HP informed Turbotek, the small business IT company, that "based on select criteria, as defined by HP, that Turbotek Computer Corporation is an Elite Partner.  As an Elite Partner, Turbotek strengthens its relationship with HP allowing it to better serve its customers through improved pricing, delivery, joint activities and a better opportunity to provide education on HP offerings.

As a Small Medium Business (SMB) Elite partner, Turbotek has demonstrated "best-in-class competency and an on-going commitment to the SMB market."  According to HP, "these partners can help customers build robust solutions designed and optimized for an SMB environment." 

Through the SMB Elite program, Turbotek has the ability to provide same-day procurement and access to the most sophisticated technologies that HP offers.  Turbotek's team of experts are highly recommended by HP.  The company goes on to say that as an SMB Elite partner, Turbotek's technical staff "are specialists who have expertise, capabilities and SMB segment focus to help identify your technology needs, tailor unique solutions and guide your purchases.

Sean Kline, Managing Partner of Turbotek commented, "during the past 23 years of operation Turbotek has had a long history with HP including becoming authorized to sell HP servers, desktops, notebooks, storage, becoming an HP Education Partner and many other milestones.  We are delighted to tighten our relationship further so that we may better serve our customers."

EMC notified Turbotek Computer Corporation, the Small Business IT Company, that it has been accepted into the EMC Velocity² Partner Program.

As part of Turbotek's initiative to enhance IT services for small businesses, it has already completed EMC Proven Professional sales and sales engineering certifications.  This will enhance Turbotek's ability to help small businesses meet their organizational goals through a full range of Information Infrastructure products and services to:

• Manage the growth of data
• Optimize storage infrastructure
• Improve backup capabilities
• Establish appropriate information security.

Reducing isolated storage infrastructure allows small businesses to improve utilization which, in turn, reduces costs.  Furthermore, a holistic information infrastructure strategy improves overall availability and increases flexibility.

By providing a range of brands from Iomega to CLARiiON to Celerra, EMC provides choices to small business to solve information problems while balancing investment requirements.

Many small businesses are struggling with critical tasks such as data backups and would face an enormous challenge if they lost client data, financial information or production system integrity to name a few.  The ever increasing amount of information under the management of small businesses raises the need for storage consolidation options in order to contain costs and maintain manageability.  Finally, many small businesses have growth aspirations that require a scalable architecture.

Sean Kline, Managing Partner and President of Turbotek Computer Corporation, appeared on "The Entrepreneur Machine", a weekly radio show hosted by The DVS Group and broadcast on 1510 AM KCTE.  During the show Mr. Kline discussed his acquisition of Turbotek and ways in which the company provides small business IT resources.  The DVS Group is a specialist in connecting entrepreneurs and capital with business opportunities having an enterprise value up to $20M.  The full broadcast may be heard here:

Link To Radio Broadcast

One of the areas that Mr. Kline discussed was server virtualization.  He described how small businesses can get a cost neutral upgrade to their technology infrastructure through savings in power, cooling and management, among others.  This is done by consolidating multiple physicals into far fewer (one in some cases) through technology like HP blade servers and Microsoft Hyper-V. 

Mr. Kline also reviewed the entire process of the Turbotek acquisition from search to financing to close and transition.  Kevin Lindsey, President of The DVS Group, Kevin Lindsey, described how Turbotek was a good fit because of the ability to make a big difference by taking a background of enterprise selling and marketing to the small business.  Mr. Kline praised Turbotek's customer base and the strategic relationships that the company had established with small businesses in a wide variety of vertical industries. 

After 22 years of successful leadership, Mark Fecteau and Steve Nolan have entered into an agreement to sell Turbotek, the Small Business IT Company, to Sean Kline and Associates, Inc.

With 20 years experience in high technology, including technical, sales, marketing and executive positions at Teradyne, Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP) and RSA, The Security Division of EMC, I am eager to join the Turbotek team.

Mark, Steve and I will execute a smooth transition and you can expect the same first-rate service that you have been accustomed to receiving.  In addition, Turbotek employees will continue to have a great place to work as we will operate in the same facilities that we have in the past.

I would also like to take this opportunity to communicate the deep sense of gratitude that we all have for Mark and Steve.  On behalf of all employees, we thank them for everything they have done to build and develop the company to serve your needs.  We wish them great success and happiness in the future.

We are confident that the future of Turbotek is extremely bright.  Over the past several months, I have spent many hours with Mark and Steve and am very impressed with the state of the business.  I look forward to contributing to Turbotek, its customers and partners with both optimism and excitement.

Please contact me any time to discuss your needs, questions and suggestions.

Sincerely yours,

Sean Kline

Managing Partner