Solarcom Announces Expansion to Nationwide Sun Microsystems Solutions Delivery Area; Technology Solution Provider Increases Sun Technical and Professional Services Capabilities

Business Wire, May 18, 2005

ATLANTA -- Solarcom, a leading technology solutions provider and Sun Microsystems(R) iForce Partner(TM) has achieved the status of "Strategic Data Center Elite," a level of highly advanced sales and technical certification and specialization in Sun solutions. This new strategic status recognizes Solarcom's significantly expanded technical resources and expertise in storage, software and services and allows Solarcom to deliver targeted, customer-driven Sun solutions to businesses anywhere in the United States. The expansion to a nationwide delivery area for Sun solutions and services is effective immediately.

To qualify as a national Sun Strategic Data Center Elite solutions provider, Solarcom completed certification requirements in advanced technical and professional services categories, adding ten premier certified system engineers and two certified datacenter system engineers and raising its Solaris core certifications to five.

"Solarcom is a national organization that includes more than 200 technology sales and service specialists serving customers across the nation," said Eric Prockow, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Solarcom Holdings, Inc. "In the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic US, our customers have long relied on our depth of knowledge and expertise about Sun technology, products and services. Now, our customers throughout the nation can benefit from our extended capabilities."

Solarcom began its relationship with Sun as a value-add reseller in 1999 and soon qualified to join the Sun iForce Initiative, which addresses customer business objectives by reducing risk and the time required to implement solutions that help lower total cost of ownership and increase the productivity of IT assets. "Solarcom is an integral part of the Sun iForce Initiative, a community that provides an exchange of products, services, tools, certifications, programs and expertise for the benefit of Sun customers," said Greg Stroud, Vice President U.S. Partner Alliances, Sun Microsystems. "By broadening and strengthening their capabilities and adding to their engineer certifications, Solarcom has earned the opportunity to offer its expertise to a much larger client base and to provide businesses nationwide with access to Sun solutions."

About Solarcom

Solarcom has provided IT infrastructure and financial solutions to enterprise and mid-range businesses nationwide since 1976. The privately held organization focuses on cost-efficient, cutting-edge solutions in core business areas including Enterprise Systems, Storage, Telecommunications Services, Internetworking, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Hosting. As a total solutions provider, Solarcom offers financing and leasing options for hardware, software, installation, project management and professional services.

Headquartered in metro Atlanta, Solarcom is a strong performer in the top ranks of the annual VARBusiness 500 and a leader among independent providers of technology solutions nationwide. The company operates 28 offices across the United States and employs an infrastructure team of more than 40 certified engineers. Currently serving over two-thousand enterprise customers and many members of the Fortune 1000, Solarcom holds enhanced strategic positions with numerous IT manufacturers and is the "go-to" partner for many of the industry's top-tier IT vendors.

--2004 VARBusiness 500: #104

--Atlanta Business Chronicle List of 2004 Top Technology Companies: #14

--Atlanta Business Chronicle List of Gwinnett County's 2004 Top Private Companies: #5

For more information about Solarcom, visit www.solarcom.com.

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