Nexus, A Stratos Company Takes You to the Clouds 

Nexus to host skydiving event FRIDAY July 13th, 2012

Minneapolis, MN – July 3rd, 2012 – Nexus, A Stratos Company (Nexus) announced today it will be hosting a skydiving event for the IT community on Friday, July 13, 2012.Are You Cloud Superstitious? In today’s IT world, going to the “cloud” can cause a lot of uncertainty. Nexus is the trusted partner that can take you there and is ready to prove it by literally making the jump with you.

Nexus is launching their cloud services by providing guests an opportunity to join them in the clouds for a jump, or by viewing from the ground. The event will also include a briefing and lunch to further explain their cloud services offerings. The briefing will include information on the Nexus-Rackspace partnership, Nexus Managed and Cloud Services and private cloud creation with VMware and EMC.

“At Nexus we understand there is no single cloud offering that will meet every client's need,” said John DeRocker, President of Nexus. “We offer a broad range of hybrid and dedicated cloud solutions that integrate with existing environments, and we walk hand-in-hand with our clients along the way so that they don’t have to make the jump to cloud computing alone!”

Guests will arrive at West Side Skydivers in Winsted, MN at 10:00 AM where they will then participate in the briefing, lunch and training before the big jump starting at 1:00 PM.

For further information, please visit http://cloudsuperstitious.eventbrite.com/

About Nexus, A Stratos Company
Nexus, A Stratos Company (Nexus), is recognized as a regional leader in enterprise data center solutions and services with corporate headquarters out of Minneapolis, MN. From architecture design to implementation, Nexus’ core expertise is in virtual infrastructure, cloud computing, business continuity, data storage management, networking, client computing and managed services. Nexus is certified with the highest data center partnerships as an HP Elite Partner, IBM Premier Partner, Juniper Elite Partner, EMC Premier Partner and VMware Premier Partner. In 2011 Nexus was recognized for their innovation and leadership as CRN Tech Elite 250 Editor’s Choice, CRN 30 Cloud VARs that get IT, CRN Top 100 Healthcare VARs and listed seven consecutive years to the VAR 500. In 2012 Stratos Management Systems acquired Nexus to expand Nexus’ cloud computing solutions and services, and is operating and servicing Stratos’ Michigan and Florida offices. For more information visit us at http://www.nexus-stratos.com

About Stratos Management Systems
Stratos Management Systems, Inc. (Stratos), based in Atlanta, builds and manages hybrid IT environments including private cloud, public cloud and traditional infrastructure for enterprises throughout the central and southeastern United States. Stratos brings a team of industry veterans to grow the Stratos portfolio of solutions and services, as well as new markets, through strategic acquisitions and organic regional growth. In 2012 Stratos acquired Nexus, A Stratos Company and expanded offices into Michigan and Florida. For more information visit us at http://www.stratos-inc.com