TECHCARE NAMED ONE OF TOP 100 INTERNATIONAL MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS

Deerfield-based Techcare One of Three Chicago Area MSPs Named to the List

Nine Lives Media Report Identifies the World's Most Progressive MSPs

CHICAGO – February 11, 2010 – Techcare, LLC, formerly Graphtech Systems, a full-service IT support and consulting firm based in Deerfield, Ill., has made the third annual top 100 list of the world's top managed service providers (MSPs). MSPmentor 100 is a distinguished research report recently released by Nine Lives Media Inc.

"We are honored to be named one of top 100 best managed service providers in the world and in the Chicago area," said Techcare President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Feldman. "This recognition demonstrates that we are a trusted IT partner for our customers, providing them with reliable technology support and cost-effective IT solutions that exceed their expectations."

The free MSPmentor 100 report, available at www.MSPmentor.net, is based on data from MSPmentor's global online survey, conducted October through December 2009. The MSPmentor 100 report recognizes managed service providers based on a range of revenue and management metrics, including annual managed services revenue growth, number of devices managed and number of full-time technicians.

“Despite the challenging economy, MSPmentor 100 companies generated more than $700 million in combined recurring revenue and managed services revenue, up 31 percent from the companies’ combined results in 2008,” said Joe Panettieri, editorial director of MSPmentor. “Our report also reveals how MSPs are already profiting from SaaS and cloud services."

MSPmentor, produced by Nine Lives Media Inc., is the ultimate guide to managed services. MSPmentor features the industry's top-ranked blog, research, Webcasts, and FastChat videos. It is the number one online media destination for managed service providers in the world.

About Techcare, LLC
Techcare, formerly Graphtech Systems, is an IT consulting firm specializing in providing outsourced technology support and effective IT solutions for small- and medium-size businesses, non-profit organizations and schools in the Chicago area in a wide variety of industries, including health care, legal, accounting, architecture, financial services, education, manufacturing and graphic arts. Since 1987, Techcare has been providing clients with a comprehensive set of IT managed services, including monitoring, helpdesk, network management and planning, to assist them in fulfilling their business objectives. Techcare provides smaller organizations with access to enterprise-quality tools, technologies, processes and highly-trained technology experts, similar to the in-house IT infrastructure of Fortune 500 companies. Based in Deerfield, Ill., Techcare has been named one of the top 100 world's best managed service providers by MSP mentor. For more information, please visit www.techcare.com.

About Nine Lives Media Inc.
Nine Lives Media Inc. embraces the changing IT media landscape. In fact, we help to shape it. We focus on highly targeted IT audiences, specialized content. We disrupt established media markets and we shape new ones. Our first five destinations (MSPmentor.net, MSPtweet.com, TheVARguy.com, VARtweet.com and WorksWithU.com) feature the top-ranked media blogs and destinations in their specific markets. For more information, please visit www.ninelivesmediainc.com.

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Techcare
Gretchen Minx
Techcare
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Nine Lives Media
Joe Panettieri
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