Kovarus Awarded CMAS Contract for Cisco Systems

South San Francisco, CA - May 3, 2007—Kovarus, a Cisco Advanced Technology Partner (ATP) for Network HostedStorage, proudly announces the award of a California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS) contract. The contract, awarded by the California Department of General Services (DGS), allows Kovarus to offer Cisco Systems solutions at very competitive prices. The use of this contract is available only to state and local government entities in California.

Kovarus maintains certifications and technical skills to design and implement Cisco’s entire storage and networking product suite. We are experts at optimizing WAN traffic, improving application performance and consolidating remote offices to augment storage utilization.

Cisco products are available through Kovarus through CMAS contract #3-07-70-2411A, GSA contract #GS-35F-4389G"

The CALIFORNIA MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE (CMAS) program was established by the State of California Procurement Division in early 1994 in response to Assembly Bill 1727, which was signed into law in October 1993. The CMAS program provides client agencies with an easy and value effective procurement vehicle, for both information technology and commodity products and services.

California State and Local Government agencies, Special Districts, and public educational institutions have the flexibility to choose a product or service according to their business needs and unique criteria, such as price, warranty, supplier performance or brand name."

About Kovarus

Kovarus, Inc., is a premier technology consulting firm, specializing in data center design, implementation, and optimization. With its extensive industry expertise and proven methodologies, Kovarus helps companies align IT with strategic business goals and maximize their return on technology investments. Kovarus' unique ability to converge virtualization, storage, and networking technologies gives its clients a distinct operational advantage, enabling them to improve the efficiency, performance, and agility of service delivery. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, the company was founded in 2003 and has been chosen as a premier partner by leading technology companies including VMware, EMC, and Cisco. For more information on Kovarus, please visit www.kovarus.com or call 650-392-7848.

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