Advanced Technology Services Partners with Wellington Technologies to Provide Turnkey Service and Support on HP Servers

Business Wire, June 29, 2005

PEORIA, Ill. -- - Partnership Creates Comprehensive Post-Warranty and End-of -Life Service and Support Offering for Clients with HP 3000 and 9000 Servers -

Advanced Technology Services, Inc (ATS) announced today its partnership with Wellington Technologies, Inc. to provide comprehensive nationwide support services for HP 3000 and 9000 server models. The partnership enables both organizations to offer post-warranty, turnkey support solutions to their clients to optimize operational effectiveness, minimize capital and infrastructure costs, and maximize client return on their HP server investments. The partnership benefits both companies mutually, as ATS is the industrial leader in managed production equipment maintenance and innovative IT solutions while Wellington of Strongville, OH specializes in the maintenance and resale of high-end enterprise Hewlett-Packard (HP) servers.

Jim Bizjak, Vice President and Co-Founder of Wellington: "A formal partnership with ATS marries our expertise in high-end HP servers, training capabilities and extensive parts inventory with ATS' geographic reach, multi-vendor support experience and infrastructure to deliver quality On-Site and Remote Technical Support as well as exceptional Logistics and Repair to clients nationwide"

"This partnership enables ATS to provide a cost-effective alternative to OEM post-warranty and critical end-of-life support to clients with high-end HP servers and provides Wellington with the ability to offer multi-vendor single source solutions to their clients on a national level," says William Stuckert, General Manager ATS IT Services Division. "Providing a single source for these services on these high-reliability devices will be a tremendous value for our current and future customers."

About ATS:

Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS) improves productivity and profitability for many of the world's most respected companies through the managed services of production equipment maintenance, information technology and spare parts repair. Founded in 1985, ATS employs over 1,500 people across the US and is a member of the National Association of Manufacturers. ATS is headquartered in Peoria, IL with offices in Chicago and services centers located in Greenville, SC, and Detroit, MI. For more information, visit the ATS Web site at www.AdvancedTech.com.

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