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IT Services Provider Joins Industry Leading Partner Program
SAN DIEGO and HOUSTON, November 6, 2006 – The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA), the technology professional services industry’s premier organization, today announced that Entelligence has been selected as a TPSA Certified Partner. The TPSA Certified Partner Program offers TPSA members the resources of service providers specializing in areas of technology professional services management such as service strategy, service marketing, service sales, and service portfolio development.
“Entelligence is a perfect fit for TPSA, and joins a prestigious group of specialized firms representing the highest caliber of technology professional services industry knowledge and deep market expertise,” said Thomas Lah, executive director, TPSA.
“It’s an honor to have been selected for the TPSA Certified Partner Program,” said Stephen R. Satterwhite, president & CEO of Entelligence. “Our private label services help technology manufacturers grow their revenue, drive superior customer experiences and reduce the cost and complexity of deploying enterprise hardware and software and we’re pleased to offer these benefits to the TPSA community.”
Alexander Consulting offers consulting, workshops, training, and company-specific assessments and benchmarks. In addition, their pioneering research studies, books, articles and white papers have led the professional services industry for years. Alexander Consulting experts are also available for keynote speeches and presentations.
The Certified Partner Program is one of several new partner programs that TPSA will unveil in the coming months. The association is assembling a network of business partners to extend the reach of its program portfolio and add value for members. Poised to assist members with the challenges of building and optimizing technology professional services organizations, TPSA partners possess a vast array of talent, expertise, and experience. TPSA is carefully choosing partners to provide assistance to its members in major disciplines such as strategy, operations, sales, marketing, engineering, and delivery.
For more information on TPSA partners and for companies interested in being considered for the TPSA Certified Partner program, contact TPSA at info@tpsaonline.com. For professional services community resources including important industry news and key financial trends, TPSA programs and member benefits, visit www.tpsaonline.com.
About Entelligence
Since its inception in 1997, Entelligence has delivered predictable, dependable and repeatable IT services to the world’s leading technology manufacturers so they can provide superior solutions to their end-user customers. From servers to storage, network and security solutions, Entelligence provides end-to-end services that include everything from pre-sales consulting to assessment, architecture, deployment, product orientation, and end of engagement closeout. For more information on Entelligence visit www.entelligence.com.
About TPSA
The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA) is the first and only organization for executives who create, produce, deliver, manage, measure, and optimize technology services in the world’s leading corporations. Member companies represent a diverse group of market segments including hardware and software products, systems integration, on-demand hosted applications, and value-added solutions. Through membership collaboration and management expertise, TPSA provides the information, concepts, models, and best practices required for success in the critical professional services component of the technology enterprise.
Leveraging its influential membership, TPSA serves as a pre-eminent thought leader and issues advocate, providing insights and trends analysis to the media, industry and business community-at-large on all matters related to technology professional services. Among its member programs, TPSA offers a Benchmark Survey with peer-group specific and industry average metrics, and The Service 50, an aggregation and analysis of publicly reported financial data, with a focus on trends in services revenues, margins, and contributions to total corporate revenue.
TPSA is part of the Point B group of associations. For over 16 years, Point B has successfully managed industry groups, including the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA). More information on TPSA can be found at www.tpsaonline.com.
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