Optimus Solutions' Mike Goralski Chosen to Speak at IBM User's Conference; 30-Year IT Industry Veteran Addresses Benefits of IBM FAStT Storage Technology

Business Wire, August 3, 2004

NORCROSS, Ga. -- Optimus Solutions, a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) solutions, announces that senior consultant Mike Goralski has been chosen to present at the IBM UserBlue Conference in New York City on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton New York. Mike's 30 years of information technology experience, coupled with project design and management skills for implementations ranging from server consolidations to Enterprise Storage Area Networks (SANs), cemented his selection to speak at this technical conference. As a senior open systems consultant at Optimus, Mike is responsible for the design, implementation and technical training of IBM pSeries & IBM storage solutions for Optimus customers.

"I'm discussing IBM's FAStT storage, a supercharged storage server designed to offer increased throughput performance, greater capacity, and enhanced interoperability," said Mr. Goralski. "Since storage is a hot topic in the market, I wanted users to know that there is considerably more to this product than meets the eye. I will cover product features and models, how to plan for this solution, and implementation tasks for an AIX environment."

The UserBlue Conference will be held in New York City, August 15 - 18, 2004. UserBlue is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping UNIX systems professionals realize the most productivity from IBM technologies. Topics for systems administrators and technical managers include AIX, pSeries, security tips and techniques, storage management, disaster recovery, Linux, WebSphere, Tivoli Storage Manager and more. Presentations will illustrate real-world technical solutions that meet today's IT business challenges.

ABOUT OPTIMUS SOLUTIONS

Optimus Solutions is a leading provider of enterprise Information Technology (IT) solutions including systems, storage and software enhanced by a complete range of integration and consulting services. The firm has specific expertise in high availability solutions, server consolidation, networking, information security and Storage Area Network (SAN) design and implementation.

Optimus is a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for IBM systems and software (pSeries, iSeries, xSeries and Storage), VERITAS, Oracle, Vision and Hitachi. Optimus offers customers comprehensive financial options for acquiring and managing the life cycle of computer technology, such as leasing and installment payment. The company was recently ranked the sixth fastest growing private company in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. In 2003, Optimus was named to CRN magazine's Top 25 Rising Stars and ranked 162 on VARBusiness magazine's VARBusiness 500. Optimus Solutions announced 2003 revenues of $37 million, up from $20 million in 2002. The firm is a division of the $153 million OHC, LLC. For additional information, contact Optimus Solutions at 1.877.848.OPTI or http://www.OptimusSolutions.com.