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Lauren Polinsky, Public Relations Scott Regan, Senior Marketing Manager
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DRS, LLC Named to Inaugural CRN Tech Elite 250

List recognizes VARs with deep technical expertise and premier certifications in North America

Youngstown, OH February 23, 2011 – DRS, LLC has been named to the inaugural CRN Tech Elite 250. The Tech Elite 250 serves as the industry’s definitive list of VARs with both deep technical expertise and premier certifications. DRS has been recognized as a best-of-breed integrator who has invested in technical know-how and earned premier certifications in the areas of data centers and infrastructure for North American customers.

CRN Editors worked with solution providers and outside experts to define the most important technical certifications in the market today. By mapping certifications against the key technology opportunities as defined by CRN’s State of the Market and Midmarket study, the Tech Elite 250 recognizes the VARs most committed to helping customers innovate while reducing costs.

DRS has developed technical expertise around enterprise technologies that can have the most impact on small and medium sized businesses, while working to make those technologies affordable to those customers.  DRS is an industry leader in bringing those types of high end solutions to small and medium sized customers.

“The Tech Elite 250 recognizes an elite group of VARs who are successfully navigating the dynamic IT channel market,” said Kelley Damore, Vice President, Editorial Director at Everything Channel. “By adapting to new customer purchasing patterns and redefining best practices, these solution providers are delivering the strategies and value customers demand to compete in today’s competitive economic environment.”

In addition, DRS will join its Tech Elite peers at Everything Channel’s XChange Solution Provider event next month to help define the future of the IT channel.

“Our team devotes a lot of their time honing their skills, learning new technologies, and improving their delivery of those technologies in order to make the technology work well for our customer base, “ said DRS COO Dave Wilkeson. “It’s great for the entire team to be recognized for that hard work.”

About DRS, LLC
DRS LLC is an information technology consulting firm and service provider specializing in Cloud services, Managed Services, data center operations, and network infrastructure deployment including local area networks, wide area networks, VoIP, and connectivity. 

About Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com. 

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