Mainline is Honored with IBM's 2008 Competitive Leadership Award

This prestigious honor recognizes Mainline's commitment to business excellence and achieved business growth through innovative solutions, competitive strength and consistent business management leadership

May 19, 2009

TALLAHASSEE, FL - This month, Mainline was recognized as a winner of IBM's 2008 Competitive Leadership Award for North American IBM Business Partners. This prestigious honor has been awarded to a select number of IBM Business Partners in North America and demonstrates Mainline's commitment to business excellence.

The Leadership Award program is designed to recognize IBM Business Partners who experience exceptional business growth, innovative solutions, competitive strength and consistent business management leadership.

"By teaming, IBM and Mainline are able to deliver innovative IT solutions that help organizations thrive amid today's economic climate," said Rick Kearney, President and CEO of Mainline. "We are proud to receive this esteemed award, confirming our successful partnership with IBM and the value we provide to our customers, such as Bull Moose Tube Company."

"Not only does Mainline's team have outstanding technical expertise, they also are incredibly responsive to our needs," stated Russ Carlisle, Network Administrator for Bull Moose Tube Company. "With Mainline's help, we've centralized management, optimized resources, automated operations and ensured business continuity and application availability. In the process, we're experiencing higher performance and security. We now have redundant hardware and we've freed space and power in the data center. As a result, we've reduced our total cost of ownership."

"IBM and Mainline have a 20-year partnership in delivering comprehensive, innovative and flexible technology infrastructure solutions to customers nationwide," said Ayman Antoun, Vice President, IBM Business Partners, Americas. "We are proud to recognize Mainline's achievements with this award."

About Mainline
Founded in 1989, Mainline began by offering information technology solutions and consulting in the IBM midrange markets. Since then, it has become an IBM Premier Business Partner and global provider of information technology and business solutions with more than 600 employees nationwide. Headquartered at 1700 Summit Lake Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32317, Mainline provides solutions throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Brazil and Mexico. The company may be reached by phone at 850.219.5000 and on the Internet at www.mainline.com.

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