Optimus Solutions Earns VMware Premier Partner Status

Optimus Solutions, a comprehensive technology solutions provider and value-added reseller (VAR), today announced it has achieved VMware Premier Partner Status. This achievement substantiates Optimus’ efforts to become a virtual infrastructure expert by investing in its technical engineers and training. Steve Johnson, president of Optimus Solutions, said, "This accomplishment enables us to create more strategic and innovative virtualization solutions for our clients. In addition, it shows our business partners that we can provide optimal solutions through experienced, VMware-certified professionals. The additional VMware support and services granted with Premier Status should greatly enhance the depth and breadth of our virtualization solutions, enabling our clients to maximize ROI.” With the top-level partner status, Optimus will receive expanded technical and marketing services, more VMware software licenses for testing and integration, support for developing go-to-market plans, and the ability to participate in more VMware-sponsored events. Optimus, whose virtualization business grew 146 percent from 2006 to 2007, is one of 57 VMware Premier Partners in the U.S. Steve Houck, vice president of worldwide channels at VMware, said, "We congratulate Optimus on achieving VMware Premier Partner Status, the highest status level in the VMware VIP Partner Program. VMware virtualization is the ideal platform for helping customers reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and improve energy efficiencies. With VMware Premier Partner Status, Optimus can continue delivering game-changing VMware virtualization solutions as well as expand its services offerings to address customers’ demanding business requirements.” Kevin Houston, business development manager at Optimus Solutions, added, "Our Premier Partner Status reflects our proven track record in the virtualization business, which continues to experience substantial growth across all industry segments and in organizations of all sizes. The new resources available to us as a Premier Partner provide a significant value-add to our clients and business partners, and demonstrate our strategic commitment to delivering solutions based on the VMware virtualization platform.” ABOUT OPTIMUS SOLUTIONS Optimus Solutions, which was acquired in January 2008 by Softchoice Corporation, provides comprehensive IT solutions designed to streamline and integrate business processes across the enterprise. Optimus is a trusted advisor of information technology solutions specializing in the delivery of unified communications, workload consolidation, and data backup/recovery/archive solutions. The company has earned the confidence of customers across a wide range of industries by helping them reduce cost and risk, improve productivity and optimize the performance of their enterprise. Optimus, a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, EMC, VMware and other leading IT vendors, holds the distinction of being an IBM Premier Business Partner, Cisco Silver Certified Partner and Microsoft Gold Certified National Systems Integrator Partner. For additional information, contact Optimus Solutions at 1.877.848.OPTI or http://www.OptimusSolutions.com. ABOUT SOFTCHOICE As one of North America's leading providers of technology solutions and services, Softchoice helps businesses and organizations of all sizes to select, acquire and manage their software and hardware technology resources. Softchoice offers a full range of capabilities, including face-to-face consultations and IT asset management services designed to help customers save time, money and risk in IT procurement. In 2006, Softchoice was named Software Value Added Reseller (VAR) of the Year by VAR Business magazine. Softchoice currently has more than 900 employees operating from more than 40 branch offices located in major cities across the U.S. and Canada. Softchoice stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the trading symbol "SO". The Common Shares of Softchoice are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and are not publicly traded in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.softchoice.com.