News Release
CONTACT:
Steve Jones, Optimus Solutions, 770-326-9088, SJones@OHC-LLC.com
Cory Stewart, Cookerly Public Relations, 404-816-2037, cory@cookerly.com
Optimus Solutions and Cisco Announce
Winner of Total Communications Makeover Contest
Republic National Distributing Company
Awarded $100,000 in Communications Technology
Norcross, GA — January 16, 2008 — Optimus Solutions, a comprehensive technology solutions provider and value-added reseller (VAR) that was acquired this month by Softchoice Corporation, today announced that Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) was selected as the winner of the Total Communications Makeover Contest, which was co-sponsored by Optimus Solutions and Cisco. RNDC, the second largest distributor of premium wine and spirits in the U.S., will receive up to $100,000 in IP communications technology and support services.
The makeover package includes up to 100 Cisco VoIP phones, a Unified Communications platform and professional installation services provided by Optimus. RNDC will receive an innovative set of telephony and voice messaging features on a single platform and experience myriad communications benefits across a common IP infrastructure.
Steve Johnson, president of Optimus Solutions, said, "Congratulations to RNDC for winning the Total Communications Makeover contest. This serves as a great opportunity for them to completely re-vamp their communications network with industry-leading equipment and support services. We'd like to thank our co-sponsor, Cisco, for their participation in this exciting contest and all of the contest participants for their time and interest."
Jeff Flowers, area vice president of Cisco Systems, said, "We're very excited for RNDC - and about deploying our world-class Unified Communications (UC) platform. Our UC applications streamline business processes and increase overall efficiency, while bringing voice, video, data, and mobile applications together to help employees communicate more effectively."
"We'd like to thank Optimus and Cisco for this amazing award and look forward to realizing the benefits of our new communications system," said John Dickson, senior network manager of RNDC. "This will greatly increase productivity and enable us to maximize our existing communications resources."
ABOUT OPTIMUS SOLUTIONS
Optimus Solutions, which was acquired in January 2008 by Softchoice Corporation, provides comprehensive IT solutions designed to streamline and integrate business processes across the enterprise. Optimus provides solutions that assist customers in integrating their business with partners, suppliers and customers with a comprehensive range of integration and consulting services, as well as hardware, software and storage product offerings. Optimus is a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, EMC, VMware and other leading IT vendors. For additional information, contact Optimus Solutions at 1.877.848.OPTI or http://www.OptimusSolutions.com.
ABOUT SOFTCHOICE
As one of North America's leading providers of technology solutions and services, Softchoice helps businesses and organizations of all sizes to select, acquire and manage their software and hardware technology resources. Softchoice offers a full range of capabilities, including face-to-face consultations and IT asset management services designed to help customers save time, money and risk in IT procurement. In 2006, Softchoice was named Software Value Added Reseller (VAR) of the Year by VAR Business magazine. Softchoice currently has more than 900 employees operating from more than 40 branch offices located in major cities across the U.S. and Canada. Softchoice stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the trading symbol "SO". The Common Shares of Softchoice are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and are not publicly traded in the United States.
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