Meet the World's Top 100 Managed Service Providers

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb 18, 2009 -
Nine Lives Media Inc.(R) has unveiled its second-annual MSPmentor(R) 100, a comprehensive research report identifying the world’s 100 most progressive managed service providers (MSPs).

To see the complete MSPmentor 100 list and key trends related to the global managed services industry readers can visit: http://www.MSPmentor.net/top-100-msps/

“The MSPmentor 100 pinpoints key business and technology trends among the world’s top 100 managed service providers,” said Amy Katz, CEO of Nine Lives Media Inc., publisher of MSPmentor.net. “We thank all of the MSPs that participated in our research and congratulate the MSPmentor 100 companies.”

The free MSPmentor 100 report is based on data from MSPmentor’s global online survey, conducted October through December 2008. Companies are ranked on a range of metrics, such as total managed services revenue, annual growth and per-employee financial metrics.

Among the report highlights, MSPmentor 100 companies:
•   Generated a combined $799 million in annual managed services revenue in 2008, up 46 percent from 2007.
•   Remotely manage 870,531 devices in 2008, up 146 percent from 2007.
•   Are pushing deeper into new business opportunities including managed unified communications (29.1%), software as a service-based CRM (18.4%) and managed video surveillance (17.3%).

The top 10 companies from The MSPmentor 100 are:
1.   mindSHIFT Technologies Inc., Fairfax, Va. USA    
2.   Perimeter eSecurity, Milford, Conn., USA
3.   Alpheon Corp., Morrisville, N.C., USA
4.   MicroMenders, San Francisco, Calif., USA
5.   Appia Communications Inc., Traverse City, Mich., USA
6.   U&D Square Solutions PVt. Ltd., Pune, India
7.   ThePlanet.com Internet Services Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
8.   Cobweb Solutions Ltd., Fareham, UK
9.   Thrive Networks Inc., Concord, Mass., USA
10.   Littlefish IT Support, Nottingham, UK

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

About Nine Lives Media Inc.

Nine Lives Media Inc. (www.NineLivesMediaInc.com) embraces the changing IT media landscape. In fact, we help to shape it. We focus on highly targeted IT audiences, specialized content and lead generation services. We disrupt established media markets and we shape new ones. Our first three destinations (www.MSPmentor.net, www.TheVARguy.com and www.WorksWithU.com) feature the top-ranked media blogs in their specific markets. Nine Lives Media Inc. and its media brands are registered trademarks and service marks of Nine Lives Media Inc.

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Joe Panettieri, Editorial Director
Nine Lives Media Inc:
631-423-3536 or joe@ninelivesmediainc.com