eGroup’s VNX “First Look” Carolinas Tour: Be one of the first in the world to see it!

Join eGroup and EMC vSpecialists for the VNX “First Look” Carolinas Tour and learn how EMC’s VNX platform can enable your business – no matter how big or small – to run faster, simpler, smarter and more secure than ever before.

eGroup’s mobile datacenter will be deployed on-site at each venue, offering customers the opportunity to have a first look at the EMC VNX 5300 in a hands-on lab environment! Also featuring Cisco UCS Servers, Nexus 5000 10GbE unified fabric, and VMware View!

Click on a city for agenda and registration!

March 7 Raleigh (*Cancelled)

March 8 Greensboro

March 9 Charlotte

March 10 Columbia

March 11 Charleston

One lucky organization will receive a VNXe as the grand prize giveaway – just for attending!* There will also be giveaways at each individual event!

The EMC VNX family delivers industry-leading innovation and enterprise capabilities for file and block storage in a scalable, easy-to-use solution. This next-generation storage platform combines powerful and flexible hardware with advanced efficiency, management, and protection software to meet the demanding needs of today’s enterprises.

At the event, you’ll discover how to address today’s business challenges with unified storage and learn from expert discussions and demonstrations on:

- vSpecialist delivered overview of the VNX family and new capabilities
- Unified storage for multi-protocol file and block storage
- Admininstation simplicity with EMC Unisphere
- FAST cache and auto-tiering to get the most out of your Flash drives
- Why VNX is the #1 storage choice for your virtual environment

Questions? e-mail lwilmes@eGroup-us.com or call 1-877-eGROUP-1.

* Winner will be drawn at random at the end of the week from all business cards submitted by attendees across each event, and all attendees will be notified by close of business Friday, March 18th via e-mail of the winning organization. Due to the exclusive nature of the event and material, pre-registration for attendance is required, and valid photo IDs must be presented for verification prior to entrance at each venue.

List recognizes VARs with deep technical expertise and premier certifications in North America

Mount Pleasant, SC, February 22, 2011 – eGroup, Inc. has been named to the inaugural CRN Tech Elite 250. The Tech Elite 250 serves as the industry’s definitive list of VARs with both deep technical expertise and premier certifications. eGroup has been recognized as a best-of-breed integrator who has invested in technical know-how and earned premier certifications in the areas of data centers and infrastructure for North American customers. To view the complete list of winners visit www.crn.com.

CRN Editors worked with solution providers and outside experts to define the most important technical certifications in the market today.  By mapping certifications against the key technology opportunities as defined by CRN’s State of the Market and Midmarket study, the Tech Elite 250 recognizes the VARs most committed to helping customers innovate while reducing costs. Read more >>

Mt. Pleasant, SC – February 3, 2011 – eGroup, Inc. today announced its acceptance into the Cloud Computing Partner Lighthouse Initiative for VMware-qualified members of the VMware Partner Network. The Cloud Computing Partner Lighthouse program provides enablement and delivery materials to partners for vCloud Consulting Services including processes, service definition, management practices and models. VMware will continue to invest in eGroup, helping to ensure they can offer and deliver a growing range of cloud professional services.

Based on VMware’s extensive experience working with both enterprises and service providers to deploy VMware vCloud® environments, the vCloud Accelerator Service is part of VMware’s growing portfolio of vCloud Consulting Services to accelerate the journey to the cloud by helping customers cut through the cloud hype, define a strategy, identify starting points, and develop a pragmatic roadmap for IT transformation. Read more >>

eGroup to Help Customers Transition to Cloud Computing with Converged Infrastructure Platform from VCE

Mt. Pleasant, SC – January 28, 2011 – eGroup, Inc. today announced it has joined the VCE partner ecosystem, a community of partners that are qualified to augment, resell, and deliver Vblock™ Infrastructure Platforms. Now eGroup can help customers accelerate their adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing models to dramatically reduce the cost of IT while improving their time to market. Read more >>

Join eGroup at our Mt. Pleasant office on 1.18, where the Cisco Network on Wheels (NOW) Van will be onsite – decked with the latest in Unified Communications and collaboration, and other advanced solutions.

Stop by our office any time beteen 11-2 (this is an open house event) to enjoy lunch by Home Team BBQ, network with the eGroup and Cisco teams, and check out the technology. We’ll also have our own hands-on UCS lab up and running!

For the invitation and registration link, click here.  We hope you can join us!

Mt. Pleasant, SC—December 20, 2010—eGroup, Inc., a leading Cloud, Application, and End-User Computing Services Provider, today announced that it has met the rigorous Cisco certified personnel levels required to become a Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Partner (ATP).

This designation recognizes eGroup as having fulfilled the training and program prerequisites to ensure clients that sales and support divisions are uniquely prepared to sell, design, install and support the program-specific technology and products. Read more >>

IT Experts Blog About Trend Micro’s Hybrid SaaS Email Security Solution
eGroup applauds the newest release of Trend Micro™ InterScan™ Messaging Security Virtual Appliance for cloud innovation.

“The latest InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance outpaces the competition. The hybrid SaaS email virtual appliance is revolutionary—it is easy to deploy and specifically tuned to handle large amounts of messaging traffic.”  — Mike Carter, Principal Consultant, eGroup

Click here for the article.