M&S Technologies announces acquisition of P2 Professional Services

PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 13, 2009 – Dallas, TX –   M&S Technologies Inc., a leading Network Security Value Added Reseller (VAR) announced today the acquisition of P2 Professional Services, a dynamic services company, who for the last four years, has been showcasing it’s talent in the Federal, Enterprise and Medium business segments.

Mark Miller, Partner at M&S Technologies stated “Phil has done a tremendous job over the past decade creating an organization that is service oriented and delivers real value to their customers.  By having such a continuous focus on the customer; P2 has built a strong reputation in the industry for quality engineers, engineering services and timeliness.  I am impressed with the impeccable quality and value P2 is able to bring to its customers.  P2 also has great relationships with McAfee Security and other leaders in our industry.  This acquisition will take M&S to the next level.”

Phil Wood, President of P2 Professional Services, stated, “I am excited to have the opportunity for P2 to join M&S Technologies.   I am impressed with Mark and Sean’s track record and their reputation in the industry.  I am also very excited to have the chance to merge our services with their solutions to meet the opportunities before us, and the prospects going forward.”

“In the ever changing environment of Network Security and with the current economic concerns, acquiring a company like P2 Professional Services allows us to offer our customers much more value and gives them peace of mind in the Network Security solutions offered by M&S Technologies, without the burden of adding overhead on their side”, added Sean Stenovitch, Partner at M&S Technologies.

Phil Wood will join M&S as the Vice President of Services, as well as a member of the Board of Managers.   Phil will be over all engineering and training services M&S has to offer, while expanding M&S’s breadth of service offerings to better serve their customers.
About Phil Wood: Phil Wood has spent the past 12 years in the contingency and staff augmentation industry, specializing in business development primarily in the security software industry.  Phil has been responsible for staffing and running multiple large scale software deployment projects for several large software companies.  Phil’s experience and knowledge has been one of the primary drivers behind the success of the Consulting/Implementation division of P2 Solutions.

About M&S Technologies:  Based in the Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex for over 5 years, M&S Technologies is a Network Security VAR offering an array of state of the art technologies and solutions to meet the most demanding security requirements of IT environments.  M&S also provides technical resources and pre and post sales support to its customers such as design, implementation, troubleshooting, and vulnerability assessments.  M&S Technologies specializes in products such as: Barracuda, Bluecoat, Checkpoint, F5, Fortinet, Juniper, McAfee, RSA, Sonicwall, Sophos, and Websense. The Partners, Mark Miller and Sean Stenovitch , have a combined 20 years of experience in the Network Security market in the Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex.