FUSIONSTORM IS RECOGNIZED BY CISCO AS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER
Company Achieves Security Fast Start ATP

SAN FRANCISCO, December 16th, 2005 – FusionStorm, a national provider of IT Solutions, announced it has earned Security Fast Start ATP (Advanaced Technology Provider) status from Cisco Systems. This ATP designation is by invite only and recognizes FusionStorm for its knowledge and expertise in selling, designing, installing, and supporting a comprehensive network security solution.

The designation comes as a result of FusionStorm’s focused effort to increase its level of Cisco security sales and support capabilities. Additionally, FusionStorm met the rigorous requirements of the Cisco ATP program. Attaining the Security Fast Start ATP status required FusionStorm to fulfill the following job roles with qualified individuals who have met specific testing requirements: an account manager, responsible for Cisco security sales; a system engineer, responsible for Cisco security project coordination, and a field engineer responsible for the configuration, implementation and integration of the Cisco security solutions.

“FusionStorm is very pleased to have achieved this Cisco ATP designation,” said Terry Daus, FusionStorm V.P. of Security. “For over a decade we have secured the networks of hundreds of organizations, including Fortune 500 companies with complex multi-site networks, government agencies and small business. As a Cisco ATP – Security Fast Start Partner we have enhanced yet further our technical expertise and reputation for quality.”

“Security remains the top IT issue for our customers and therefore we are actively recruiting partners with a proven expertise in this market," said Edison Peres, vice president, Worldwide Channels Programs at Cisco Systems. "The Security Fast Start ATP enables us to help newly recruited partners quickly gain an expertise in Cisco security solutions, accelerating partner revenue opportunity as they work toward the required Cisco VPN/Security specialization. By achieving this ATP, FusionStorm has proven that they have the network security expertise to successfully deliver Cisco security solutions to our mutual customers.”

About FusionStorm
FusionStorm -- "Making Technology Work" -- is a leading national provider of IT products, professional services, support contract services and 24x7 managed services for enterprises of all sizes. The company assists organizations by providing complete solutions for system infrastructure, storage, networking, voice-over-IP communications, security, database, disaster recovery, managed hosting and remote managed services, both on-site and in the data center, with a focus on virtualization. FusionStorm is a VMware Premier Partner with offices located in San Francisco (HQ), Santa Clara, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, Albuquerque, Chicago, Dallas, Cincinnati, Bethesda, Boston, and Tampa, New York and New Jersey. The company's web site is www.fusionstorm.com and the toll-free phone is 800.228.TECH (8324).