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Merlin Launches “Dynamic Data Center” Federal Executive Leadership Series

Providing Ongoing Education and Best Practices for “Unleashing the Power of Your Infrastructure”

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Vienna, Va., May 4, 2010 – Merlin International (www.merlin-intl.com), the leading IT solutions provider to the U.S. Federal Government today announced the Federal Dynamic Data Center Executive Leadership Educational Series with the release of the “Federal CIO’s Guide To The Dynamic Data Center”. This ongoing series done jointly with NetApp will provide the federal government with an approach to align the investment and support of their data centers into their organization’s overall strategic planning and objectives.

“Dynamic Data Centers will lower TCO by 47% and will allow for CIO’s to save up to 50% in data center costs due to reducing storage requirements and operating costs.” said John Trauth, President, Merlin International. “In order to achieve such a transformation, federal executives must first understand the basic business drivers and face the challenges intrinsic to building, operating, and maintaining a Dynamic Data Center within their agency. The Executive Leadership Report Series, coupled with Merlin’s Dynamic Data Center solutions, will provide this vital information necessary for agencies to achieve their missions while reducing IT costs.

“Merlin’s ability to integrate federal IT solutions with NetApp’s leading storage and data management solutions enables agencies to drive down overall costs while gaining operational efficiencies in their data centers,” said Mark Weber, Sr. Vice President and General Manager, U.S. Public Sector for NetApp. “Federal IT managers looking to address their storage and data management needs through a single platform can benefit from our joint solutions.”

To view the reports please visit www.federaldynamicdatacenter.com

About Merlin:

Merlin is the leading provider of innovative technology solutions serving the U.S. Federal Government. Merlin delivers high-value IT solutions based upon our proven best practices, experienced and trusted staff and extensive knowledge of the federal government and their unique IT challenges. Merlin’s solutions include Cyber Security, Full Motion Video, Dynamic Data Center, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Management (BPM), Applications Performance Management (APM), Disaster Recovery/COOP, Virtualization and Infrastructure Optimization. Merlin will design, engineer, implement, secure, operate and maintain the governments most demanding IT infrastructures allowing customers to reach their mission goals and objectives within civilian services, defense, intelligence, health care and other areas.

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