STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Overview

IPM creates and solidifies strategic partnerships in order to provide our clients not only with the highest-standard of service and expertise, but also with the highest-quality of products and applications. Our partnerships are built on a mutual investment in premium products and services and a mutual respect for distinguished areas-of-expertise. IPM’s premier partners are Citrix and Microsoft, leading providers of secure access infrastructure and virtualization technologies. IPM has also strategically aligned with a select group of alliance partners in the Citrix, Microsoft and VMware ecosystems.

IPM’s strategy is to partner with companies whose technologies are the best in the market today. We utilize these technologies to implement customized solutions, specific to the individual business needs of each of our clients.

Key Partnerships

	Today, Citrix is the global leader and most trusted name in on-demand access. More than 180,000 organizations around the world use the Citrix Access Platform to provide the best access experience to any application for any user. Citrix customers include all of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and individuals. IPM remains the longest-standing Citrix Platinum Partner in the Northeast (since 1993).
	Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software, any time, any place, and on any device. Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and have the closest working relationship with Microsoft.
	EMC is a leader in products and services for information storage and its management. This solution strategy helps companies manage growing volumes of information, from creation to disposal
	VMWare is the leader in virtual infrastructure technology. The company provided the industry’s first complete infrastructure virtualization suite to deliver comprehensive virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability and operational automation capabilities in an integrated offering. More than 4 million users and 20,000 corporate customers of all types and sizes use VMware software, including 99 of the Fortune 100 companies. Deploying VMware software to meet complex business challenges such as resource utilization and availability, customers have realized significant benefits, including lower total cost of ownership, higher return on investment and improved service levels to their customers. IPM is one of only a few Premier and VAC Partners on the East Coast. Learn more about IPM's VMware solutions.

Additional Partners

	IPM uses Appsense’s Application Manager & Suite to generate premium systems management and security. This software prevents the use of unauthorized applications and protects against potentially damaging software.
	RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle - no matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used. RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access control, data loss prevention, encryption & key management, compliance & security information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is generated.
	The Wyse premier product is the Winterm terminals. IPM utilizes this product line to ensure a safe environment for clients’ network system
	PlateSpin is a leading supplier of technology and solutions that help companies measure, consolidate and optimize the server resources in the data center. With over 500 customers and 85 resellers, PlateSpin is providing the world’s first fully automated operating environment portability platform to world-class enterprises looking to balance and optimize the use of both physical and virtual infrastructure server environments to improve service levels and lower operational costs
	Vizioncore is the originator of the industry’s hottest backup software for VMware’s ESX Server- esxRanger. Vizioncore is quickly becoming the standard for hot image backup, change control, archival and disaster recovery for VMware guests on ESX Server.
	Liquidware Labs™ (LWL) is the leader in User Experience Management for next generation desktops including VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop, and Microsoft Windows® 7. Liquidware Labs Stratsuphere™ and Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity™ solutions have been described by analysts as the industry’s first “On-Ramp to VDI” by providing complete methodology and software that enable organizations to cost-effectively plan, migrate, and manage their next generation desktop infrastructure using the industry’s best practices. LWL’s comprehensive solutions provide Assessment, Personalization Management, User Configuration, and Service Level Assurance.
	DynamicOps provides a unified approach to managing both server and desktop virtualization deployments, regardless of the virtualization technology in use. VRM simplifies and automates virtual infrastructure management by providing build templates, provisioning policies and run book automation, which together create a repeatable process for the deployment, tracking and ongoing management of virtual machines.