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