February 11, 2013

Chris Ermis Joins eGroup as a Technical Consultant

eGroup Release

**Mt. Pleasant, S.C. **– February 11, 2013 – eGroup, the Southeast's leading provider of cloud, application andend-user computing services, today announced the addition of Chris Ermis to its expanding technical consultant team. Chris has over ten years of experience as a Cloud Solutions Architect, building and maintaining virtual infrastructures.

Chris will be based out of eGroup's corporate headquarters in Mt. Pleasant, and report to Mike Stokes, Director of Sales and Marketing. He'll support the sales team in understanding complex customer technology requirements and devise solutions to help connect IT with the client's business goals.

"Chris brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our team, especially in the areas of virtualization, storage, and server and desktop deployments," said Mike Stokes. "His leadership on past VDI and storage projects resulted in significant cost savings for his employer and equally as impressive efficiency gains for his user base. We look forward to having Chris work closely with our customers to help them immediately realize similar benefits."

Prior to joining eGroup, Chris worked for Sungard Public Sector as a Network and System Administrator. He provided oversight for datacenter operations of more than 100 virtual systems, while supporting 200 users. Prior to that, Chris served as an IT&S Systems Technician for Guilford College in Greensboro, NC.

Chris' professional certifications include: CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certification, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Windows 2000, and VMware Certified Professional (VCP) VMware Infrastructure 3.

Chris holds a Masters of Business Administration from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Guilford College.

About eGroup

Headquartered in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., eGroup provides innovative cloud, application and end-user computing services to businesses across the Southeast. One of the region's fastest growing companies and winner of the 2013 CRN "Tech Elite 250," eGroup's solutions drive customer revenue while reducing cost to maintain IT infrastructures. Visit www.eGroup-us.com or call 1.877.eGROUP.1 (1.877.347.6871) for more information.