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Davenport Group, our partners and our customers have been creating some serious buzz. Exhale, as it were, our recent news stories and press releases. And discover the not-so-hidden truths found within.

Press Releases




Davenport Group expands its engineering team to respond to increased customer demand. 

Davenport Group Names John Loy Systems Engineer

Saint Paul, Minn. (January 3, 2012) - Davenport Group, a leader in developing data storage solutions, has named John Loy as its new Systems Engineer.

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With state and local governments faced with shrinking budgets, Davenport Group customer, Gaston County, North Carolina consolidates its data storage, resulting in massive savings.

Governments Cut Computing Costs in the Cloud

Gastonia, NC (August 29, 2011) - Computer maker Dell recently helped Gaston County, N.C., consolidate its data storage for a $500,000 savings.

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Sonia St. Charles, Davenport Group CEO and co-founder, is ackowledged as one of the Power 100 Women in the Channel by Everything Channel's CRN magazine for the third consecutive year.

Davenport Group's Sonia St. Charles Recognized by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine as One of the Top 100 Women in the Channel

Saint Paul, Minn. (July 26, 2011) - Davenport Group announced today that company CEO and founder, Sonia St. Charles, has been recognized by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine as one of the Power 100 Women of the Channel. This is the third consecutive year that St. Charles has been featured in CRN's annual list.

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Compellent shareholders approve Dell acquisition of Compellent.

Dell Completes Acquisition of Compellent Technologies, Inc.

Round Rock, TX (February 22, 2011) - Dell (NASDAQ: Dell) today completed its acquisition of Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CML), a rapidly-growing provider of highly-virtualized storage solutions with automated data management features, including tiering and thin provisioning, for enterprise and cloud-computing environments.

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Davenport Group CEO, Sonia St. Charles, named as Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the Channel by CRN for the second consecutive year.

Davenport Group's Sonia St. Charles and Insight's Terry McGrath Recognized by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine as Two of the Top Women in the Channel

Eden Prairie Minn. (August 4, 2010) - Compellent (NYSE: CML) today announced that two of its value-added resellers (VARs), Sonia St. Charles of Davenport Group, and Terry McGrath of Insight, have been recognized by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine as two of the top Women of the Channel. CRN's annual list recognizes female executives across vendors' channel organizations, distributors and solution providers for their accomplishments over the past year and the far-reaching impact they are having on the technology industry going forward.

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Davenport Group honored as one of the 2010 Best Tech Workplaces.

Spring 2010 Best Tech Workplaces Winner Announced

Navato, CA (July 20, 2010) - Success With People has announced the winners of its Best Tech Workplaces Spring 2010 survey. Over 275 employees of technology solution provider companies in the United States and Canada competed.

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Davenport Group receives sought-after Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certification.

Davenport Group Certified as a Woman-Owned Business

St. Paul, Minn. (January 14, 2010) - Davenport Group recently received national certification as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Development Center - Chicago, a regional certifying partner of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations.

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Davenport Group’s Sonia St. Charles named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the Channel by CRN.

Davenport Group Chief Executive Officer named to CRN’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the Channel

St. Paul, Minn. (Aug. 24, 2009) – Davenport Group, a network storage vendor, today announced that CEO and founder Sonia St. Charles has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the Top 100 Women in the Channel. 

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Davenport Group's Kelly Laughton appointed to the North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating Council in recognition of her extensive GIS expertise.

Davenport Group Consultant Appointed to North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating Council

St. Paul, Minn. (Aug. 25, 2008) - Kelly Laughton, a Davenport Group consultant, recently was appointed to serve on the North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating Council (NC GICC). As a council member, Laughton will have the opportunity to help shape Geographic Information System (GIS)-related policies and act as a private sector representative. 

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Davenport Group partners with ESRI on enterprise GIS assessment.

Davenport Group and ESRI Launch Architecture Assessment for Determining Enterprise GIS Implementation Needs 

St. Paul, Minn. (July 29, 2008) - Davenport Group, an ESRI partner focused on IT integration, and ESRI announce the launch of a system architecture assessment to help GIS users determine their organization's IT needs for effective enterprise GIS deployment. The no fee, no obligation assessment helps GIS users and IT departments ensure a smooth roll-out of ESRI's ArcGIS software by identifying any network, storage or data backup challenges in their current IT infrastructures.

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Davenport Group partners with an interactive web-design provider to develop IT storage industry resources.                   

Top Interactive Media Honors Awarded to Davenport Group Website

ST. PAUL, Minn. (March 26, 2008) – The Interactive Media Council, Inc. (IMC) recently awarded an Outstanding Achievement Interactive Media Award for the redesign of the Davenport Group website, DavenportGroup.com, to Clockwork Active Media Systems.


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Davenport Group customer, Gaston County, NC, virtualizes data centers and saves money.

Midsize Enterprises Lower Total Cost of Ownership by Virtualizing Data Centers with Compellent

 Eden Prairie, Minn. (December 3, 2007) - Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) - Gaston County, North Carolina, implements Compellent SAN to Support Server Virtualization and Disaster Recovery. IT consolidation lead to $512,000 in annual productivity gains.

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Davenport Group customer, Gaston County, North Carolina, wins an award for the transformation of their data centers. 

Compellent User Gaston County Wins InfoWorld 100 Award for IT Innovation

Eden Prairie, Minn. (November 12, 2007) - Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) County government pairs Compellent SAN and VMware to modernize data center and implement instant disaster recovery.

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Scott County, Minnesota significantly reduces their data recovery time using Davenport Group's Compellent solution.

One of Nation's Fastest-Growing Counties Selects Compellent SAN to Provide Robust Disaster Recovery for VMWare Server Environment

Minneapolis, Minn. (November 2, 2006) - Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) Minnesotas Scott County cuts recovery time from one day to five minutes with continuous snapshots and remote replication.

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OfficeWare partners with Davenport Group to increase their storage performance and reduce SAN administration.

OfficeWare Replaces iSCCI-only SAN with Compellent's Storage Center

Minneapolis, Minn. (June 1, 2006) -  Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) Compellent SAN cuts storage management time in half; delivers 300 percent performance boost working with Davenport Group, to implement Compellent solutions.

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