Infinite Group announced that IGI has promoted Jason Langone to the newly-created position of Director of Virtualization Services. Mr. Langone is responsible for the overall growth and direction of IGI’s virtualization services offerings into the federal, state and local government markets, as well as the commercial sector. He also provides enterprise level architecture and design in virtualization and Active Directory.

Prior to joining IGI, Mr. Langone held senior technical positions with Charles E. Smith, Citrix Systems, Tyco Healthcare, Computershare and the U.S. Census Bureau.

“We are pleased and excited to have Mr. Langone leading our virtualization efforts,” said Michael Smith, IGI’s President and CEO. “Having Jason on board in this senior capacity catapults IGI to the forefront of the virtualization services market. This move reflects our continuing commitment to this market, and I can think of no one more capable of leading this key practice area than Jason Langone.”

For the last six years, Mr. Langone has been heavily involved with VMware ESX/VI3 implementations for both consolidation and disaster recovery efforts. He spoke at VMWorld 2006 about his custom disaster recovery solution for a 100+ blade environment running VMware ESX/VI3, and continues to be an active member of the VMware community. In 2007, he was presented with the VMware Vanguard Award for Best Disaster Recovery Solution. Mr. Langone also founded and manages the Washington, D.C. Metro Area VMware User Group.