Clifton Park, New York, June 4, 2010– With the state budget in flux, a group of eleven global technology companies, including nfrastructure, headquartered in Clifton Park, N.Y., was recognized for their part in helping to stimulate economic development.  The group was honored by the New York State Chief Information Officer/Office for Technology (CIO/OFT) for its participation with Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MWBE).  The second Technology Sector MWBE Champions Forum was held at the State Capitol on May 18, 2010.

The goal of the CIO/OFT is to work with the corporate technology sector and other state agencies to increase the participation level of MWBEs in technology state vendor contracts to twenty percent by the end of 2010. 

“We are extremely pleased nfrastructure supports our goal to raise the level of woman and minority-owned business participation in State IT procurements and is dedicated to strengthening our state’s economy,” said Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, New York State Chief Information Officer and Director of the Office for Technology. “CIO/OFT is committed to the growth of minority-owned, women-owned and small businesses throughout New York State.  This can only be achieved by the commitment of our technology partners.”

nfrastructure was asked to highlight its success story with an MWBE company on a state IT procurement at the Champions Forum. nfrastructure has long been a supporter of MWBEs and Daniel Pickett, President and CEO of nfrastructure, shared specifically his companies’ experiences with Trightec. “Our relationship began over five years ago and has been mutually rewarding as we’ve shared insight and together learned to be focused in target products and markets,” said Pickett. “nfrastructure has taken the time to learn about our company, provide intellectual capital, relationship capital and funding for Trightec to pursue our dreams,” said Dr. Alex Marsal, Trightec, CEO. 

In addition to nfrastructure, the ten companies who are on track to achieve CIO/OFT's IT supplier diversity goals for 2010 in New York State technology contracts include: CMA, Dell, EMC², Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Tandberg, Unisys, and Xerox.

About nfrastructure:
nfrastructure helps large enterprises design, build and operate mission-critical technology infrastructure. Combining proven methods and tools, world-class engineering talent, on-site technical service in every major North American market and tightly integrated low cost remote support, nfrastructure collaborates with customers to deliver sustainable disruptive value. With industry practices in public sector, financial services, retail, healthcare, technology, communications, public safety and energy, nfrastructure works with leading technology hardware and software vendors to provide comprehensive data center, network, security, unified communications, end-point, structured cabling, staffing and outsourcing solutions.