Agilysys and Impole team to target utilities with SmartGrid Stimulus Funds

Waltham, Ma. June 6, 2010. Agilysys, Inc. of Solon, OH and Impole Corporation team to offer utilities with SmartGrid initiatives applying federal Stimulus dollars the combined capabilities of Agilysys' integration expertise and server and storage solutions. These utilities have projects in place that will demand more data management, business continuity and integration resources than these utilities have in order to meet the triple need of continuous power delivery, asset management and consumer expectations.

Today utilities are dealing with a flood of raw data from smart grid devices and systems that has to be transformed into useful information before it can be acted upon. Impole penetrates the utilities organizations and discusses their organization's needs and plans to implement SmartGrid initiatives, and then identifies those utilities that are a match for the capabilities of Agilysys.

About Agilysys

The Technology Solutions Group (TSG) of Agilysys, Inc., headquartered in Solon, OH, provides information technology (IT) solutions to corporate and public-sector customers primarily in North America. The TSG segment offers enterprise IT solutions, including enterprise architecture, infrastructure optimization, storage and resource management, identity management, and business continuity. This segment provides its solutions to education, finance, government, healthcare, and telecommunications industries.

About Impole Corporation

Founded in 1977, Impole Corporation is an acknowledged leader in the provision of field-derived (primary) tactical and strategic intelligence to enhance sales and marketing effectiveness for its clients. By integrating actionable account intelligence into the front end of their sales and marketing processes, Impole's clients reduce sales overhead while dramatically shortening their sales cycles. Impole's services help sales and marketing teams devise tactics which allow them to successfully navigate the complex decision-making structures of even the most complex enterprises.