July 20, 2007 - VARBusiness named Align Communications to its top 500 list, which includes industry leaders such as IBM Global Services, EDS and Accenture. Companies selected by the business magazine for the list are North America’s largest solution providers. They are culled from some 30,000 companies and evaluated through financial statements, Security and Exchange Commission documents, Internet searches and interviews with company executives and vendors.

“We are honored to be recognized by VARbusiness and to be included in this prestigious group,” said Scott Mayers, Director of Converged Network Communications, “Align’s clients benefit from our expertise with leading technology solutions."

About VARBusiness 
For the past 19 years, VARBusiness’ strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, www.varbusiness.com.

About Align Communications, Inc. 
Align Communications, Inc. is a global information technology (IT) solutions company. Since 1986, Align's professionals have used a proven Total Project ManagementSM method and the latest technologies to successfully resolve technology challenges for the world's leading firms. Headquartered in New York, Align Communications has offices in London, Chicago and Princeton. For more information, visit www.align.com.

Align Communications to exhibit at SIFMA's 27th annual Technology Management Conference & Exhibit in New York City from June 19-21

NEW YORK - May 25, 2007- Align Communications will exhibit at the 2007 Technology Management Conference and Exhibit at the New York Hilton from June 19-21.  This is Align's third straight year exhibiting at the show and this year we will showcase our data center solutions: Data Center Design, Server Migration and Asset Point. 

Register here for free before 12 pm on June 18, 2007.

Align Communications Relocates New York Headquarters
To 55 Broad Street

NEW YORK - March 30, 2007- Align Communications announced today that it has relocated its New York headquarters to the entire 6th Floor at 55 Broad Street in lower Manhattan. The move, to facilitate the expansion of its US operations, sees the company relocating to the heart of the Financial Services district and into one of New York's most technology-advanced buildings.

“The relocation of our headquarters comes at an incredibly exciting time for the company”, said James Dooling, President of Align. “In 2006 Align celebrated our 20th year in business, and recent sales wins and our strategic sales & marketing expansion drove the need for a larger facility. We also now have the space to expand our partner demo facility, and to consolidate personnel from three different midtown offices into one contiguous space." 

Align selected 55 Broad Street because it offers a great combination of access to its client base, an excellent working environment and advanced on-site facilities.

Denser Servers Lead to Increased Demand For Power and
Cooling in Data Centers

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=275712

Patrick Thibodeau
December 04, 2006 (Computerworld) LAS VEGAS -- Before starting construction of a new data center, Steven Olson, infrastructure manager at the Las Vegas Review Journal, visited about 40 existing ones to see how other IT managers approached cooling, power and design. “Most people are happy to let you in,” he said.

Olson’s employer, which operates a chain of newspapers, needed the new IT facility to meet the needs of its businesses, including an urgent requirement to upgrade and improve failing power systems. After his presentation at the Gartner data center conference here, Olson was peppered with questions by a group of attendees who sought details about his company’s data center, which was completed last spring.

They weren’t idle questions.

Gartner estimates that by 2008, about half of the world’s data centers will have insufficient power and cooling capacity to handle high-density servers. Indeed, many IT managers at the conference said they were planning or building new data centers, leasing additional space, or expanding or retrofitting an existing facility.

Mike Curtright, data center supervisor at Pemco Insurance Co. in Seattle, said his company recently signed a long-term lease for data center space in a facility built during the dot-com era. Originally a mainframe shop, Pemco has been moving to dense blade servers. But while many applications have been migrated from the mainframe to the blade systems, not all are being moved, because power and cooling demands are increasing. “We’re running out of chilling capacity,” Curtright said.

Data center managers must also decide which technologies to use to power and cool their systems. There’s an assortment of approaches to choose from, but some are still very new.

For instance, Barclays Capital, a division of Barclays Bank PLC in London, is using a carbon dioxide system to chill some of its servers. Paul Flatt, a consultant who is working on the project, said that although the CO2 system is more expensive than a water-based one, it’s more resilient and efficient.

There are even cooling technologies that spray a nonconductive agent directly onto processors to prevent them from overheating.

But Gary Comens, IT manager at Raytown School District in Missouri, said he will approach these new cooling technologies cautiously. “I don’t know if we know what the long-term effects are of using these new substances on computer chips,” he said.

Another approach, computational fluid design, is being used by data center managers to eliminate hot spots by examining airflows and relocating servers to the best possible sites within IT facilities, said Align Communications Inc., a data center design firm in New York.

Align Communications Presents at Gartner Data Center Conference

November 28, 2006– Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, is participating in Gartner's 25th Annual Data Center Conference in Las Vegas November 28 - December 1st, 2006.

Michael Bell, Senior Research Analyst with Gartner has invited Align to participate in a panel discussion on "Power and Cooling Issues in the Data Center." Align's presentation addresses the challenges companies face when introducing new, high-density server technologies in today's data centers.

Joining Align in the panel discussion is Paul Flatt of HurleyPalmerFlatt, a UK-based consultancy specialzing in Building Services Engineering, Structural Engineering, IT and Communications, and FM and Property Consulting. He will discuss the unique TROX & Star Refrigeration cooling solution for data centres using C02. With this revolutionary product, facilities can not only handle far greater heat loads in smaller spaces, but remain completely neutral in their impact on the environment.

Align Communications International, Ltd.
Expands Sales Force with the Hiring of Steve Beber

November 14, 2006– Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, announced a significant hire in its London office - Steve Beber has been tasked with leading our sales organization towards increased brand awareness and recognition.

Steve Beber joins Align with a broad knowledge of the Facilities Management and Commercial Relocations industry stemming from his over 15 years of both hands-on and managerial experience.

“Steve is a valuable addition to a highly-motivated staff in our London office,” says James Dooling, President of Align Communications. “We’re look to him to bring extensive industry experience, help raise Align’s profile in the marketplace and create a very positive influence within our growing organisation.”

Prior to joining Align, Steve was with Total Move Solutions where he was responsible for the management, leadership and motivation of 30 + administration & operation staff. Prior to that, he served in many sales and business development roles, accountable for evolving new service offerings to meet consumer demand. With an industry in constant change, Steve’s new role will allow him to use an innovative approach in an organisation driven towards leading the industry.

Align Communications and Future Facilities Partner
To Expand & Strengthen Next Generation Data Center Design Practice

NEW YORK/LONDON – September 14, 2006 – Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, and Future Facilities, a leading computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software developer today announced a partnership to jointly develop and market next generation data center solutions.

The partnership will leverage Align’s 20 years of experience designing & deploying advanced data centers for world-class businesses, with Future Facilities real-time, real-equipment modeling software. This combination of proven design process with next generation tools will allow companies unparalleled insight into their data center operations.

“We are excited to join forces with Future Facilities,” said James Dooling, President of Align Communications. “Future Facilities offers our engineers another cutting-edge tool to advance our methodology of advanced data center design & deployments.”

“As a new company with a pioneering approach, we are extremely happy to have an established and visionary company such as Align as a partner.” Says Hassan Moezzi, CEO of Future Facilities Ltd. “By adopting the concept of the Virtual Facility (VF) using our unique software tool sets, Align engineers will be able to address issues that are currently challenging the industry.”

Align’s core business is developing data center strategies to address today’s business & technology requirements. Future Facilities intuitive software offers Align engineers clear insight into the modeling necessary to plan new data centers and retrofit existing ones. Through the interface between Future Facilities CFD modeling software and Align’s Asset Point? IT asset management software, Align’s engineers can now plan precise placement of technology assets within the data center to more accurately predict heating and cooling needs. These 3-D virtual models show the thermal/environmental behavior of the facility – down to the granular level of individual pieces of equipment. This allows for exceptional flexibility in planning equipment layouts, load distribution and cooling cycles.

In North America and the UK, Align's Data Center Design Practice focuses on new data center designs, server migration & relocations and survival strategies for existing data centers. In the US, Align will also serve as a sales and consulting arm for Future Facilities.

ABOUT FUTURE FACILITIES
Future Facilities Ltd was formed in January 2004 with a view to develop new and groundbreaking methodology for the design and operation of mission critical data centers. Our unique approach consists of a suite of products and services enabling optimal design and operation of a facility during its entire lifetime. Our aim is to minimize the risk of thermally induced downtimes, and increase the overall manageability and performance of the data center. For more information, visit www.futurefacilities.com

Align Communications Deploys Converged Data Network and Wireless IP Telephony System for New Innovene Headquarters

July 19, 2006- Read how Align Communications designed and deployed a fully redundant, high-availability network with wireless Cisco components, allowing employees to easily roam and confer while staying available to incoming calls for Innovene's new headquarters.

To read more, click here.

Align Communications to Exhibit at SIA Management Conference

NEW YORK, NY - May 19, 2006- Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, will exhibit at the SIA Technology Management Conference from June 20-22, 2006 at Booth 3123. Align will showcase its growing data center practice, its server consolidation and migration solution, plus the IT asset management program Asset Point™. The highly trained and certified professionals of Align will convey why financial firms have turned to Align to design, consolidate, migrate and manage complex data center projects for the past 20 years.

Register here for free before 12 pm on June 19, 2006.

Align helps meet your business needs for today, and provide scalability and flexibility for your requirements tomorrow.

Insurance & Technology - "Tough Calls" Jan. 2006
Cover Story By Anthony O'Donnell, featuring
Diane Halliwell, Director of Contact Centers

PM Network - Empowering Executive Decisions, Oct. 2005
By Peter Fretty, featuring Mark McNally, Senior Project Manager

Empowering Executive Decisions

PM Network is a publicaton of the Project Management Institute.

Contact Centers: Is it Time to Stop Treating the Symptoms?
By Diane Halliwell, Director of Contact Centers

Align's Contact Center article

Featured in the Avaya Consultant Newsletter October 2005

Align Communications Launches Princeton, NJ Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEW YORK, NY - July 19, 2005 - Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, announced the expansion of its offices to Princeton, NJ in an effort to better serve leading firms in the Greater Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware areas. The new office is part of Align’s continuous endeavors to be the premiere global provider of IT solutions and provide optimal services to our customers.

“We are excited to bring Align’s full suite of technology solutions to this geographic region. Our specialists can rapidly address our clients’ needs in a more effective manner and be readily available in this key market area,” said James Dooling, President of Align Communications. “Most importantly, with a localized presence, Align can provide our clients with greater availability, flexibility and scalability in their technology solutions.”

Align’s new Princeton office will be led by director Gene Mullaney. Gene has 35 years of experience in IT Project Management, Voice, Cable Infrastructure and Equipment Room Design. He has overseen the completion of projects in numerous industries including banking, financial, hotel, healthcare, non-profit, educational and retail organizations, all ranging in size from 50 users to over 5,000 users.

The Princeton office will accompany offices already located in New York, London and Chicago.

Align Communications to Hold Complimentary Seminar at Cisco

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEW YORK, NY - June 27, 2005 - Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology solutions company, will hold a complimentary seminar, "The Connected Enterprise: Increasing workforce effectiveness", on July 22, 2005 from 8:30 am- 11:00 am. At the seminar, Align will demonstrate how IP Communications can increase productivity and lower total cost of ownership. Attendees will discover why IP Communications is an important component of a survivable, highly flexible and adaptable communications infrastructure. Additionally, Cisco's award-winning technology will be showcased including unified messaging, video telephony and IP Communicator.

The Connected Enterprise: Increasing workforce effectiveness
Date: July 22, 2005
Time: 8:30 am -11:00 am
Location: Cisco Systems, New York, NY

Please call 212.207.2620 or email us at info@align.com to register.

Align Communications to Exhibit at SIA Management Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEW YORK, NY - June 7, 2005 - Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, will exhibit at the SIA Technology Management Conference from June 21-23, 2005 at Booth 3118. Align will showcase its full suite of IT solutions, including large scale relocations, network integration, IP communications, voice and data convergence, technology room design and build, and our IT asset management program Asset Point™. Additionally, our highly trained and certified professionals will illustrate how we deploy our solutions through our unique Total Project Management method. Our three phased method of strategic analysis and design, deployment and implementation, and knowledge transfer and support will ensure maximum value is gained through all of our solutions.

Register here for free before June 20, 2005.

Align helps meet your business needs for today, and provide scalability and flexibility for your requirements tomorrow.

Align Communications Launches Convergence Solution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEW YORK, NY - February 22, 2005 - Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, announced the launch of the Convergence solution. Align's Convergence professionals use a business needs discovery method to develop high-value converged communications solutions and the requisite processes, procedures and technology to support them.

"In a market where it is imperative to leverage advanced technology, Align has a unique ability to provide innovative converged communication solutions," said James Dooling, president of Align Communications. "Our Convergence Solutions are delivered by teams of experts with highly developed processes and methodologies. Working with many of the world's top firms, we have developed highly functional, efficient communications solutions that create competitive business advantages."

The Convergence solution naturally evolves from Align's outstanding track record of delivering innovative and highly effective technology solutions:

- Focus Areas: Contact centers; trading floors; help desks; IP and hybrid PBXs
-Interoperability: Unified messaging; CTI; database and directory structures; IP appliance software
-Technology Refresh: IP communications; IP telephony; Voice over IP (VoIP)

"The value Align Communications brings to a client is our ability to define business requirements and to apply the appropriate technology to meet those requirements. We understand and appreciate that the adoption of even the most appropriate technology must have effective business processes supporting it," explained Diane Halliwell, director of contact center solutions. "The philosophy of being totally accountable from inception to delivery is at the core of all our Convergence solutions."

Senior Project Manager Bill Nappi Joins Align Communications
Brings 25 years of IT solutions experience to a growing team

NEW YORK, NY - January 18, 2005 - Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, announced today that seasoned expert Bill Nappi has joined Align's New York headquarters as a senior project manager.

We are excited to welcome Bill to the Align team, especially in such an exciting growth period for both Align and the industry," said James Dooling, president of Align Communications, "Bill's leadership skills, extensive experience and keen understanding of IT project management, make him uniquely qualified to ensure we continue to meet the current and future needs of our customers."

For 25 years Bill Nappi has satisfied customers on complex technology projects as both an employee and as an outside consultant. Nappi has been a senior IT professional for companies such as Shearson Lehman and Chase and later leveraged this experience to provide project management, design and consulting expertise for many customers while working at TSL and CS Technology. This wide breath of experience and market knowledge has made Nappi an invaluable resource when clients are seeking a highly respected technology project manager to successfully complete complex projects.

This addition shows Align's commitment to recruiting the best professionals with solid experience in major technology projects. Align continually strives to exceed its customers' expectations using its Total Project Management method, which is comprised of a proven process, the most experienced and dedicated people and state-of-the-art tools.

"Bill brings a vast amount of industry experience and a spotless reputation and track record," Dooling shared, "We look forward to him using his talents to help tackle our customers' toughest IT challenges."