ITS Partners Is Awarded National Partner Status with Symantec

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (May 21, 2009) ITS Partners, a Symantec Platinum Partner, is announcing that they have joined Symantec's National Partner Organization. Symantec's National Partner Organization consists of 16 national VARs with either a national or multi-regional reach. Members of Symantec's National Partner Organization service customers nationwide and have significant involvement in many of Symantec's largest enterprise customer accounts. The organization was launched in FY09 as a result of feedback from Symantec's Regional Partner Advisory Council. Participating partners are chosen based on their cross-geographic coverage model and their annual Symantec revenue.

Wade Wyant, Managing Partner for ITS said: "We are honored to be a Symantec National Partner. Since Symantec is the only software solution provider we focus on, we feel this status recognizes ITS' commitment as a partner. We look forward to working with Symantec and customers nationwide."

"The members of Symantec's National Partner Organization have demonstrated a strong investment in Symantec and a commitment to aligning with the company's strategic direction," said Randy Cochran, vice president, channel sales for the Americas, Symantec. "The organization is made up of a select group of partners that have demonstrated their success in selling the Symantec portfolio to customers nationwide, giving them the confidence that their information is protected wherever it is used or stored."

Chuck Hegarty, VP of Business Development and Alliances for ITS Partners said that  "As part of the Symantec National Partner Organization our value to both Symantec and customers goes way up. Regardless of location ITS is can be the "go to" Partner they can depend on for sales and service delivery for Altiris, Workflow, Data Loss Prevention, Endpoint Security, Network Access Control, Backup Exec System Recovery and soon to be Control Compliance Suite."

About Symantec- Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help businesses and consumers secure and manage their information. Headquartered in Cupertino, CA, Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.