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OPTIMUS SOLUTIONS WINS 800-LB. GORILLA AWARD

Award Recognizes Service Providers That Have Earned $10 Million in Managed Services Revenues

NORCROSS, GEORGIA – May 15, 2006 - Optimus Solutions, a comprehensive IT products and solutions provider, announces it has won the 800-lb. Gorilla Award from SilverBack Technologies. The award honors Optimus for achieving $10 million or more in annual revenues by providing excellent remote managed services to its wide customer base in the financial services, manufacturing, education, and government market sectors. Small to large businesses find that Managed Services reduce costs, increase revenues, and re-focus their firms on creating customers and expert delivery of their product or service.

“The 800-lb Gorilla Award is our way of recognizing these outstanding companies that have expanded their services business and, in some cases, completely transformed their business models to embrace the lucrative field of remote managed services,” stated Dan Phillips, CEO, SilverBack Technologies, Inc. “This is only the tip of the iceberg. Some of our partners are doing in excess of $20 million yearly in managed services. All of our partners are expected to grow 20 to 30 percent this year.”

Managed Services allow remote administration and management of IT infrastructure that can result in significant savings by consolidating system administration functions and reducing overhead. By outsourcing the day-to-day management of networks, databases, operating systems and servers, an organization frees its IT staff for other critical planning, design, implementation or operational needs that relate more directly to increased revenue, higher profitability and lower costs.

“We are pleased to be recognized for this award. By offering monthly automated network monitoring and problem resolution on servers, applications and network devices, we are building stronger customer relationships that transcend simple product sales,” said Steve Johnson, president of Optimus Solutions. “Our comprehensive managed services offer clients an easy-to-budget, monthly fee, allow their existing IT staff to become strategic resources for improved market competitiveness, and deliver reliable operations management, system maintenance and information security.”

The Gorilla Awards were presented at Silverback Technologies’ annual user conference in Orlando, Florida, May 11-12, 2006.

ABOUT OPTIMUS SOLUTIONS
Optimus Solutions is a leading provider of enterprise Information Technology (IT) solutions including systems, storage, and software enhanced by a complete range of integration and consulting services. Optimus is a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for IBM systems and software (pSeries, iSeries, xSeries and Storage), Cisco, VERITAS, Oracle, and Vision.

The company offers customers comprehensive financial options for acquiring and managing the life cycle of computer technology, such as leasing and instalment payments. In 2005, the Atlanta Business Chronicle named Optimus one of the “Fastest Growing Private Companies in Atlanta” and in 2004 one of the “Best Employers to Work For.” Other Optimus accolades include ranking 8th on Computer Reseller News' (CRN's) list of the “Fast Growth 100 Solution Providers,” a ranking of #7 on VARBusiness magazine’s Fast 50 list of the fastest growing VARs for 2005, and a ranking of 281 in the 11th annual VARBusiness 500 list of top IT solutions providers. The firm is a division of the $190 million OHC LLC. For additional information, contact Optimus Solutions at 1.877.848.OPTI or http://www.OptimusSolutions.com.