BOCA RATON, Fla. – Nov. 29, 2006 – Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS) today announced VARBusiness, the industry’s leading trade publication serving the IT solution provider community, named the company “VAR of the Year” in the Services Delivery category. The Agilysys Enterprise Solutions Group (ESG) won the award for its wide variety of experience, technology skills and breadth of offerings that scale to fit customers’ needs. The award also recognizes the company’s ability to deliver end-to-end solutions, from presales consulting to implementation.
The VARBusiness VAR of the Year recognition is an independent, multi-vendor assessment of VARs in key interdisciplinary categories. Editors began by soliciting nominations and suggestions from the vendor and VAR communities earlier this summer. After evaluating nearly 200 entries, eight winners were selected by top editors at the publication.
“The VAR of the Year award symbolizes the company’s ability as a solution provider to build and offer specific, relevant solutions that effectively align with our customers’ business needs,” said Bob Bailey, executive vice president, Agilysys. “In the coming years, we look forward to continuing our growth pattern, both organically and through acquisitions, enabling Agilysys to further differentiate ourselves in the market.”
The professional services offered by Agilysys ESG stood out from an impressive group of service providers in the category. Agilysys ESG led the pack with a remarkable performance and an ability to deliver tailored solutions in combination with the company’s proprietary software and services. Agilysys ESG was awarded this honor for bringing a wealth of experience to its customers’ needs surrounding business availability, content management, backup and archiving, IT service management, infrastructure optimization, mobility and wireless, property management and inventory and procurement solutions, retail point-of-sale, and kiosk/self-service.
The company’s extensive services offerings in Virtualization Project Envisioning, Disaster Recovery Procedural Workshops, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Framework Consulting, File System Archiving, Complex Infrastructure Implementations, and Performance Tuning further illustrated that Agilysys ESG understands its customers’ sophisticated businesses and their goals.
VAR Business also took into consideration the significant impact Agilysys ESG has made on specific vertical markets. With retailers, Agilysys ESG has enabled merchants to utilize Line Busting Technology/Mobile Check-out, Personal Shopping Systems and Customer-Facing Kiosk applications to grow their businesses and better service their shoppers. In the hotel and casino industry, Agilysys ESG has empowered property owners with the many benefits of the Lodging Management System® (LMS™), a property management solution, and the Materials Management System (MMS), an inventory and procurement software solution from Agilysys.
“This award recognizes the aggregate efforts of Agilysys ESG and I’m very proud of my team’s hard work and dedication,” said Bailey. “It also proves Agilysys ESG can do what few in the industry have been able to do… turn an IT vision into real innovation and growth for our customers.”
About Agilysys, Inc.
Agilysys is a leading provider of enterprise computer technology solutions consisting of complex server and storage hardware, software and services. The company serves a broad base of customers in a wide variety of industries as well as the public sector. Agilysys designs and implements tailored solutions to help end users resolve their most complicated information technology (IT) needs, and supports reseller partners in growing their businesses. By combining proprietary software and services with the products and services of leading suppliers, Agilysys serves as a critical link in the IT supply chain. The company also offers industry-specific expertise in markets such as retail and hospitality. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., Agilysys has sales offices throughout North America and in the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit www.agilysys.com.
Contact:
Julie Young, Agilysys, Inc., 440-498-6736, julie.young@agilysys.com
Vikki Meldrum, Dix & Eaton, 216-241-3020, vmeldrum@dix-eaton.com
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