eGroup Named to Inaugural CRN Tech Elite 250

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.

eGroup specializes in project work and IT infrastructure solution sales for corporate customers across the Southeast. Based in the Carolinas, eGroup's core competencies include virtualization, enterprise storage, data center networking, and Microsoft infrastructures. eGroup's primary manufacturer partnerships include VMware, EMC and Cisco, makers of best-of-breed technologies that enable eGroup to deliver private cloud computing environments that drive revenues and cut costs.

"The Tech Elite 250 recognizes an elite group of VARs who are successfully navigating the dynamic IT channel market," said Kelley Damore, Vice President, Editorial Director at Everything Channel. "By adapting to new customer purchasing patterns and redefining best practices, these solution providers are delivering the strategies and value customers demand to compete in today's competitive economic environment."

"We're thrilled to be included in CRN's inaugural list of the Tech Elite 250," said Mike Carter, principal of eGroup. "Through our best-of-breed product and service offerings -- complemented by our deep technical expertise -- eGroup is able to reduce the complexity of our clients' IT environments, while dramatically lowering costs and enabling a flexible, agile IT service delivery model that supports both users and business needs."

**About eGroup **eGroup provides technology solutions for Serious Competitors. Specifically, eGroup specializes in Cloud, Application, and End-User Computing Services that leverage IT infrastructure design, Enterprise storage and backup strategies for Disaster Preparedness, data centralization and secure access solutions, virtualization, network security, and secure LAN/WAN/Wireless architectures. eGroup's solutions combine robust high-availability and performance with secure information access. These solutions enable customers to efficiently execute revenue-driving roles, and achieve the goal of cutting the organization's acquisition and on-going support costs. eGroup understands that investment-oriented professionals must focus on making sound business decisions that provide significant returns. eGroup provides the thought leadership and expertise for customers to ensure that their technology investments continue to strengthen their competitive advantage in the marketplace. After all, a company's success hinges on making critical business decisions that must be supported by its IT systems. By architecting high performance networking and computing platforms, and delivering the industry-proven systems engineering and application development expertise, eGroup helps companies make confident decisions. To learn more, visit www.eGroup-us.com.

**About Everything Channel **Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

**About United Business Media Limited **UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities --- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists --- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com.

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Liz Wilmes, eGroup, Inc. elizabeth.wilmes@egroup-us.com http://www.egroup-us.com