Alpheon President/CEO PASSES MSPALLIANCE CERTIFIED MANAGED SERVICES PROFESSIONAL EXAM

Raleigh, NC – Greg Donovan today announced that he has passed the MSPAlliance’s Managed Services Professional Certification (CMSP). CMSP is the first program of its kind, specifically designed to ensure that individuals employed in the managed services industry are meeting and exceeding the highest levels of ethics, education, work experience, as well as possessing a strong combination of both business and technical requirements.

"The MSPAlliance Certified Managed Services Professional exam is a rigorous test that benchmarks and verifies the quality of the individual providing managed services,” said Charles Weaver, MSPAlliance president. "We are very proud to have Mr. Donovan as a part of this prestigious body of managed services professionals.”

CMSP was created using a wide base of criteria that encompasses many disciplines in the managed service profession. By testing for the skills and business criteria that matter to customers, the CMSP ensures that the individual has met a high level of professional and business practices.

“Completion of the CMSP is a milestone in the development of Alpheon Corporation”, said Donovan.  “This distinction reinforces the devotion that Alpheon has taken to provide the highest level of service and integrity to our customers.  We view this endorsement by the MSP Alliance as a resounding affirmation of the work we are doing every day for our customers.”

Certified Managed Services Professionals are required to pass a written exam, possess a minimum of IT related work experience and/or education, as well as have a strong understanding of the Managed Service Provider’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.

About MSPAlliance
The MSPAlliance is the world’s largest professional association and accrediting body for the Managed Services Industry.  Comprised of more than 8,000 managed service providers (MSPs) and service enabling technology vendors, the MSPAlliance works in a collaborative effort to define, promote and educate the Managed Services Industry and the end-user consumer on the adoption and successful use of technology through Managed Services. The MSPAlliance is committed to increasing reliability and dependability in the industry surrounding the value and benefit of using Managed Service Providers to provide a wide range of mission-critical services. In addition, the MSPAlliance collects data on the practice of managed services on behalf of its members, to help them increase the value delivery of IT to the organizations they serve. For more information about the MSPAlliance please visit www.mspalliance.com

About Alpheon Corporation
Alpheon is IT the way it should be. Located in the heart of the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, it provides businesses with information technology management and services from the area’s most friendly, patient and skilled technology engineers and account managers. Through its propriety Assure® services platform, it proactively monitors and manages customers’ networks to prevent issues before they disrupt business. Customers spanning the eastern U.S. over a variety of industries - healthcare, legal, finance, biotechnology and pharmaceutical, construction and engineering and professional services – depend on Alpheon Assure® to keep their networks safe, secure and reliable. Alpheon is ranked as the #3 managed service provider in the country by MSPmentor.net and is consistently named one of the “Best Places to Work” by American City Business Journals. Alpheon’s leadership, processes, and roster of happy clients are what make it one of the top managed service providers (MSPs) in the nation. For more information, visit http://www.Alpheon.com