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HP Virtual Executive Briefing (Video)
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Western Blue recognized as Sacramento Sustainable Business
Sacramento, CA (April, 2009) Western Blue has been certified as a Sacramento Sustainable Business by Sacramento County’s Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC).
The Sacramento Sustainable Business certification is given to companies that voluntarily take actions to conserve resources and prevent pollution. There are five categories that a business can be certified in to be a part of this program. Western Blue is currently certified in three of the five categories, including: energy conservation, pollution prevention, and solid waste reduction.
Western Blue has a policy to promote sustainability within the company and is committed to understanding and complying with federal, state, and local environmental regulations. You can view their sustainable business policy as well as some of the sustainable business practices Western Blue promotes company-wide on their website at www.westernblue.com.
“We are committed to protecting the environment through technology and this starts with our own business practices,” stated Terry Joslin, President of Western Blue. “Western Blue has been a leader in educating and implementing sustainable IT solutions that saves up to 40% in operational costs for us and for our customers.”
In addition to being a certified sustainable business, Western Blue hosts seminars throughout the year on topics such as “Practical IT Solutions that help make Technology as Reliable as Electricity” which mapped sustainable and reliable technology solutions to the State CIO’s strategic plan. They also participate in the annual Green CA tradeshow and Terry Joslin has been a guest speaker at several community sponsored events. For more information on upcoming Green IT events that Western Blue will be participating in, please visit the news & events section of their website.
About Western Blue
Western Blue Corporation is one of the Western Region’s most experienced IT solution integrators. Western Blue has helped countless public, private and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. Western Blue begins by determining each organization’s unique needs and challenges, then designs and delivers integrated systems that align with its customer’s business processes. Western Blue’s technology expertise allows the company to integrate the best software, hardware and services into a hybrid solution that increases productivity while reducing expenses. www.westernblue.com
Western Blue invests in Alinean Business Value Sales Tools
Sacramento, CA (April, 2009) - Western Blue, Northern California’s most experienced IT solution integrator, announced that they have invested in Alinean Business Value ROI Tools to conduct financial ROI analyses for their customers.
By understanding the strategic goals of their customers, Western Blue is able to use the Alinean tools (supported by IDC and Gartner research data) to provide improvement strategies and insight into performance or spending issues, industry averages, and industry leaders. Specifically, the results will calculate cost savings and additional revenue resulting from the solution as well as average payback period and ROI for the investment.
“This tool helps our customers understand how technology impacts business objectives,” said Terry Joslin, President of Western Blue. “Consequently, our customers are able to understand the ROI associated with their IT initiatives and projects. Organizations find it increasingly important to prioritize projects and it is crtitical that we are able to facilitate this process.”
For more information about Western Blue’s Alinean ROI analysis, please email sales@westernblue.com.
About Western Blue
Western Blue Corporation is one of the Western Region’s most experienced IT solution integrators. Western Blue has helped countless public, private and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. Western Blue begins by determining each organization’s unique needs and challenges, then designs and delivers integrated systems that align with its customer’s business processes. Western Blue’s technology expertise allows the company to integrate the best software, hardware and services into a hybrid solution that increases productivity while reducing expenses.
www.westernblue.com
New Technology at Fresno Unified
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Western Blue Selects BigFix as New Strategic Partner to Promote Single Console Power Management Solutions to Companies Embarking on Green Initiatives
March 18, Sacramento, CA - Western Blue, a leading Green IT solutions integrator, has aligned with BigFix of Emeryville, CA to bring to market intelligent, enterprise wide power management capability. The partnership gives Western Blue the ability to provide customers with a scalable comprehensive, department or organization wide, server and endpoint power management, configured and managed by a single console.
As more and more companies have realized the need to reduce their carbon footprint - both for the environment and for their own cost cutting - the energy use of numerous PCs, monitors, and remote devices has come to the forefront. Technology that can be easily deployed to monitor and reduce this usage automatically has become economically valuable.According to Terry Joslin, CEO of Western Blue, “We have had long term relationships with power management solutions. More recently, the market has evolved and our customers require a single console solution. This shift has driven our decision to partner with BigFix. As a result, our customers now have access to a first-class system that has multiple features, can be managed from one console, on one platform that addresses the whole lifecycle. The result is a cost effective, easy to manage solution that can be deployed and configured in a short amount of time. The technology pays for itself in less that one year; utility rebates can considerably shorten the payback.”
BigFix Power Management is policy based technology that can manage up to 250,000 PCs with a single server to automate a broad range of systems and security management tasks. Facilities and IT Managers can configure their endpoints to go on and off at specific times, based on company operations. They can determine when and if certain machines need to stay on, either for employees to work or to receive necessary software updates, all while reducing overall energy usage by as much as 40%. This means saving of up to $50 per PC per year over, above any of the Microsoft OS and AD settings.
The partner philosophy of BigFix also played into the decision as Western Blue strives to maintain long term relationships with partners they feel are most attuned to the needs of the market, in particular the education and municipal markets who have traditionally lagged in IT spend and have significantly smaller budgets than commercial organizations.
“Western Blue has an outstanding history of delivering sophisticated and cost effective solutions to their customers. We are very pleased they have selected BigFix to extend that reach to include GreenIT technologies”, said Chip Davis Vice President of Sales at BigFix.
About Western Blue
Western Blue Corporation is one of the Western Region’s most experienced IT solution integrators. Western Blue has helped countless public, private and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. Western Blue begins by determining each organization’s unique needs and challenges, then designs and delivers integrated systems that align with its customer’s business processes. Western Blue’s technology expertise allows the company to integrate the best software, hardware and services into a hybrid solution that increases productivity while reducing expenses.
www.westernblue.com
About BigFix
Founded in 1997, BigFix, Inc. is the leading provider of high-performance enterprise security and systems management solutions. BigFix revolutionizes IT infrastructure management by replacing fragmented collections of single-purpose tools with the industry’s only unified visibility and control architecture that consolidates up to 18 security, IT compliance, decision support, and green computing functions. A global portfolio of leading education, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail organizations has installed BigFix on millions of computers. Industry awards and distinctions include multi-year inclusion in the Deloitte Silicon Valley “Fast Fifty” high-growth companies list, recognition as a “Visionary” in the 2009 Garner PC Lifecycle Management Magic Quadrant, multiple SIAA “Codie” awards, and numerous independent magazine product reviews “Best Buy” and “Editor’s Choice” designations. For more information, visit www.BigFix.com.
Green CA Summit
| March 16, 2009 8:00 am | to | March 18, 2009 5:00 pm |
Sacramento Convention Center
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Western Blue becomes HP Public Sector Elite in Rocky Mountain Region
Sacramento, CA (February, 2009) Western Blue announced that they have been selected by Hewlett-Packard as an Elite Higher Education Certified Education Partner program (CEP), State and Local Specialized Partner Program (STLSP), and K12 Certified Education Partner (CEP) for the Rocky Mountain Region.
As a Public Sector Elite Partner, Western Blue is distinguished as an expert in providing cost saving efficient Solutions to schools, State and Local institutions, and government agencies. Western Blue works closely with HP to provide events, trainings and programs specifically for public sector organizations in the Rocky Mountain Region.
“We have a longstanding history of providing public sector customers with technology solutions and services that increase operational efficiency,” stated Terry Joslin, President of Western Blue. “This recognition honors this track record of success and the savings we have delivered to our customers.”
Western Blue is also HP Public Sector Elite in California where they hold several government contracts with HP, including CSSI (CA Strategic Sourced Contracts), CMAS (CA Multiple Awards Schedule), and SLP (Software Licensing Program).
About Western Blue
Western Blue Corporation is one of the Western Region’s most experienced IT solution integrators. Western Blue has helped countless public, private and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. Western Blue begins by determining each organization’s unique needs and challenges, then designs and delivers integrated systems that align with it’s customers business processes. Western Blue’s technology expertise allows the company to integrate the best software, hardware and services into a hybrid solution that increases productivity while reducing expenses.
www.westernblue.com
About Hewlett-Packard
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $110.4 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
Western Blue Names Bruce Mitchell Director of Sales
Sacramento, CA (February, 2009) Western Blue, Northern California’s most experienced IT solution integrator, promoted Bruce Mitchell to Director of Sales.
Mitchell, who joined Western Blue in 2004, will be responsible for leading a team of sales representatives in the State, Local, and Commercial verticals. He has created significant cost savings for large agencies in CA around IT deployments by speeding up projects, streamlining processes and working effectively with customer project stakeholders.
“Western Blue is investing in the future with a plan to leverage Western Blue’s greatest competencies; contracts that enable smooth flow of business, HP Solutions from desktop to the data center, and unmatched logistics and installation capability,” stated Mitchell. “I am excited to lead a qualified seasoned sales team towards those core capabilities and build on the 25 year foundation we have here at Western Blue.”
“Bruce has been a key part of Western Blue’s success over the past several years and we are very excited to promote him to Director of Sales,” said Terry Joslin, President of Western Blue.
About Western Blue
Western Blue Corporation is one of the Western Region’s most experienced IT solution integrators. Western Blue has helped countless public, private and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. Western Blue begins by determining each organization’s unique needs and challenges, then designs and delivers integrated systems that align with it’s customers business processes. Western Blue’s technology expertise allows the company to integrate the best software, hardware and services into a hybrid solution that increases productivity while reducing expenses.
www.westernblue.com
Western Blue Names Mark Rodgers Director of Sales
Sacramento, CA (February, 2009) Western Blue, Northern California’s most experienced IT solution integrator, promoted Mark Rodgers to Director of Sales.
Rodgers, who joined Western Blue in 2007, will be responsible for providing leadership to sales representatives in the State, Local, and Commercial verticals. His experience in designing solutions that increase operational efficiency and free up IT resources from non-technical heavy lifting has proven to be valuable to our customers.
“Western Blue is committed to diversifying our portfolio by going deeper into our existing account base with a broader range of services,” stated Rodgers. “This new position will allow me to play a critical role in our growth by having a global impact on the direction of the sales effort here at Western Blue.”
“Mark possesses a great focus on providing solutions that directly improve the customer’s experience by increasing operational efficiencies and aligning IT and business objectives,” said Terry Joslin, President of Western Blue. “I am confident that his knowledge base will positively impact Western Blue’s growth.”
About Western Blue
Western Blue Corporation is one of the Western Region’s most experienced IT solution integrators. Western Blue has helped countless public, private and nonprofit organizations implement technology solutions that speed and simplify their operations. Western Blue begins by determining each organization’s unique needs and challenges, then designs and delivers integrated systems that align with it’s customers business processes. Western Blue’s technology expertise allows the company to integrate the best software, hardware and services into a hybrid solution that increases productivity while reducing expenses.
www.westernblue.com