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IBM Premier Business Partner

As an IBM Premier Business Partner, ASK offers our clients the full depth and breadth of IBM products and solutions. Many of our staff members are former IBM management employees. This gives us a unique relationship with IBM and allows us to help our clients navigate the vast array of IBM resources.

Being an IBM Premier Business Partner also provides ASK with access to a network of thousands of other Application Vendors and Solution Providers. We are able to utilize this ecosystem to bring best of breed solutions to our clients.


Message Labs

In October of 2004, ASK proudly announced our partnership with MessageLabs. MessageLabs is the leading provider of managed email and web security services for business. Operating at the internet level, MessageLabs offers industry-leading protection against spam, viruses, and other unwanted content for thousands of organizations worldwide. MessageLabs' managed services are backed by a multi-million dollar infrastructure spanning four continents, which proactively protects your business from global threats on a local level.


NetApp

Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp) is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts that simplify data management. NetApp© storage solutions include specialized hardware, software, and services, providing seamless storage management for open network environments.


StoreVault

StoreVault™, A NetApp Division, was formed to focus specifically on the Small-to-Medium sized business (SMB) market segment. StoreVault is also the name of the new line of network storage solutions tailored for SMB customers. Entry into the SMB market is strategic for NetApp; with introduction of StoreVault, NetApp now addresses a wide range of customers and needs, from high-end enterprise to the midrange and now SMB. NetApp is entering this market because SMB customers today have major pain points around data protection and recovery, and the NetApp enterprise-proven storage technologies offer unique ways to solve these customer problems. StoreVault has integrated these technologies into an affordable solution for SMBs with a simplified management interface that allows firms to focus on growing their business instead of their growing storage.



Vision Solutions

ASK is proud to be a provider for Vision Solutions, Inc.. Vision is the world’s leading provider of high availability, disaster recovery and data management solutions for the IBM® System i and System p markets. With a portfolio that spans the industry’s most innovative and trusted HA brands, Vision's iTera™, MIMIX® and ORION™ solutions keep business-critical information continuously protected and available. Affordable and easy to use, Vision products help to ensure business continuity, increase productivity, reduce operating costs and satisfy compliance requirements.


Online Technologies Corporation

ASK is a proud partner with Online Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of Internet infrastructure and managed services. Honored by the Edward Lowe Foundation as on of the "50 companies to watch in Michigan", OTC provides tremendous value for customers who desire to utilize IT resources as a service. OTC provides data center hosting, co-location, internet, telecommunications, and hardened disaster recovery and high availability solutions. Customers have found that migrating their infrastructure to a pay by the service and pay by the use model provides both freedom from capital cost burdens as well as the flexibility to operate a real time IT infrastructure. For an analysis of how this may benefit your organization, please contact your ASK Representative.


Sherpa Software

Sherpa Software is a privately held company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a worldwide distribution channel. Sherpa designs and develops groupware utility software targeted to provide Archiving, Email Management, Policy Enforcement and Content Discovery functionality that is not inherent within IBM Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange. Since our inception, Sherpa has effectively answered the needs of many Fortune 100 companies. With products that address compliance, legal liability, storage and content management, we have allowed our clients to reduce costs, minimize administration time, mitigate liabilities and secure information. We have earned a solid reputation as a leading software provider that offers unparalleled customer service and support. We pride ourselves on the close relationships we share with our customers and work hard to be responsive to their needs.

Our mission: 100% customer commitment. Listen to the needs of our clients, offer the right solution and support its growth.


Intermate

ASK has had a long term partnership with Intermate. Intermate is a leading solution provider for print management. As an OEM supplier of connectivity solutions to many of the world's major printer manufacturers, Intermate's job is to make sure that computers, networks and printers all speak the same language. Intermate's flagship product - Artform400 offers iSeries customers cost savings, flexibility, and independence in their print management and distribution processes.



WatchGuard Technologies

ASK is proud to partner with WatchGuard Technologies. WatchGuard has provided reliable, easy to manage security appliances to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard family of solutions provides the best combination of strong, reliable, multi-layered security with the best ease of use in its class. ASK believes strongly in this product and has experienced great success with it. ASK has successfully implemented WatchGuard in dozens of business accounts across the state of Michigan. The products are backed by LiveSecurity® Service, a ground-breaking support and maintenance program. WatchGuard is a privately owned company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.



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