NorthStar Utilities Solutions Partners with Aegisys to Provide Extended IT Services for Customers
OTTAWA, ON-16-February 2010- NorthStar Utilities Solutions, a division of Harris Computer Systems, announces its strategic partnership with Aegisys, IT Solutions Provider with offices in Canada and the US.
 The Aegisys partnership enables NorthStar Utilities Solutions to provide a wide range of technical services to its customers that can streamline their infrastructure, eliminate expensive overhead, minimize downtime, and provide increased expertise & efficiencies.  The primary concern on the minds of all IT Directors is the constant requirement to protect critical utility data and applications.  Aegisys has a variety of offerings to help Utility IT groups address these challenges in a cost effective and secure fashion.
  "Our relationship with Aegisys will enable our customers to take advantage of a full complement of  expert IT services and solutions", says Normand Daigle, NorthStar Utilities Solutions' Vice President of Business Operations.  "Aegisys has extensive knowledge of our industry, and our technical environment, and they have a proven track record for providing customers with quality IT solutions & service.  Aegisys is a great fit and complement our core service offerings very well."
"The partnership with NorthStar Utilities Solutions will allow us to offer a full spectrum of innovative solutions securely over the Internet to existing and future clients of NorthStar" said Rick Beyers , Aegisys President. "With solutions that span Hot Site Disaster Recovery, Data Warehousing, Server Hosting, and advanced IT support, it fits in perfectly with our mutual commitment to delivering the best product and service to our clients."
NorthStar Utilities Solutions, through the partnership with Aegisys, will also now be able to offer a range of other solutions & products ranging from extended IT Services & Server and Database Monitoring, to Windows Patch Management and Web & Exchange Hosting. 
 About Aegisys:
Aegisys offers business integration services to the growing ExclusiveNET NorthStar community which forges the Aegisys redundant Data Centers to your location anywhere there is an Internet connection making it appear as if they are in the "next room". Aegisys empowers your business with infused HOT SITE Disaster Recovery, real-time support with 24x7x365 LIVE monitoring services, database performance management and virtualized hosting for the diverse NorthStar software offerings through their secure 3rd party audited green networks.
For more information on how Aegisys' comprehensive IT services can deliver dedicated or supplementary remote support and service solutions DIRECT to your enterprise, please contact Ken Hayes or Rick Beyers, or visit Aegisys at:  http://northstar.aegisys.com .
Rick Beyers                                                                     
President      
Aegisys                                                                           
Email: rbeyers@aegisys.com                                                                            
Phone: 866-961-1805 Ext 160           
 
About NorthStar Utilities Solutions:
NorthStar has been serving the utility market for more than 30 years.  NorthStar provides utilities with integrated solutions for customer information and billing, financial management and meter data management.  Our 200 customer in North American and the Caribbean, benefit from our solutions that let utilities manage their revenues, deliver superior customer service and improve efficiencies while reducing total cost of ownership.
For additional information contact:
Ken Hayes
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
NorthStar Utilities Solutions
A division of Harris Computer Systems
256-686-1278  or  256-642-6368     
khayes@northstarutilities.com
 
For more information on NorthStar Utilities Solutions and the NorthStar product suite please visit our website at www.northstarutilities.com.
About Harris Computer Systems:
Since 1976, Harris has focused on providing feature-rich and robust turnkey solutions to public power
and water markets as well as all levels of local government throughout North America.  Harris' focus is
on creating long-term relationships with our customers and ensuring that we meet the changing needs
of our customers over time.  For further information on Harris Computer Systems, please visit our
website at http://www.harriscomputer.com or call 888-847-7747.
