PEPPM Awards Emergent Contract for ConnectSolutions, MeetingOne and Red Hat Products and Services

VIENNA, Va., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Emergent, LLC, an award-winning small business and IT solutions provider, today announced that they have been awarded multiple contracts by the PEPPM Technology Bidding and Purchasing Program for ConnectSolutions, MeetingOne and Red Hat software products and services.

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Established in 1982 in Pennsylvania as a statewide purchasing program for computers, PEPPM has grown into a national contract program that, in addition to computers, also includes items such as networking and telecommunications equipment, printers, peripherals and software along with other branded technology products. PEPPM, as a national cooperative purchasing program, is available to all K-14 and higher education institutions, State & Local Governments and authorities in all 50 States.

"The PEPPM award allows our team to provide our customers with a total cost of ownership (TCO) benefit based on efficiencies associated with the use of these solutions," said Paul Kohler, Vice President of Emergent, LLC. The award includes the solutions provided by three of Emergent's top strategic partners: ConnectSolutions, MeetingOne and Red Hat. Together with Emergent, these three partners provide a complete catalogue of cloud, collaboration and cost effective solutions, specifically:

• ConnectSolutions allows State & Local government IT departments to host their web conferencing and unified communication solutions on a FISMA compliant cloud;
• MeetingOne provides audio conferencing solutions that can be integrated with other collaboration tools, such as Adobe Connect; and,
• Red Hat offers high-quality and cost effective enterprise solutions driven by open source technologies.

As a cooperative purchasing program, PEPPM is designed to decrease costs, reduce paperwork, increase service levels by providing procurement efficiency for products like ConnectSolutions, MeetingOne and Red Hat.

About Emergent
Emergent is an award winning Value Added Reseller (VAR) and GSA Schedule Holder (GS-35F-0119W) providing comprehensive IT solutions including solution architecture, product acquisition, consulting and training services.  Emergent offers complimentary technology solutions including, Adobe, Red Hat, Symantec, Google, Cisco, Serena and VeriSign, among others within the government, commercial, education and healthcare sectors.  For more information, visit http://www.emergent360.com or http://emergent360.com/opensource.

SOURCE Emergent, LLC