[May 11, 2012]

Freudenberg IT Announces New Vice President of Technical Architecture for FIT's SAP® and Application Cloud Hosting Solutions

Freudenberg IT (FIT), an SAP (News - Alert)^® global hosting partner and SAP-certified provider of hosting and cloud services, has hired Jim Kunz as their Vice President of Technical Architecture. Jim will be responsible for the customer-facing role of technical support throughout the sales process; working closely with the FIT Engineering and Architecture teams to ensure customers are engaged, educated, and knowledgeable with respect to FIT's SAP and IT Services offerings.

Mr. Kunz has extensive IT Industry experience in e-business and application cloud solutions, complex hosting, services sales, application software development, commercial help desk and desktop services, business process, financial modeling, and management.

"Jim comes to us with nearly 30 years of experience working at IBM (News - Alert)," states Todd Kemmerly, SVP of Sales and Marketing, FIT Americas. "He has a wealth of experience in the IT infrastructure industry architecting solutions in support of mission-critical applications like SAP. We are very pleased to have Jim on our team."

Prior to joining FIT, Jim was a member of IBM's managed hosting and application cloud solution sales team for 11 years, where his last position was Client Solutions Executive of Sales for IBM's East region.

"I came to FIT because they have xceptional talent in their engineering, architecture, project, delivery, sales and leadership teams," said Jim. "To be successful in an SAP and application cloud hosting environment you must possess four intangibles: financial stability, technical innovation with rock star delivery, and competitive pricing. FIT has it all! I continue to be impressed with FIT's ability to offer real value to our customers while maintaining a rich company culture, along with a genuine focus on customer service. I am excited to have joined this team, and I've already seen examples where FIT has exceeded our customers' expectations with regard to the timeliness of solution responses and the commitment to meet our customers' delivery needs."

Mr. Kunz will be among the FIT SAP Executive and Technical teams on hand at SAPPHIRE NOW in booth 2823 on May 14-16, 2012 at the Orange (News - Alert) County Convention Center in Orlando. FIT encourages visitors to meet Jim and learn about the company's innovative SAP solutions.

About Freudenberg IT

Freudenberg IT (FIT) is a global provider of IT services for implementing, optimizing and operating IT systems. FIT specializes in mission-critical hosting capabilities across the globe using its world-class FIT-owned data centers. IT services include Managed Hosting Services (e.g. SAP, Exchange, etc.), LAN/WAN Management, Client Services, Helpdesk Services, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Disaster Recovery Services, and more. As an SAP-certified global provider of hosting and cloud services with over 40 years of experience running and hosting SAP, FIT is recognized as a strategic partner and top-tier hosting provider within the SAP ecosystem. FIT's customers benefit from its emphasis on mission-critical computing with extensive audits and certifications across most industries. FIT is part of the Freudenberg Group, a family-owned business of 160+ years, employing over 37,000 employees across 58 countries today and with solid financials of over €6 billion (a 9.6 percent increase over 2010) in annual revenues.

For more information, please visit: http://www.freudenberg-it.us

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