, which sends a reinforcing message to our customers that we can meet their demands for 24/7 information availability.”
“Image Microsystems has consistently utilized technology to drive strategic differentiation over its competition,” said Matthew Carey, director of solutions marketing at SunGard Availability Services. “Working with SunGard helps them to tap a technology infrastructure that relieves their IT team from the daily grind of datacenter management so they can focus on more strategic opportunities.”
SunGard’s colocation services offer space, power and network capabilities in professionally designed facilities offering reliability and security. The services help organizations retain ownership and management of dedicated equipment in a secure multi-tenant facility, which can deliver lower costs and higher quality. SunGard facilities can serve as a primary production location, or as secondary data center for backup and recovery or testing and development.
About Image Microsystems Inc.
Founded in 1992, Image Microsystems Inc. is a reverse logistics and technology restoration leader dedicated to offering innovative solutions to eliminate the legal, financial and environmental risk associated with information technology and consumer electronics reclamation, recycling and disposal.
About SunGard Availability Services
SunGard Availability Services provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software to 10,000 customers in North America and Europe. With five million square feet of datacenter and operations space, SunGard assists IT organizations across virtually all industry and government sectors to prepare for and recover from emergencies by helping them minimize their computer downtime and optimize their uptime. Through direct sales and channel partners, we help organizations ensure their people and customers have uninterrupted access to the information systems they need in order to do business.
About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 20,000 employees and serves 25,000 customers in 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 380 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and IT services company.
