CRI Selected Certified Deployment Partner by LANDesk

August 31, 2006 - Bedford, MA - Continental Resources, Inc. (CRI), a leading provider of comprehensive I.T. solutions, announced today that they have been selected as a certified partner on the launch of LANDesk’s “Certified Deployment Partner Program”. The program aims to align LANDesk with their strongest resellers to provide first-class solution design, implementation and deployment of LANDesk products to their customers. Certifications are given to partners that in LANDesk’s view, have demonstrated exceptional technical understanding and expertise. Currently, CRI is amongst one of only six resellers in the United States to have earned Certified Deployment status.  
 
“This certification lets customers know that LANDesk has reviewed and approved associated statements of work and deployment design and services," said Joe Meier, President Network America, Inc. "This gives the customer confidence that we are providing them excellent service by the best technicians and that the deployment is backed by LANDesk."
 
“It is an honor to be selected from all our competition. Being distinguished from other I.T. solutions providers reinforces CRI’s position as a technical solutions leader in the I.T. industry – not only in the eyes of end users, but also in the eyes of our vendors. CRI looks forward to working closely with LANDesk to provide our customers the most reliable and worry-free deployment possible,” said Ann Dempsey, Marketing Director at Continental Resources, Inc.
 LANDesk will work closely with CRI to integrate their internal business processes and collaborate on customer proposals, statements of work and actual deployment activity. Their customers will also received regular deployment status updates, certified deployment engineers to perform deployment, deployment 'health' verified at the end of the engagement and expert training course curriculum development..
 
 
About Continental Resources, Inc.
Since 1962 Continental Resources (CRI) has been a trusted provider of comprehensive IT solutions. Solutions ranging from managed services to data management; from networks to security; from systems integration to VoIP; from storage and backup to directory services, and more. Backed by technical employees who average 8 to 15 years of engineering, and/or sales experience, CRI has the unprecedented level of product knowledge and expertise to meet the ever changing I.T. demands of Fortune 2000 businesses. CRI partners with the industry leading manufacturers such as LANDesk, Sun Microsystems, IBM, HP, EMC, Cisco, Symantec, and Oracle to provide clients with state-of-the-art custom fit technical solutions that specifically match their needs. Headquartered in the heart of the Route 128 High Tech Belt in Bedford, MA, CRI has offices in major metropolitan areas around the country. To learn more, please go to www.continentalresouces.com/solutions.
 
About LANDesk LANDesk is a leading provider of systems, security, and process management solutions for desktops, servers and mobile devices across the enterprise. LANDesk enables thousands of organizations to easily deploy and use end-to-end management solutions. LANDesk is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with offices located in the Americas, Europe and Asia, and can be found on the Web at http://www.landesk.com/, or by calling 1-800-982-2130.

 
Note: LANDesk has announced that it signed a letter of intent on April 27, 2006 to be purchased by Avocent Corporation, with expected completion in 60-75 days.