DENVER, Colorado – November 10, 2011 – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), the Denver-based IT consulting, integration, and project management firm, is proud to announce that three of its engineers have won NetApp Insight Partner Awards.

Individuals selected for the Insight Partner Award were presented with their awards at NetApp’s annual NetApp INSIGHT Partner Conference. The conference, a three-day networking and technical training event for NetApp employees and partners, took place November 1-4, 2011 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

The award-winning engineers from ASG are:

• Mark Allen, consulting engineer, Partner Architect Award for Excellence in Design award
• Devon Buffington, regional systems architect, Excellence in Success with a Go to Market Partner award
• Tim Rojas, senior architect, Excellence in Success award

NetApp presents the annual award to members of its partner community. All three engineers were selected for these awards based on a variety of criteria including effort, team communication, ability to work closely with the NetApp team, and the skill to design solutions to address specific customer issues.

“We place a tremendous amount of value in our relationship with industry-leading companies like NetApp and applaud the efforts of Mark Allen, Devon Buffington and Tim Rojas,” said John Murphy, ASG Executive Vice President. “They exemplify the types of employees we pride ourselves on, and we’re honored to have them represent ASG.”

Over the past three decades ASG has grown to a 152 million dollar company with 108 employees across 10 states with over 1,500 clients. ASG has won much praise and many awards over the years including the VAR 500 and the CRN Tech Elite 250.

ASG has helped many companies create and manage their IT systems by providing a variety of IT services including virtualization, professional services, consulting services and assessments and audits. ASG works with a number of leading partners in the IT consulting world including Microsoft, Oracle, Hitachi Data Systems, NetApp, Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, Symantec and VMware. As a consistent member of the VAR Business Top 500, ASG pursues active involvement in the industry, maintaining the highest level of engineering certifications with partners and the vendor community.

About Advanced Systems Group (ASG)
Since 1981, Advanced Systems Group (ASG) has provided complete Information Technology (IT) solutions including comprehensive consulting services, successful storage and data management solutions, assessments and implementation services. In particular, ASG focuses on customer needs, customizing unique solutions and successfully addressing their particular IT challenges. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Advanced Systems Group (ASG) also has offices throughout the western and southern United States including, Boise, Colorado Springs, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Orange County, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and San Diego. To learn more, visit www.virtual.com.