High Performance Technologies

High Performance Technologies Wins Outstanding Performance Award from Distributor

2004-01-26T00:00:00-05:00

Charlotte, NC - January 26, 2004 - High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPT), an HP enterprise business partner, announced that it has won the Outstanding Performance Award from distributor Arrow Electronics. HPT specializes in server, storage, database and operations solutions for enterprise customers focusing exclusively on HP products.

Each year, Arrow recognizes outstanding performance in HP sales achieved by its newest HP reselling organizations. This year, more than 50 companies were considered for the coveted award.

One of the fastest growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeastern U.S., HPT attributes its success to its extensive industry knowledge and expertise with HP's enterprise products and solutions. HPT's management team, comprised of former HP employees, boasts over three decades of HP product and service experience.

"The success and profitability we've seen during the relatively short time we've been in business has been a rewarding experience," said Mark Cullum, HPT president. "Our strong relationships with the HP sales team have helped enable us to surpass our goals for the year and we are now poised for growth."

Leann Griesinger, director of Enterprise Partner Sales for HP's Eastern Region, commented, "With their commitment to make investments in technical and sales training and their ability to demonstrate the business value in HP's IT solutions, HPT is well positioned to continue its tremendous success in this market by serving customers so well."

HPT won the award because it significantly surpassed the $1 million benchmark in HP enterprise product sales for business-critical applications in one year. Out of the 50 companies competing for the award, only four, including HPT, achieved Arrow's lofty $1 million mark.

"The SBM Division of Arrow helped HPT distinguish itself among its competitors with marketing and sales training that helped the company quickly ramp to a significant sales volume this year," said Charles McPherson, vice president of sales and marketing, SBM Division, Arrow Electronics. "We couldn't be more pleased with HPT's progress and we anticipate continued and compounded growth from HPT in months to come."

HPT specializes in serving midrange to large customers in the manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications markets.

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About HPT High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies rebranding and services restructuring aims to fuel growth

2004-02-23T00:00:00-05:00

Charlotte, NC - (February 23, 2004) - As part of the process, HPT re-branded its consulting services into four categories: server, storage, database and operations solutions. "This is just one of the strategies we are employing to continue investing in our business." said Victor Smith, co-founder and CEO of HPT. "As we grow, our sole mission is to help our customers solve business problems by delivering highly creative solutions that are both cost effective and reliable."

The rebranding places HPT among an elite group of technology providers in the Southeast who are focusing on delivering a more relationship-oriented service to clients. The concept behind the three people in the company's new logo emphasizes people working together to understand core business needs in order to deliver the best solution possible. The company's new logo mark also supports the qualities of the well-known Hewlett-Packard brand.

HPT attributes its success to its extensive industry knowledge and expertise with HP's enterprise products and solutions. HPT's management team, comprised of former HP employees, boasts over three decades of HP product and service experience. "We accomplish a great deal for our clients by focusing on one product line and one manufacturer, Smith said. "This exclusive relationship enables High Performance Technologies to respond to each customer opportunity with the best combination of products, services, support and pricing with the highest standards of professionalism and technical competence."

Having completed the services restructuring, HPT is now focusing on bringing additional core solutions into the company's portfolio of services expertise. And, with existing offices in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina, the company is also focusing its growth efforts by analyzing expansion into additional areas of the Southeast.

About HPT
About HPT High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies Expands Southeast Operations

2005-11-14T00:00:00-05:00

Charlotte, NC - November 14, 2005 - Bringing a portion of its Southeast expansion plans to fruition, High Performance Technologies has opened an office in Orlando Florida.

According to Mark Cullum, HPT president and co-founder, the company's decision to expand into Florida was part of its corporate vision.

"An expansion into Florida has been a strong part of our long-term growth strategy," Cullum said. "We selected Orlando because its centralized location will enable us to best support clients in south, north and central Florida."

The new office is supported by two HP veterans who, with over 40 years of HP experience combined, will support HPT sales for the entire state.

Ken Smith, the office's territory manager, is a 20-year Hewlett-Packard veteran and brings extensive knowledge in sales and support of HP enterprise-class products and services.

Rick Pfeffer, also a 20-year HP veteran, has significant solutions architecture expertise and will be instrumental in the design and deployment of HP enterprise products and services for clients in the Florida area.

"We've been closely evaluating our expansion into the Florida area and wanted to make the move when we could deliver the most skilled professionals to our clients. We believe we were successful in doing just that," Cullum said.

In addition to Orlando, HPT has existing offices in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina. The company continues to seek expansion in additional areas of the Southeast.

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High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies Partners with BEA Systems, Inc.

2005-11-18T00:00:00-05:00

Charlotte, NC - November 18, 2005 - As part of its commitment to bring the best technology and business solutions available to its clients, High Performance Technologies, Inc. has partnered with BEA Systems, Inc.

One of the world's leading application infrastructure software companies, BEA helps organizations evolve their enterprise software applications into responsive web infrastructures.

BEAs family of products is an ideal compliment to the existing mix of solutions and services provided by High Performance Technologies.

"Many of BEA's software products and services are perfect for our customers who require highly service-oriented architectures," said Mark Cullum, HPT president and co-founder. "This partnership will allow us to more quickly access a broader range of enterprise software solutions for our clients."

With 15,000 customers worldwide, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500, BEA has achieved tremendous success in delivering key business applications.

According to Cullum, the partnership will immediately benefit HPT's clients who are building new services or extending existing applications.

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High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

Hewlett-Packard includes High Performance Technologies in new partner alliance

2005-12-16T00:00:00-05:00

Charlotte, NC - December 16, 2005 - With a renewed focus on partner sales, Hewlett-Packard has aligned with 50 to 60 enterprise solution providers including High Performance Technologies. The announcement comes one week after HP released a sweeping plan to retool its sales strategy for value products.

The partnership includes HP key business partners who will report directly to the company's Technology Solutions Group Headed by David Booth, HP's senior vice president and national manager. Partners were selected on their ability to engage accounts, align solutions, and execute across HP's broad portfolio of products and services.

As one of HP's key business partners in the southeastern US, High Performance Technology, Inc. sees the focus on partner sales as a win-win situation. HPT expects the partnership to bring new clarity to HP's channel strategy and improve the delivery of HP solutions to its clients.

Victor Smith, CEO of High Performance Technologies, said being mapped into the TSG means the organization will act as an extension of HP's sales team in key accounts, and that the TSG sales force can funnel more business into the company. "Being selected as a key business partner with HP will provide us with a tremendous opportunity to further strengthen our partnership," said Smith. "We believe this partnership will enable us to deliver a higher level of sales service for our clients and strategically grow our business."

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High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies expands services to provide physical layer network infrastructure solutions

2005-01-11T00:00:00-05:00

Charlotte, NC - January 11, 2005 - Fulfilling its expansion goals to include physical infrastructure services, High Performance Technologies, Inc. has created Performance Link Technologies.

The new service group focuses on specialized design, installation, and maintenance of network infrastructures especially in the areas of building and campus distribution systems, inside and outside plant cables, system documentation, optical fiber systems, network design and implementation and overall system maintenance.

The expansion was needed to meet clients' increasing demands for reliable network infrastructures.

"Bringing this service to our clients was not only a good for our clients, it matches perfectly with our core business," said CEO Victor Smith. "For many of our clients, well-designed, accurately documented and properly maintained cabling infrastructures were a top-priority."

"In addition to making these services more economical, we wanted to make them more readily available," Smith said.

The added service includes complete and accurate design and bid packages in addition to certified design engineering and installation teams with national project roll-out capabilities. Additionally, ongoing system maintenance for moves, adds and changes are available.

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High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies launches HP BladeSystems services

2006-04-01T00:00:00-05:00

Charlotte, NC April 1, 2006 - Responding to an increased demand for HP BladeSystems technology, High Performance Technologies has created a robust portfolio of services to address the entire lifecycle of HP BladeSystem solutions.

The new services deliver initial assessment, design, planning, delivery and integration for the HP BladeSystem environment. HPT plans to simplify service delivery by acting as a single point of contact with all the professional service and solutions providers that are involved in the design, deployment and ongoing management of its client's blade server environment.

According to Victor Smith, CEO of High Performance Technologies, the solution offering was a response to clients' needs.

"Our customers were in need of services to help design, plan, deliver and integrate HP BladeSystems Solutions into their existing IT environment," Smith said. "Our goal is to create a relationship for clients that will simplify the delivery of services and support throughout the BladeSystem lifecycle. "We saw an opportunity to grow our business by bringing our clients an entire range of services to support their HP BladeSystem environment."

The new offering includes comprehensive porting and migration services to facilitate the move from AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris environments to Microsoft® or Linux-based blade solutions.

With more than three decades of experience in HP's products and services, HPT continues to broaden its offerings for the increasingly wide range of industries it serves. In addition to the creation of its physical infrastructure services, the company has also announced it's expanded its Southeast operations into the state of Florida.

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High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies, Inc. Ranks 13th in Fast-Growth 100 List by CMP Technology's CRN

2006-09-25T00:00:00-04:00

Charlotte, N.C., September 25, 2006 - High Performance Technologies, Inc. today announced that the company has been identified by CMP Technology's CRN, vital information for VARs and technology integrators, as #13 in their annual listing of Fast-Growth 100 Companies.

The four-year old company has closely followed its vision of growth in the Southeast by specializing in computer hardware, software, and middleware tools with a market focus on UNIX/Windows/Linux servers, storage, infrastructure and the integration of HP and Oracle products. HPT has also maintained a focus on being an exclusive Hewlett Packard Solutions implementer. Its fast growth rate is a result of the knowledge and experience of its employees, its long term partnerships and the loyalty of its customers.

"We're honored to be identified in this listing and proud to be ranked so highly," said Mark Cullum, President and co-founder of HPT. "Our people have incredible skills and an ability to attract and keep customers which are the primary reasons for this rate of growth."

CRN's Fast-Growth 100 identifies the 100 fastest growing solution providers across all specialty areas and business models. The profiles and data developed by CRN's editorial staff provide insights into which models and technology are proving to be the most lucrative.

"As the channel's vital resource, CRN is solely focused on the Solution Provider community. This list, created by our editorial team, recognizes the Solution Providers that have worked tirelessly to support their customers. We salute them on their superior growth," said Dan Dignam, VP/publisher of CRN.

"What makes this list so unique, and compelling, is that it represents such a large cross-section of the channel universe. What's more, this is a dynamic list. While 25 companies that were on CRN's 2005 Fast Growth 100 ranking made the grade again this year, sheer ingenuity and investment savvy propelled 75 new solution providers to growth rates worthy of the final cut."

About CRN
CRN provides Solution Providers and Technology Integrators with the crucial information and analysis they need to drive their company's sales. As an advocate for and voice of the Channel, Solution Providers turn to CRN first for immediate information. With more than 20 years of experience, CRN is the most trusted source for 117,000 channel professionals. CRN can be found on the Web at http://www.crn.com.

About CMP Technology (http://www.cmp.com)
CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology, healthcare and lifestyles industries. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP Technology has earned the confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in each of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

High Performance Technologies
High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications.

High Performance Technologies, Inc. Ranks 27th in Fast-Growth 100 List by CMP Technology's CRN

2007-07-24T00:00:00-04:00

Charlotte, NC July 24, 2007 — High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPT) today announced that the company has been honored for the second straight year by the CMP Channel’s CRN as a Fast Growth 100 Solution Provider. Last year HPT ranked # 13 on the list. A reception honoring all those awarded a place on the 2007 Fast Growth 100 list will take place September 18 in New York City.

HPT was founded in 2002 and has experienced 2X annual growth each year of its existence. The five-year old company has closely followed its vision of growth in the Southeast by specializing in computer hardware, software, and middleware tools with a market focus on UNIX/Windows/Linux servers, storage, infrastructure and the integration of HP and Oracle products. HPT has also maintained a focus on being an exclusive Hewlett Packard Solutions implementer. Its fast growth rate is a result of the knowledge and experience of its employees, its long term partnerships and the loyalty of its customers.

CRN’s Fast Growth 100 award winners are recognized Solution Providers selected for their ability to drive industry-leading sales volumes and use innovative methods to grow their business through services-oriented technology offerings. Developed by CRN’s editorial staff, the Fast Growth 100 list provides detailed insights into which solution provider models and technologies are proving to be the most lucrative.

"We're honored to be identified in this listing and proud to be ranked so highly," said Mark Cullum, President and co-founder of HPT. "We have been fortunate to be able to attract and retain some of the brightest sales and technical people in the industry. Superior execution, the demand for business applications and a strong economy are the primary reasons for this rate of growth."

"This year's CRN Fast Growth 100 list is a testament to the hard work and dedication of some of the channel's leading Solution Providers. We commend each of the 2007 CRN Fast Growth 100 for their remarkable performance, and for the example they set for everyone in the industry," said Robert C. Demarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel.

About High Performance Technologies
High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. HPT can be found on the web at www.highperftech.com

About CRN
CRN provides solution providers and technology integrators with the crucial information and analysis they need to drive their company’s sales. As an advocate for and voice of the IT channel, solution providers turn to CRN first for immediate information. Celebrating its 25th year, CRN is the most trusted source for channel professionals. CRN can be found on the web at www.channelweb.com.

About CMP Channel Group (www.cmpchannelgroup.com)
CMP Channel Group is the one stop shop customers turn to in order to meet their global sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of its family of channel solutions which include CRN and VARBusiness, the ChannelWeb network, the Group's XChange worldwide face-to-face conferences and the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel Group provides a worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services, lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events, education of solution providers and best practices for vendors.

About CMP Technology (www.cmp.com)
CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

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High Performance Technologies, Inc. named as Qualified HP Business Partner for Managing HP contracts

2007-12-01T00:00:00-05:00

Charlotte, NC December 2007- High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPT) has been named as one of the most qualified HP Business Partners in the Southeast for managing HP support contracts.

As Hewlett-Packard transitions hundreds of Services Support Agreements to its business partners throughout the Southeast, HPT is stepping up to the plate to administer dozens of contracts. Many contracts are expected to come up for renewal during 2008 and HPT is prepared for the influx of customers.

"We've been successfully managing HP Support Agreements since 2004," said Victor Smith, CEO of HPT. "The investment we made in our personnel, our tools, and our product training continues to help us provide a smooth transition and a high level of service to HP's customers.

With more than 25 years of HP contracts experience, HPT has a strong track record in managing customers' technology needs. The company's Maintenance Portal and Maintenance Agreement Tracking Software continues to satisfy customers by consistently reducing IT costs and saving valuable time that is better spent on IT projects outside of contract administration.

HPT continues to see its service contract customer list expand and is prepared to serve the 2008 contracts with the same high level of service as it has provided to all of its HP customers. "Serving customers with their warranties, uplifts, moves, adds and changes is part of our core business," Smith explains. "As a certified HP partner, we make it our business to understand HP's contract administration and we work at handling all the details so the customers see a seamless and painless renewal process."

About High Performance Technologies High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. HPT can be found on the web at www.highperftech.com

High Performance Technologies achieves HP Virtualization Solution Elite status

2008-10-23T18:18:29-04:00

High Performance Technologies achieves HP Virtualization Solution Elite status

Charlotte, NC October 23, 2008 - High Performance Technologies, one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast, today announced that it has achieved HP PartnerONE Virtualization Solution Elite status.

The HP PartnerONE Solution Elite designation identifies solution partners who carry certification, expert service and support, and who offer customers choice, complete end-to-end accountability and convenience.

"We're proud and honored to obtain this recognition by HP," said Victor Smith, HPT's CEO. "By demonstrating our expertise with virtualization solutions we are able to bring a higher level of services to our customers whose companies will immediately benefit from their implementation."

HPT has been preparing for the expanding virtualization market by obtaining the necessary training and gaining the needed experience for this most recent designation.

The Virtualizations Elite status provides incentives to business development partners who have specific skills and who have made investments in virtualization solutions. HPT achieved the HP PartnerONE Virtualization Solution Elite status by providing dedicated technical resources and by meeting certain sales and competency criteria in its Southeast territory.

HPT is an authorized HP Platinum Partner and an HP Solution Preferred Elite partner. Other HP designations include: HP Business Critical Services Elite, HP Storage Elite, HP Services Elite, HP Blade Elite, HP SAP Elite and HP Data Center Elite.

About High Performance Technologies High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies announces new Senior Solutions Consultant

2008-09-15T18:21:45-04:00

High Performance Technologies announces new Senior Solutions Consultant

Charlotte, NC September 15, 2008 - High Performance Technologies is pleased to announce that Dana Wyse has joined the organization as a Senior Solutions Consultant.

Formerly a technical client consultant at Hewlett-Packard, Wyse has also served in IT system management and engineering services roles at both Bank of America and Wachovia.

According to Victor Smith, CEO of High Performance Technologies, the hire comes at a time when HPT is providing more services around its storage virtualization solutions and is meeting demands for this expertise.

"Dana is a proven leader with an outstanding track record. We look forward to leveraging his talent and experience to serve our clients."

Wyse will also be serving clients as a pre-sales and delivery consultant.

About High Performance Technologies High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies announces new office in Boca Raton, Florida

2008-07-01T19:09:40-04:00

Charlotte, NC July 1, 2008 - High Performance Technologies announced today that it has opened a new office in Boca Raton, Florida. The announcement comes on the heels of HPT's most recent hire, Bill Weiss.

Weiss, formally an enterprise systems sales specialist for IBM, also held the position of BCS Sales representative at Hewlett-Packard.

Mark Cullum, HPT's president and co-founder, says both the office opening and the new hire will allow the company to continue its planned expansion through the Southeast.

"Bill has more than two decades of experience delivering complex mission-critical solutions through the state of Florida," Cullum said. His areas of expertise include server and storage consolidations, virtualization, blades, and green datacenter design."

Weiss also has extensive knowledge of HP, Sun, and IBM Unix/Linux/Windows server technologies. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida and will serve HPT's customers in southern part of the state.

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High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies announces new Services Director

2008-07-21T11:47:26-04:00

Charlotte, NC July 21, 2008 - High Performance Technologies today announced that Marty D. Chilton will become the company's new director of services.

Chilton, who brings more than two decades of experience in the services and information technology industry, has extensive leadership background with Hewlett-Packard where he served as a customer services manager for service delivery leadership in the Carolinas and Tennessee.

He also served HP as consulting and integration sales territory manager for a comprehensive portfolio of services and as national account manager; leveraging business solutions into the vertical financial industry and territory commercial accounts for cross-industry solutions.

A graduate of the University of Redlands, California, Chilton holds a bachelor of science degree in business management and a certificate from the Management Institute, Babson College.

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High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies announces new Territory Manager

2009-09-01T11:08:42-04:00

High Performance Technologies announces Tim Nethers as Territory Manager for Northern Florida.

Nethers was previously an Account Executive at Hewlett-Packard for four years where he sold business intelligence and data warehouse solutions predominately to Fortune 500 retail and manufacturing account clients.

Prior to HP, Nethers held IT positions in the Orlando, FL area including Information Builders and NCR Corporation where he sold managed services for integrated network and desktop support to global clients.

According to President, Mark Cullum, the company’s expansion into the Florida region has led to increasing sales and support and the need to expand the company’s sales operations.

“We’re pleased to have someone with a high caliber of sales and technical acumen like Tim,” Cullum said. “His experience with executive-level sales and IT knowledge as it relates to converting competitive IT platforms are a tremendous asset to HPT.

About High Performance Technologies High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies announces new Senior Solutions Consultant

2009-06-01T15:30:31-04:00

Charlotte, NC June 1, 2009 - High Performance Technologies is pleased to announce that Carlos Munoz has joined the organization as a Senior Solutions Consultant.

Previously a Technical Client Consultant with Hewlett Packard, Munoz has had a successful career in the IT industry - mostly in the state of Florida. He also has experience at COMPAQ Computers as Pre Sales Support Engineer.

Victor Smith, CEO of High Performance Technologies, calls the hire a strategic win for the Florida territory where Munoz will support the Florida Sales Account Managers team.

Prior to joining HPT Munoz served, among other IT positions, as a technical marketing consultant and systems consultant at Digital Equipment Corporation.

During his career, Munoz played a key role in introducing Blades architecture to the Miami Dade County Public Schools, the fourth biggest school district in the U.S. where he also helped promote a full virtual environment in the data center.

About High Performance Technologies High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies announces new Carrier Cost Control Solution

2010-01-11T20:19:59-05:00

Charlotte, NC January 11, 2010 - High Performance Technologies has announced today that it will offer a Carrier Cost Control Solution for telecommunication service providers.

The solution is designed to help reduce carrier costs by recovering wrongful charges, identifying under-utilized transmission facilities, improving gross margin control and improving business responsiveness.

Victor Smith, CEO of High Performance Technologies, says adding the solution to HPT's service offerings is a key strategic step in providing customers a full range off offerings that addresses telecom expense management.

The carrier cost control solution will provide telecom service providers with invoice management and reconciliation, contract and tariff management and gross margin management.

About High Performance Technologies

High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies announces new Solutions Architect

2010-03-18T16:26:27-04:00

Charlotte, NC March 18, 2010 – High Performance Technologies is pleased to announce that Neal Lord has joined the organization as a Solutions Architect.

With his expertise in identifying and implementing server and storage solutions, Lord will service HPT customers in the Carolinas.

Previously a Server Sales Specialist with Hewlett Packard, Lord has nine years of technical sales experience across multiple market segments & HP product lines. During his career at HP he also served the company as a BladeSystem Sales Specialist and a Commercial Sales Specialist.

Marty Chilton, HPT Director of Services of High Performance Technologies, said that Lord’s experience servicing a wide variety of corporations and industry segments will be an asset to HPT’s growing customer base in the Carolinas.

Prior to joining HP, Lord also worked as a Technology Analyst at Progress Energy in Raleigh, NC.

During his career Lord sold and implemented HP BladeSystem products into enterprise accounts in North and South Carolina. He is a graduate of Clemson University with a degree in computer engineering.

About High Performance Technologies High Performance Technologies is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast specializing in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides data center, storage, and virtualization solutions along with professional services, maintenance and support for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. www.highperftech.com.

High Performance Technologies announces new Territory Sales Manager for South Carolina

2010-04-01T20:19:01-04:00

Charlotte, NC April 1, 2010 - High Performance Technologies is pleased to announce the hiring of John Osepchuk as Territory Sales Manager for South Carolina.

Osepchuk was previously an Account Executive at Hitachi Data Systems where he sold enterprise storage solutions for both commercial and public sector clients in North and South Carolina. Prior to HDS, he held sales positions with Cisco and Hewlett-Packard. At Cisco, he designed and sold network infrastructure environments to clients in South Carolina. As an Enterprise Account Manager at HP he worked with some of the largest companies in North Carolina developing server, storage and services solutions to meet their growing requirements.

According to Vice President of Sales, Jim McNabb the demand for focused resources in support of South Carolina continues to grow.

“We are extremely pleased to have John coming to HPT to focus on our South Carolina client community.” McNabb said. “His experience in selling networking, servers and storage for three large IT manufactures gives him a unique depth of knowledge that will undoubtedly be a tremendous asset to our clients and to HPT.”

High Performance Technologies Honored in 2010 HP Americas Partner Conference Partner Recognition Awards

2010-04-28T19:58:54-04:00

Charlotte, NC April 28, 2010 – High Performance Technologies today announced that it has been recognized as a winner of the prestigious Partner in Excellence Award for Enterprise Business Top Revenue Growth during the 2010 HP Americas Partner Conference Partner Recognition Awards ceremony in Las Vegas.

Selected by a panel of executives from the HP Solution Partner Organization, the HP Partner Recognition Awards were given to 19 HP partners who exhibited substantial wins in the marketplace and demonstrated outstanding performance in the delivery of HP products and solutions, as well as partners who exhibited innovative philanthropic practices and embraced HP’s key corporate objectives of global citizenship and social responsibility.

Recognized by HP Solution Partner Organization leadership executives, the Enterprise Business Top Revenue Growth Award honors High Performance Technologies for its superior merits within the HP Enterprise Business portfolio which includes HP Enterprise Servers, Storage, Networks, & Services.

“We are truly honored to receive this award,” said Victor Smith, HPT’s CEO. “2009 was a tough year for many Solution Providers. Our customer base is very diversified which allowed us to grow during these economic times. We are also blessed to have the most talented employees in our industry.”

“The winners of HP’s Partner Recognition Awards represent the best our partners have to offer in each business unit and region, whether that’s through sales leadership and marketplace differentiation, or by demonstrating global citizenship in giving back to the community,” said Stephen DiFranco, vice president and general manager, HP Solution Partners Organization Americas. “We thank all our partners for their contributions and congratulate our award-winning partners for their ongoing leadership.”

For additional information on the HP Americas Partner Conference visit http://www.hp.com/go/HPAPC2010.

About HPT

High Performance Technologies, Inc, (HPT) a Charlotte, NC based Solution Provider, was founded in 2002 by Victor Smith & Mark Cullum. HPT is an exclusive Hewlett Packard Preferred Elite Solution Provider, delivering the highest customer satisfaction around HP’s entire Enterprise Business portfolio. HPT provides solutions to customer throughout the Southeastern United States. HPT is consistently recognized by HP as one of their most trusted and highest performing partners in the Americas. With 2009 revenues of $33M, HPT has 20 employees located in several offices including Charlotte & Raleigh, NC, Miami, Orlando, & Tampa, FL, and Columbia, SC.

High Performance Technologies announces new Territory Sales Manager for Florida

2010-08-23T21:35:04-04:00

Charlotte, NC August 23, 2010 - High Performance Technologies is pleased to announce new hire Charlie Bosco, Territory Sales Manager for South Florida.

Formerly a Senior Account Executive at Prosys, Bosco has more than 25 years’ experience in the IT industry. Most of his professional career was with Total Tec Systems where he served as Staging and Test Engineer and Customer Tech Support for pre and post sales. He was instrumental in opening and developing that company’s sales territory.

With more than 20 years’ experience selling, configuring and implementing custom enterprise solutions, Bosco has the expertise to provide a range of services for servers, storage, SANS and Blades.

For the past twenty years he has been in field sales in South Florida where he developed loyal customers in commercial, enterprise and SLED accounts.

Jim McNabb, HPT’s Vice President of Sales, believes the demand for client services in the south Florida region will be well served with Bosco’s expertise.

“His enthusiasm and experience, not to mention his broad industry knowledge, is an asset to our south Florida clients,” McNabb said.

High Performance Technologies achieves VMware Enterprise Partner Accreditation

2010-09-10T20:04:05-04:00

Charlotte, NC September 10, 2010 – High Performance Technologies today announced that it has been accredited as a VMware Enterprise Partner. This is an important achievement for HPT as VMware is considered the world’s most trusted virtualization solution.

HPT is now authorized to provide customers with VMware technical support and virtualization solutions. The VMware Enterprise Partner accreditation recognizes that HPT’s technical consultants are highly trained and certified with the ability to help customers define, size and deploy solutions based on VMware products and services.

Businesses of all sizes gain significant improvements in efficiency, management and agility with VMware virtualization. VMware solutions enable companies to simplify IT, fully leverage existing company investments and respond faster to changing business demands.

Marty Chilton, HPT’s Vice President of Services, said that the company has invested in the technology and technical expertise so that customers can have access to the best technical advice regarding virtual infrastructure solutions.

“Virtualization technologies deliver benefits that are quickly realized by our clients,” Chilton said. “Our clients are seeing immediate benefits including hardware savings from consolidation, faster server and application deployment, and increased predictability in the IT infrastructure as whole.”

High Performance Technologies Ranked in CRN's 2010 Fast Growth List

2010-09-29T13:33:31-04:00

Charlotte, NC September 29, 2010 – High Performance Technologies today announced that it has been recognized on CRN’s Fast Growth 100 List. The list recognizes providers that experienced an increase in revenues of 20 percent or more between 2007 and 2009.

Fast Growth list companies have something to be proud of according to CRN. Posting growth of any sort is a significant achievement in the shadows of a recession and companies on CRN’s Fast Growth 100 list have experienced phenomenal increases in revenue. Getting there is a combination of hard work and an ability to truly understand customers’ needs.

HPT placed No. 74 on this year’s fast growth list with a 44% growth rate over the past two years.

“We’re especially proud of making this year’s Fast Growth 100 list,” Victor Smith, HPT’s CEO said. “In 2007 we began investing in storage, virtualization and cloud computing technologies which included hiring several senior level consultants. By 2009, we began to see evidence that these investments were paying off for our clients and our business.

The Fast Growth awards will be presented Oct. 21 at the 2010 Fast Growth conference at the Hyatt Regency in Boston.

High Performance Technologies announces new Senior Solutions Consultant

2011-04-25T15:08:11-04:00

Charlotte, NC - April 25, 2011 – High Performance Technologies is pleased to announce that David Brown has joined the organization as a Senior Solutions Consultant.

Brown comes to HPT with vast experience including more than eight years in storage and virtualization architecture and 13 years in infrastructure design.

Most recently he served as Storage Architect for Charlotte Pipe and Foundry where he was technical lead and principle architect for company-wide storage and virtual architecture. There, he led the company’s systems consolidation efforts and engineered multi-tiered storage area networks.

According to Marty Chilton, VP of Services, the company is experiencing increased demand in storage and virtualization solutions. “Having someone of David’s caliber on board is a perfect addition to our service offerings.” Chilton said. “His expertise and industry knowledge are an asset to HPT and our clients.”

Brown will be working closely with the HPT sales team, business partners, and HPT’s clients to provide pre-sales consulting, proof of concepts, consulting services and infrastructure services.

About High Performance Technologies

High Performance Technologies is one of the most respected providers of entire IT lifecycle solutions and services. HPT’s engineers and architects are a family of skilled industry veterans well known for delivering custom, high-quality technology solutions including the assessment, design, implementation, support and management of IT assets. Our solutions and services consistently provide operational efficiencies and bottom-line business value to the clients we serve.

High Performance Technologies Named to Everything Channel's VAR500 List

2011-06-14T15:00:34-04:00

High Performance Technologies Named to Everything Channel’s VAR500 List

17th Annual List Ranks North America’s Top 500 Technology Integrators

Charlotte – NC, June 14 - High Performance Technologies (HPT) today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel as a part of CRN’s 2011 VAR500 list, which ranks the top technology integrators in North America. Featuring the highest producing technology integrators and solution provider organizations in the IT channel, the VAR500 rankings consider earnings from hardware sales, software sales and managed IT services.

The VAR500 is a list of the largest value-added resellers, solution providers and integrators in North America by revenue size. Revenue size is determined by the amount of annual products and services sold over the course of 2010.

“The VAR500 represents the top performing solution providers in the IT community,” said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. “Vendors of all sizes rely heavily on the VAR500 list to find those solution providers best suited to sell their products. VAR500 honorees are considered trusted business advisors, integration experts, and invaluable partners. Even more importantly, they solve customers’ biggest IT business problems through product integration, training, consulting and services.”

VAR500 Executive Conference and Awards

The 2011 VAR500 list was announced at the VAR500 Executive Conference and Awards, an elite two-day conference designed for high level executives to meet with VAR500 companies to discuss business models, technology offerings, and partnerships. Held June 13-14 at the Sawgrass Marriot in Jacksonville, Florida, the conference focused on channel marketing strategies and direction, offering actionable content to the top Solution Provider organizations in North America. Attendees learned the secrets for uncovering new market opportunities from industry experts, peers and fellow VAR500 companies.

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High Performance Technologies Named to Inaugural CRN Tech Elite 250

2011-02-23T15:22:37-05:00

High Performance Technologies Named to Inaugural CRN Tech Elite 250

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

Charlotte, NC - February 23, 2011 – High Performance Technologies, HPT, 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. HPT has been recognized as a best-of-breed integrator who has invested in technical know-how and earned premier certifications in the area of 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 its Midmarket Study, the Tech Elite 250 recognizes the VARs most committed to helping customers innovate while reducing costs.

HPT’s strength is in the implementation of complex virtualized data center environments. Its advanced certifications and partnerships with VMware, HP, EMC and Veeam ensure a high level of expertise from design through project completion. HPT has a proven track record and commitment to its clients, both large and small.

“The Tech Elite 250 recognizes an elite group of VARs who are successfully navigating the dynamic IT channel market,” said Kelley Damore, Vice President and 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.”

“We are excited and appreciative that we have been selected to the inaugural Tech Elite 250. This recognition is a reflection of our high level of expertise and is a testament to the commitment and dedication our solution architects have to our customers,” said Jim McNabb, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for HPT.

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High Performance Technologies announces new Configuration and Pricing Consultant

2011-08-29T09:44:39-04:00

Charlotte - NC, August 29 – High Performance Technologies has announced that Julie Saleeba has joined the organization as a Configuration and Pricing Consultant.

Saleeba brings more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry to HPT. She has extensive experience in developing HP Enterprise and Blade server configurations along with experience in storage and virtualization architecture and infrastructure design.

Most recently Saleeba served at Logicalis where she was a technical consultant. She holds numerous HP Technical Certifications and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology from Marshall University.

Saleeba will work closely with HPT’s sales and consulting teams to develop customer technical configurations.

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