Faces Of The 2013 Next-Gen 250 (Part 1)
Channel Upstarts
Focusing on an emerging technology or new business practice was once a solution provider's ticket to growth. But with the rapid changes sweeping the IT industry -- and the channel -- expanding into a lot area like cloud computing, virtualization or mobility is no longer just for ambitious solution providers. It's a requirement that solution providers evolve to meet customer demands.
Some solution providers, of course, stand out from the pack when it comes to transforming their business or breaking into new technologies. And so we present this year's edition of the CRN Next-Gen 250, a snapshot of solution providers who are zeroing in on emerging and potentially lucrative technologies such as cloud computing, unified communications, virtualization, mobility, and business analytics and business intelligence. All of the companies on our list have only been in business since 1998. The following is a random sampling of the solution provider's making this year's CRN Next-Gen 250 list. For part two, click here.
Allied Technology Group, LLC
www.alliedtechgroup.com
Location: Little Rock, AR
Top Executive: Matthew Humphries, Managing Partner
Top Partnerships: Adtran; APC; Barracuda; Blackberry/RIM; Cisco; Citrix; Citrix; Dell; Dell; HP; HP-Storage; McAfee; Microsoft; Microsoft; Microsoft-Cloud; Nortel; Polycom; Symantec; Trend Micro; VMWare; Websense; Hewlett Packard
Alura Business Solutions LLC
www.alurasolutions.com
Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA
Top Executive: Jason Derstine, CEO & President
Top Partnerships: Cisco; Citrix; Comcast; Dell; Microsoft; Mitel; Shoretel; Trend Micro; Verizon; VMWare
Alvarez Technology Group, Inc
www.alvareztg.com
Location: Salinas, CA
Top Executive: Luis Alvarez, President & CEO
Top Partnerships: APC; Blackberry/RIM; Buffalo; Cisco; Dell; Dell; D-Link; HP; IBM; Lenovo; Microsoft; Microsoft; Novell; SonicWall; Symantec; Symantec; Trend Micro; VMWare; Hewlett Packard; Doubletake
Aptaria Inc
www.aptaria.com
Location: McLean, VA
Top Executive: Andrew Lawlor, CEO & Chief Architect
Top Partnerships: Google; Salesforce
Atlantic Metro Communications
www.atlanticmetro.net
Location: Parsippany, NJ
Top Executive: Matthew Lombardi, CEO
Top Partnerships: Barracuda; Brocade; Cisco; Dell; Google; Juniper; Kaspersky; Microsoft; NetApp; Oracle; Redhat; Seagate; VMWare
Bardissi Enterprises
www.bardissi.net
Location: Hatfield, PA
Top Executive: George Bardissi, President
Top Partnerships: Adtran; APC; Cisco; Dell; D-Link; HP; IBM; Intel; Microsoft; Netgear; Sony; Symantec; Toshiba; Trend Micro; VMWare; Watchguard; Hewlett Packard; Doubletake
BizCarta, Incorporated
www.bizcarta.com
Location: Dublin, OH
Top Executive: Kevin Casey, Chief Executive Officer, President
Top Partnerships: Condusiv; Dell; Fortinet; Kaspersky; LANDesk; Lenovo; Moka5; Veracode
Brightplanit, Inc.
www.brightplanit.com
Location: Buffalo, NY
Top Executive: Skip Gould, President and Chief Executive Officer
Top Partnerships: Adtran; APC; CheckPoint; Cisco; Citrix; Dell; HP; IBM; Juniper; Microsoft; Microsoft-Virtualization; Nortel; Novell; Polycom; Q Logic; Quantum; Sophos; Symantec; Trend Micro; VMWare; Hewlett Packard; PGP; Doubletake
C Forward, Inc
www.alliedtechgroup.com
Location: Covington, KY
Top Executive: Brent Cooper, President
Top Partnerships: 3COM; CheckPoint; Cisco; Dell; HP; Juniper; Lenovo; Microsoft; Symantec; Trend Micro
Centre Technologies, Inc.
www.centretechnologies.com
Location: Houston, TX
Top Executive: Chris Pace, CEO
Top Partnerships: APC; Brocade; Cisco; Citrix; Citrix; Dell; Dell; F5; HP; Microsoft; Symantec; Trend Micro; VMWare; Websense; Hewlett Packard
Cloud Strategies LLC
www.cloudstrategies.net
Location: Cedar Knolls, NJ
Top Executive: Pete Zarras, Founder and President
Top Partnerships: Microsoft; Microsoft-Cloud; Rackspace
Core Business Services, LLC
www.corebusinessinc.com
Location: Medford, OR
Top Executive: Scott Anderson, President & CEO
Top Partnerships: Dell; Lenovo;
Cumulus Global, LLC
www.cumulusglobal.com
Location: Westborough, MA
Top Executive: Allen Falcon, CEO
Top Partnerships: Google
EDTS, LLC
www.edtsolutions.com
Location: Augusta, GA
Top Executive: Charles Johnson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Top Partnerships: APC; AT&T; Barracuda; Cisco; Citrix; Dell; HP; IBM; IBM-Storage; McAfee; Microsoft; Novell; Symantec; Trend Micro; Viewsonic; VMWare; Watchguard;
Emerge Technologies, LLC
www.emergeits.com
Location: Erlanger, KY
Top Executive: Jesse Kegley (pictured), Richard Brown, Darron Scanlon, & Timothy Witte, Managing Partners
Top Partnerships: APC; Brocade; Cisco; Citrix; Commvault; EMC; HP; Lenovo; Microsoft; Symantec; Symantec; VMWare
Endurance IT Services
www.endurance-it.com
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Top Executive: Blake White, President
Top Partnerships: Apple; Cisco; Citrix; Dell; Juniper; Microsoft; Novell; VMWare; Doubletake
F1 Computer Solutions, Inc.
www.f1computersolutions.com
Location: Warrenton, VA
Top Executive: Mary Lieb, President
Top Partnerships: APC; Apple; AT&T; Barracuda; Cisco; Dell; Fortinet; Fortinet; HP; IBM; Lenovo; Microsoft; Symantec; Trend Micro; VMWare
Falkor Group, LLC
www.falkorgroup.com
Location: Chicago, IL
Top Executive: Brent Allen & Ben Wilson (pictured), Co-Founders
Top Partnerships: Cisco; Citrix; Dell; HP; Intel; Lenovo; Microsoft
Gaeltek, LLC
www.gaeltek.com
Location: Manassas, VA
Top Executive: Amanda Harper, President
Top Partnerships: Dell; HP; Intel; Lenovo; Microsoft; Microsoft; OKI Data; OKI Data; Trend Micro; Viewsonic
Hillsouth Corporation
www.hillsouth.com
Location: Florence, SC
Top Executive: Robby Hill, Founder/CEO
Top Partnerships: APC; Cisco; Dell; EMC; HP; Intel; Microsoft; Microsoft; Quantum; SonicWall; Trend Micro; VMWare
Ipanema Solutions LLC
www.ipanemasolutions.com
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Top Executive: Steve Tutino, Technology Project Manager & Principal
Top Partnerships: Adtran; Avaya; Comcast; Dell; HP; Microsoft; Microsoft; Ruckus; Samsung; Symantec; Time Warner; Trend Micro
LIBANGA Computer Systems
www.libanga.com
Location: Zionsville, IN
Top Executive: Mario Guerendo, President & CEO
Top Partnerships: Acer; Barracuda; Cisco; Dell; D-Link; D-Link; HP; Lenovo; Lexmark; Microsoft; Symantec; Toshiba; Trend Micro; VMWare; Xerox; Xerox
Liberty Technology, Inc.
www.libertyga.net
Location: Griffin, GA
Top Executive: Ben Johnson, CEO
Top Partnerships: Blackberry/RIM; Cisco; Dell; EMC; Intel; Lenovo; Symantec; Xerox
Marathon Consulting, LLC
www.marathonconsulting.com
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Top Executive: Scott Wilson, CEO
Top Partnerships: Cisco; ConnectWise; Dell; Eaton; HP; Intel; Lenovo; Microsoft; SonicWall; VMWare
Mavidea Technology Group, LLC
www.alliedtechgroup.com
Location: Bloomington, IL
Top Executive: Jamie Mathy (pictured) & Erik Barnlund, Co-Owners
Top Partnerships: Dell; HP; IBM; IBM-Storage; Lenovo; McAfee; Microsoft; Samsung; SonicWall; VMWare