Christo Consulting, Small Business IT Support Firm acquires Pro-Tech Resources

New acquisition delivers fast, professional IT services to small business customers in the Philadelphia area.

[Philadelphia, PA] — [February 1, 2007] — Christo Consulting, LLC announced today that it has acquired Pro-Tech Resources of Paoli, PA as of February 1, 2007.  The acquisition solidifies Christo as one of the premier Small Business IT Support Companies in the Philadelphia Region.

Christo Consulting, LLC founded in 1999, is a Microsoft Certified Partner, with the Microsoft Small Business Specialist designation.  Christo was the first Partner in the Philadelphia region to earn this designation. Pro-Tech Resources, based in Paoli, PA has been focused on Small Business IT in the Philadelphia region for over 5 years. 

“We are extremely pleased to have this unique opportunity.”, says Chris Schalleur of Christo Consulting, LLC.  "With Christo's dedication to proactive service and customer satisfaction, we will no doubt be able to build upon Pro-Tech's exemplary service record.  There will be an obvious transition period over the next few weeks.  We have already met with a large majority of the Pro-Tech customers, and plan to develop relationships with many more as we move forward."

Christo Consulting provides technology solutions that help small businesses grow. It’s goal is to provide your business with a secure, reliable, and productive computing environment to run your business.  For more information regarding Christo Consulting, LLC please visit www.christoconsulting.com.

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New designation distinguishes Christo Consulting as expert in small-business solutions and services. (Downloadable version is available at the bottom of this page)

[Philadelphia, PA] — [August 1, 2005] — Microsoft Corp. today announced Christo Consulting has become the first Small Business Specialist in Philadelphia. To attain this new designation, Christo Consulting has demonstrated expertise in planning and building solutions for small businesses. As part of the Small Business Specialist Community, Christo Consulting will receive a rich set of benefits from Microsoft, including access to training specifically designed for the small-business industry, small-business marketing materials for reuse, special partner offers, and the ability to use the Small Business Specialist logo in marketing materials, which can help give the company a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

The Small Business Specialist Community, available as a competency-like designation as part of the Microsoft® Partner Program, was developed in response to input from customers and partners that expressed a need to build easier connections that enable small-business customers to quickly and easily identify technology partners best suited to support them.

“Small businesses are looking for partner companies that understand their unique business needs,” said Dave Monahan, Greater Pennsylvania Area General Manager, Microsoft Small and Midmarket Solutions & Partner Group. “With resources like the Small Business Specialist Community and the partner locator tool on the Microsoft Small Business Center Web site, it will be much easier for Philadelphia’s small businesses to identify local partners that are best able to address their specific needs. We are confident this offering will help Christo Consulting reach its full potential by creating more visibility, opportunity and demand in the local small-business segment.”

“Christo Consulting is extremely pleased with our status as a new Small Business Specialist,” said Christopher Schalleur, Partner. “This special designation allows Christo Consulting to effectively promote ourselves to customers as having proven expertise in delivering high-value, strategic solutions for small businesses. For Philadelphia’s customers, Small Business Specialist status provides Christo Consulting with early line of sight to new products, services and programs from Microsoft, which can extend the value we bring to our client relationships.”

As one of the requirements for attaining Small Business Specialist status, Christo Consulting had to pass Microsoft’s Small Business Sales and Marketing Skills Assessment, designed to test the company’s knowledge of the dynamics and dependencies of the small-business market, as well as the value to small business of several software solutions, including Windows® XP Professional, Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows Small Business Server 2003. In addition, at least one individual in the company had to pass a certification exam that measures the ability to design and implement solutions for the small and medium-sized business by using Windows Small Business Server 2003 and the Windows Server System™.

The Small Business Specialist Community was announced earlier this month at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2005. To enroll, partners can go to https://partner.microsoft.com/smallbizspecreadiness.  To find a Small Business Specialist in your area, visit http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/partner/vendorsearch.mspx.
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Small business owners increase productivity and efficiency with affordable Windows Small Business Server 2003 solution.  (Downloadable version of this release is available at the bottom of this page)

[Philadelphia, PA] — [January 10, 2005] — Christo Consulting today announced that it has received tremendous customer response as a result of delivering an integrated service offering using Microsoft technology to Christo’s small business owners in  Philadelphia, PA]. With Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Christo Consulting saves time and money by being able to manage the server from any location using Remote Desktop for Administration, which helps staff members provide quick responses to network issues that customers encounter.

Christo Consulting has been able to build customized solutions for customers to improve collaboration and ensure they can access the right information they need to make better business decisions. As a result, Christo’s customers are able to enhance their business efficiency and employee productivity by using more of the feature set in Windows Small Business Server 2003. With a relatively small budget and little or no IT staff, they now have a solution that is affordable and simple to use, enabling them to reach more customers and serve them better by focusing on their business, not technology.

"It's easy to demonstrate to customers how quickly they get a return on investment with Microsoft technology,” said Christopher Schalleur, Partner at Christo Consulting. With Windows Small Business Server 2003, customers can understand the value that this investment offers and it makes my job easy because people can confidently rely on the power of their network.”

Key feature enhancements by integrating with Windows Small Business Server 2003 include email and networking capabilities, internet connectivity with security safeguards, team communication and collaboration environment to share documents and information using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, remote connectivity, support for mobile devices, file and printer sharing, monitoring and reporting tools, backup and restoring capabilities.

"It's very gratifying to hear from partners like Christo Consulting that Microsoft continues to help small businesses grow and prosper with Windows Small Business Server 2003,” said Greg Savage, Partner at Microsoft Corp. “Knowing we've made a difference gets us super excited about the journey ahead and the amazing potential of software to be part of the small business reality.”

Christo Consulting is dedicated to delivering reliable and cost effective small business IT solutions.

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