An IT solutions company and an advanced IBM Business Partner, Pragmatix, Inc., has been named by IBM Global Services (IGS) as a finalist in the IGS Teaming Award for Consultants and Integrators category of the IBM Beacon Awards for the third consecutive year.

The solution, a complete IT infrastructure solution, "Pragmatix Gold," demonstrates Pragmatix's commitment to its clients' business success by providing a hosted, secure, fully-managed solution that supports multiple office locations and mobile users. It offers server management, network security patching, extensive data backup, email recovery and business services that create highly resilient client solutions. All of these services are managed by Pragmatix 24x7.

Including IBM Express Managed Services (email recovery, email/web security, online backup, disaster recovery) and SMB server hosting, Pragmatix Gold incorporates several IGS offerings.

Pragmatix president, Bill Abram, said that secure and reliable systems are important to organizations of all sizes. He said: "Since creating Pragmatix Gold in 2006, we have seen an increase in the needs for the managed services this solution provides. Our clients' success and demand for safe, reliable systems reflects the importance of Pragmatix Gold, and we are pleased to be recognized again for our quality service and innovation".

Being professionally managed at a secure IBM e-Business Hosting Facility, Pragmatix Gold™ provides a dedicated installed IBM xSeries server.

Pragmatix Gold™ also includes the Microsoft Small Business Server suite, which consists of secure remote access, corporate intranet, web site hosting, Outlook e-mail and shared calendars, secure file server, SQL database and SharePoint collaboration tools, mobile messaging, anti-virus and anti-spam services.

Award recipients will be acknowledged at the invitation-only IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference in Los Angeles from April 30, 2008 through May 2, 2008.