Vology, Tampa Bay Rays ink agreement

OLDSMAR — Vology Inc. has tightened its relationship with the Tampa Bay Rays. The company just announced a three-year sponsorship agreement for Vology to be named the baseball team's preferred I.T. solutions provider.

Oldsmar-based Vology and the Tampa Bay Rays have had a business relationship that goes back to 2007.

“Vology's core competency is helping our customers get the most out of their I.T. budgets. We are not aware of an organization that exemplifies getting the most out of a budget better than the Tampa Bay Rays,” Barry Shevlin, Vology founder and CEO, says in a press release. “Both personally and professionally, I am very pleased with this relationship.”

In 2013, Vology celebrated its acquisition of Tampa-based Bayshore Technologies Inc. by closing its operations and taking the entire staff and families to Rays' opening day. This year, the company will once again host employees and their families at a game, where the Vology brand logo will be displayed along the right-field wall. Shevlin has been a season ticketholder since the Rays' 1998 inaugural season.

Vology also contributes $250 for each “Rays Walk of the Game” to Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall.