Azaleos Named Finalist in Washington Technology Industry Association Awards.

Company Shortlisted in Service Provider of the Year Category

SEATTLE -- Azaleos([R]) Corporation, the managed Microsoft Exchange services company, today announced that it was selected as a finalist in the 14th Annual Washington Technology Industry Association's (WTIA) Industry Achievement Awards in the Service Provider of the Year category.

Each year, WTIA acknowledges Washington companies and organizations that demonstrate outstanding innovation and excellence in technology. The winner in the Service Provider of the Year category will be recognized for supplying the most exemplary technology service to the industry. This vendor will have demonstrated effective use of technology to bring extraordinary quality, creativity and responsiveness to customers, and will have regularly exceeded their customers' expectations.

"We are honored to have been selected as a Finalist in the WTIA Achievement Awards," said Scott Gode, vice president of product management for Azaleos. "Our unique hybrid services provide organizations who want to outsource the management of their Microsoft Exchange e-mail systems an alternative to hosted e-mail providers. Unlike hosted e-mail, Azaleos OneStop services allow companies to keep their e-mail infrastructure and data safely in-house, while off-loading care and maintenance to our expert staff. Generally we can save companies up to 10% of the cost of hosted e-mail providers and up to 50% of the cost to manage their email themselves."

The WTIA will announce the winners at its annual Industry Achievement Awards party on March 25. This year's celebration, which will be held at The Paramount Theater, also marks the 25th anniversary of the WTIA. The event will be catered by Tom Douglas and will feature interactive gaming lounges, a technology showcase, and a look back at the past 25 years of the local technology community.

For more information about the awards, online voting, or to register for the awards ceremony, visit www.washingtontechnology.org/IAA.

Azaleos OneStop Managed Services

Azaleos provides a hybrid set of remote management services for Microsoft Exchange and Blackberry Enterprise Server. The company's 24/7 network operations center is staffed by highly trained experts who continuously monitor, manage and fix customers' Microsoft Exchange systems. These services enable Azaleos customers to redirect their internal IT resources from day-to-day e-mail management to focus on more strategic initiatives that drive their business. Azaleos allays privacy and security concerns, since customers retain confidential Exchange data behind their corporate firewall. The modular lineup of Azaleos OneStop managed Exchange services cover real-time monitoring, management, and maintenance of customers' physical or virtual Exchange environment on a 24x7 basis, as well as anti-virus/anti-spam protection, mobile connectivity management, business continuity, dual-site disaster recovery, and archival/storage of e-mail.

About Azaleos

Azaleos Corporation provides 24X7 remotely managed messaging services for enterprises with on-premise installations of Microsoft Exchange Server and Blackberry Enterprise Server. Azaleos OneServer and OneStop Services offer remote monitoring, management, maintenance, and reporting, which enable an organization's IT staff to focus on strategic technology initiatives. Azaleos solutions can be installed and up and running in less than one day. A Microsoft Gold Certified partner, Azaleos was founded in 2004 and is led by senior executives from Microsoft, IBM, and Lotus. For more information visit www.azaleos.com.