Global IT company IBM has awarded the Advanced Partner status to Baltic Data Center, a leader in the management of data centers and information systems in the Baltic States. Baltic Data Center, which has been cooperating with the global leader in its field for seven years, in order to achieve this status, has proved its expertise in the application of IBM’s latest technological solutions.

The expanded partnership will allow Baltic Data Center, a company belonging to TEO Group, to develop and deliver to its customers even more sophisticated solutions based on IBM’s technologies and to increase employee competence in this field.

According to Saulius Markunas, Director of Baltic Data Center, the solutions developed by IBM allow companies to make more efficient use of the advantages offered by emerging technologies. “Our close partnership with the global leader in its field enables us to be sure that we offer only the state-of-the-art solutions and equipment to our customers”, – S. Markunas said.

BDC has become an Advanced Business Partner within a relatively short time – as evidenced by the determination of the company’s specialists to become experts in IBM’s solutions. IBM is always ready to provide such business partners with opportunities to expand their competence”, – Grazvydas Govaras, WebSpere Product Sales Manager of IBM Lietuva, said.

In order to achieve the Advanced Partner status, Baltic Data Center has met many of the requirements raised by the global company, and its specialists have passed proficiency exams in IBM’s solutions. In 2007, Baltic Data Center was recognized as an Official Partner of IBM.

About Baltic Data Center

Baltic Data Center, a company belonging to TEO LT, AB Group of companies, is a leader in the management of data centers and information systems in the Baltic States. The company provides complex IT management services – starting with customer equipment hosting within the data centers, which meet the highest requirements of security, and ending with the development and management of complex systems.

Having equipped the data center facility, which is one of the most modern ones in Eastern Europe, recently Baltic Data Center has been expanding its activities extremely fast – over the last three years the company allocated more than LTL 20 million for investments in technologies and in the knowledge of its specialists.  During this period, the number of employees has almost doubled and at the moment more than 180 specialists work for the company.

Baltic Data Center is the first company in its sector in the Baltic States the activities of which have been evaluated with the international certificate of compliance with the ISO 27001 standard confirming that the company’s activities comply with the strictest requirements for information security.

For more information, please contact:

Antanas Bubnelis, Press Officer, TEO LT, AB
Tel. +37052367537, mob. tel. +37061583854, e-mail: antanas.bubnelis@teo.lt 

Jurga Lapkaite, Marketing and Communication Manager, IBM Lietuva
Tel. (8 5) 278 6663, e-mail: jurga@lt.ibm.lt