LinuxForce and IVAR Systems announce strategic partnership

[The Public Voice of LinuxForce, Inc.]

For Immediate Release

Date: February 25, 2010
Contact: CJ Fearnley, (610) 734-1900
E-mail: press at linuxforce.net

LinuxForce and IVAR Systems Partner to Help Businesses do more with Technology

Philadelphia, PA --- 23 February 2010 --- LinuxForce, Inc. of Upper
Darby, PA and IVAR Systems, LLC of Media, PA today announced a strategic
partnership aimed at helping clients do more with technology at a lower
cost. The partnership will provide customers with one source for a
broad range of vital IT (Information Technology) services. LinuxForce
and IVAR Systems focus on applying advanced open source technology to
lower licensing costs and develop more effective computer applications
for business functions such as automation, communications and eCommerce.

The new partnership combines LinuxForce's expertise in remote management
and support of in-house and hosted computer systems with IVAR Systems'
executive IT management capabilities. IVAR's Managing Partner Laird Hariu
is particularly recognized for his skills in systems development, network
engineering, database application development and systems management in
his 35 year IT career.

"The complementary strengths of LinuxForce and IVAR Systems will allow
our companies to execute complex IT projects more effectively," said CJ
Fearnley of LinuxForce. "IVAR Systems is recognized for its expertise with
FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) solutions such as PostgreSQL, an open
source database; Slony-I, a PostgreSQL redundancy solution; firewalls; the
Apache web server, OpenOffice.org, the office productivity suite, systems
programming in Perl, C, and the GCC compiler toolchain. IVAR's decades
of experience managing IT projects will help LinuxForce deliver more
intricate FOSS solutions to our customers particularly those involving
integration with more traditional software and hardware systems."

Businesses throughout Philadelphia and around the world are using open
source IT tools to increase flexibility and control while lowering
licensing costs.  Experts such as LinuxForce and IVAR Systems are needed
more than ever to help businesses leverage the quickly growing power of
open source computing solutions.

"Working on a series of projects with LinuxForce over the past six
months, I have gained a tremendous appreciation for their diligent,
proactive approach to systems administration," said Laird Hariu of
IVAR Systems. "I am grateful that LinuxForce recognized IVAR Systems'
extensive project management experience and familiarity with more
traditional IT environments such as Red Hat, CentOS, and Microsoft-based
environments. Our partnership will enable our two organizations to
more seamlessly deliver advanced IT solutions to small businesses at an
affordable price."

LinuxForce provides expertise to companies on how to integrate FOSS
solutions with professional IT management, support and maintenance. The
company's blog can be found at http://blog.RemoteResponder.net

About LinuxForce Inc.
LinuxForce is a leading technology services provider of complete
IT solutions, specialized IT projects, and 24x7 network monitoring
and support. LinuxForce is expert in the development, implementation,
management and support of Linux-based systems, with a particular expertise
in Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu, LinuxForce provides organizations
of all types and size services to better use advanced, low cost,
open-source IT solutions for a wide range of business needs. For more
information on LinuxForce, Remote Responder, or help with IT projects
e-mail sales at LinuxForce.net, or call (610) 734-1900. Visit LinuxForce
on the Web at http://www.LinuxForce.net.

About IVAR Systems, LLC
IVAR Systems was founded by Laird Hariu in 2009 and brings professional
IT management services to medium sized organizations in the Mid-Atlantic
Area that see the benefits of advanced computing projects. Visit IVAR
Systems online at http://www.IVARsystems.com/.

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CJ Fearnley                 |   LinuxForce Inc.
cjf at LinuxForce.net          |   Remote Systems Management Solutions
http://www.LinuxForce.net   |   http://blog.remoteresponder.net