AE Business Solutions: Earns award from Hitachi

Amy Mertz
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Wisconsin-Based Business Named Northstar Region Partner of the Year

MADISON, Wis. (June 11, 2012) – AE Business Solutions, the leading provider of unique and effective consulting services and technologies, was recently named Partner of the Year by Hitachi Data System’s Northstar District.

The Madison, Wis.-based company has been a Hitachi Gold partner since 2001, with four on-staff Certified Hitachi Data Systems Engineers. AE Business Solutions is the only HDS-Certified Architect in Wisconsin. The Northstar District encompasses Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska.

“We’re honored to be selected as Hitachi Data System’s Partner of the Year for the Northstar District,” said Sean O’Brien, director of technical services at AE Business Solutions. “This is great recognition and validates our investments in becoming experts in HDS solutions.

“HDS offers exceptional value to our customers looking for the very best in enterprise and modular storage solutions. Hitachi has been a big part of why AE is recognized as the ‘trusted storage advisor’ in our accounts for the past 25 years.”

Since its founding in 1949, AE Business Solutions has evolved from a systems integration company into an outsource provider of end-to-end technology solutions. It focuses on a solutions-oriented approach, delivering leading-edge technology that is shaping the future, including e-business, business intelligence, enterprise resource planning and high-availability infrastructure solutions. AE Business Solutions employs 175 people in its offices in Madison, Milwaukee and Wausau.

About AE Business Solutions: AE Business Solutions is an innovative, solution-focused IT systems integrator headquartered in Madison, Wis., with additional offices in Milwaukee and Wausau, Wis. Founded in 1949, its sales target Midwest enterprise companies primarily in the health care, financial services and public-sector markets with $750 million and up in revenue. Employing 175 IT consultants, presales engineers and sales staff, AE Business Solutions has four “centers of excellence”: datacenter solutions, network solutions, analytics and consulting solutions.

About Hitachi Data Systems: Hitachi Data Systems helps organizations transform raw data into valuable information by making data more accessible and simpler to manage. Our vision is that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable. As the leader in storage virtualization, only Hitachi Data Systems offers a common, virtualized platform for all data and information.