SYSIX TECHNOLOGIES NAMED 2005 PARTNER OF EXCELLENCE AT QUANTUM’S CHANNEL SUMMIT

Sysix Recognized for Achievements in Deploying Storage Solutions

Chicago, IL, May 18, 2005 – Sysix Technologies a national provider of IT business solutions spanning infrastructure, consulting and financing, today announced it was presented with the 2005 Partner Award of Excellence from Quantum at the company’s annual partner conference, held this year in Miami, Florida.  The criteria measured the revenue targets achieved by each channel partner, year-over-year revenue growth with Quantum as well as its ongoing marketing and sales efforts. 

 “Quantum is proud to recognize Sysix for its achievements this year,” said Mike Hardy, vice president of channel sales, Americas. “Through Quantum Alliance, our channel partner program, we are able to work closely with our partners to set realistic, attainable goals in order to help them achieve success. It is because of them that Quantum is successful.”  

Quantum’s award winning partner program, Quantum Alliance™, offers channel partners a single comprehensive access point for sales leads, online training, technology and marketing information, sales discounts and incentives, and technical support. Additionally, the program provides consolidated product information with Web casts, deal registration protection and product demonstration units. Quantum’s single interface for channel partners provides the foundation which makes Quantum one of the easiest suppliers for resellers to do business with. Quantum Alliance also provides more opportunities for partners to increase market penetration and revenue by offering Quantum’s full breadth of branded tape drives, media, tape automation and disk-based backup solutions for data backup, recovery and archive. Quantum’s full suite of products is available through its extensive channel network.

 “This award is particularly gratifying for us.  Storage has become such a large part of our business, and working with partners like Quantum who focus not only on quality of the products, but satisfaction of the end-user, is key,” said John Sheaffer, CEO of Sysix Companies. “Quantum makes it easy for us to quickly and easily solve customers’ pain.”

About Sysix:
The Sysix Companies: Sysix Technologies, LLC; Sysix Consulting, LLC; and Sysix Financial, LLC provide mission-critical business technology solutions including infrastructure, consulting and financial solutions. Headquartered outside of Chicago, Sysix also maintains a strong local presence in Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and Minneapolis, with a new West Coast Sales Office in the Bay Area. For more information, visit the Sysix Web site: http://www.sysix.com/.

Contact:

Michelle Heaster

Director, Marketing

Sysix Companies

(630) 230-9621

michelle.heaster@sysix.com