Second Annual List recognizes IT Solution Providers with deep technical expertise and premier certifications in North America

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina – February 21, 2012 – eGroup, Inc. announced today it has been named to CRN’s annual list of the Tech Elite 250 for the second year in a row. Companies on the 2012 Tech Elite 250 list represent an elite group of IT Solution Providers that have invested in the training and education needed to earn the most technical certifications in the IT Channel.

In compiling the list, CRN editors worked with the UBM Channel research group and a team outside experts to define the most customer-beneficial technical certifications in the IT channel. These technical certifications have enabled solution providers to deliver the most premium products, service and support to their North American customers. Read more >>

The Race & Roast at Oakland Plantation is a 5K trail run and oyster roast benefiting the Mount Pleasant Land Conservancy (MPLC). You can participate in just one or both events. It all takes place at the same beautiful location in Mount Pleasant starting at 12:30 pm on Sunday, February 26th.

The inaugural 5K trail run will wind through the 132-acre forest at Oakland Plantation that is permanently preserved by a conservation easement held by the MPLC. The run will begin and finish under the avenue of oaks that lines the main drive to this seldom seen historic plantation.

Registered runners will receive a race t-shirt and one complimentary beer ticket for the post event. The Race will begin at 12:30 pm. Awards will be given out after the race to the top three finishers in each age category. Tickets to the Oyster Roast are an additional $15 for registered runners and $25 for anyone else.

The Oyster Roast is from 1pm – 4 pm on the picturesque lawn of the plantation house, and next to the start/finish line for the race. Oyster Roast tickets include live music, all-you-can-eat local oysters, Lowcountry cuisine, Palmetto Brewery beer, hay rides, kids’ activities and more…all for a great cause. Children 12 years and younger are free.

Click HERE for more details!

Registration Now Open: Charleston VMUG Meeting

Join us for the upcoming Charleston VMUG meeting taking place on Wednesday, January 11, 2012.

Registration is now open and available to all VMUG members. This is a great opportunity to meet with your peers to discuss virtualization trends, best practices, and the latest technology! Read more >>

Charleston, SC – November 16, 2011 – eGroup, Inc. has been asked by VMware to participate in their Technical Advisory Board (PTAB). This is an extremely high honor as it is by invitation only. As a member of PTAB, eGroup joins an elite group of VMware’s top partners in the Americas. eGroup is also a VMware Premier Partner and one of only a handful of companies in the Southeastern US who have reached VMware’s highest partner level.

eGroup, Inc., one of the southeast’s premier IT Solutions and Services providers, announced today that it has been named to VMware’s Partner Technical Advisory Board (PTAB).

As a member of PTAB, eGroup joins an elite group of VMware’s partners in the Americas. VMware created PTAB to foster an open communication channel between its top partners and product and service leaders. Read more >>

Charleston, SC – November 16, 2011 – eGroup, Inc. today announced it received the prestigious VMware Healthcare Specialization.  VMware Specializations recognize a partner’s level of expertise in selling VMware virtualization solutions into a given market segment. These Specializations reward partners for the unique value they bring to customers in that market. Specializations are earned through a combination of experience in the specific marketplace and successful completion of VMware training. Through Specializations, partners have access to market-specific pricing, education and market information.

“It’s exhilarating to see how the healthcare industry continues to innovate and leverage virtualization to help transform the delivery of healthcare products and services. It’s equally as exciting to be part of a team recognized for their expertise in delivering the products and solutions that promise to solve some truly stubborn Healthcare IT issues” commented Mike Carter, Principal, eGroup.  Read more >>

 
Charleston, S.C. – November 10, 2011 – eGroup, Inc. was named as one of South Carolina’s Fastest-Growing Companies Top 25 winners for the third year in a row. The South Carolina Chamber co-sponsored the Fastest-Growing program with The Capital Corporation, a middle market investment banking firm located in Greenville, SC. The program recognizes an exceptional and diverse assembly of businesses from across the state. The ranking system tabulates results based on a combination of increases in gross revenue (or assets) and increases in full-time employment in South Carolina in the two most recently completed fiscal years.

“eGroup is honored to receive this prestigious acknowledgement, and it is truly humbling to receive it three years in a row” said Mike Carter, Principal of eGroup. “This award recognizes our company’s strategic approach to sound growth, and is a validation that the core principles we founded the company upon, and the dedication of our outstanding team members that embraced those values, have resulted in success and growth for our company in difficult economic conditions.  I’m proud to be a part of a program that celebrates such an outstanding group of entrepreneurs and business owners who continue to rise to the top.”

“We would also like to acknowledge The Charleston Digital Corridor for the exposure they have afforded eGroup, and for their efforts to nurture & promote Charleston’s knowledge economy to help technology companies like ours thrive,” added Carter.

The executives of the Top 25 ranking companies were guests at the Chamber’s prestigious Annual Summit luncheon on November 10th, held at Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms.

About eGroup

Providing customers across the southeast with a distinct competitive advantage since 1999, eGroup is a visionary technology solutions and services firm with the ability to execute swiftly in a rapidly changing information technology landscape. eGroup’s solutions drive customers’ cost containment, revenue growth, and service objectives by addressing challenges associated with mobility, access to critical applications and data, and security. eGroup’s expertise and core competency is focused in three distinct areas: Cloud Services (public and private), Application Services, and End-User Computing. To deliver these solutions, eGroup has strategic partnerships with industry leaders that include VMware, Cisco, and EMC, along with Citrix, Microsoft, and Trend Micro, and a highly-skilled workforce trained in all of the latest developments in information technology. To learn more, visit www.eGroup-us.com.

Let the eGroup backup and recovery therapists show you the latest in data protection methods that will get you back in the game!

Join eGroup Technical Consultants and EMC Specialists throughout the Carolinas for our multi-city Backup and Recovery Solutions “hands-on” demonstration and learn how eGroup and EMC’s Solutions can empower unbelievable levels of data protection, streamline backup and recovery operations, and enable wide range of service levels – even for the largest data sets. Score a touchdown with stress free IT.

eGroup’s award-winning hands-on eBlock equipment rack will be on-site at each venue, offering customers the opportunity to directly experience the newly released power of EMC Avamar v6.0 integrated with DataDomain 670 platforms – satisfying a variety of use cases – from densely virtualized environments, to classic tier-1 application and data protection, even desktop/laptop use cases in a traditional or VDI environment! The on-site platform also includes Cisco UCS Servers, EMC Isilon, EMC VNX 5500 Unified Storage, Cisco Nexus 5000 10GbE unified fabric switches, and VMware View 5!

Each event includes lunch and giveaways!  Click on a city below for more information and registration!

11.14 RALEIGH, NC

11.15 CHARLOTTE, NC

11.17 COLUMBIA, SC

11.18 CHARLESTON, SC

Questions? e-mail Liz Wilmes or call 1-877-eGROUP-1.