By Business Wire, February 28, 2013, 12:52:00 PM EDT
Sixth-Annual Report, Formerly the MSPmentor 100, Lists The World's
Top 501 Managed Service Providers (MSPs)
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
PCM, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCMI) (formerly PC Mall, Inc., NASDAQ:
MALL),a leading technology solutions provider, announced today
that it was named the number three managed service provider (MSP),
according to Nine Lives Media's sixth-annual MSPmentor 501 Global
Edition (http://www.mspmentor.net/top501),
a distinguished list and report identifying the world's top 501 managed
service providers.
"We are honored to be recognized in the top three on the MSPmentor
501 Rankings," said Frank Khulusi, PCM's Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. Our team has been working hard to deliver best in
class services to our clients and we will continue to expand our service
portfolio, including adding an additional cloud data-center, in 2013. We
believe that this expansion, coupled with our growing number of devices
under management, will be additive to our services initiatives in 2013
and beyond."
The MSPmentor 501 report is based on data from MSPmentor's global online
survey conducted October-December 2012. The MSPmentor 501 report
recognizes top managed service providers based on a range of metrics,
including annual managed services revenue growth, revenue per employee,
managed services offered and customer devices managed.
"MSPmentor congratulates PCM on this honor," said Amy Katz, president of
Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton Media. "Qualifying for our
MSPmentor 501 Global Edition puts PCM in rare company."
MSPs on this year's global 501 list lifted their combined annual
recurring revenues 24.5% to $2.54 billion. Together, those MSPs now
manage more than 5.6 million PCs and servers, and nearly 400,000
smartphones and tablets, according to Joe Panettieri, editorial director
of Nine Lives Media.
MSPmentor, produced by Nine Lives Media, is the ultimate guide to
managed services. MSPmentor features the industry's top-ranked blog,
research, Channel Expert Hour Webcasts and FastChat videos. It is the
number one online media destination for managed service providers in the
world.
About PCM, Inc.
PCM, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a leading
technology solutions & services provider to small and medium sized
businesses, mid-market and enterprise customers, government, educational
institutions and individual consumers. For over twenty years, we have
been a recognized leader in the IT marketplace providing hardware,
software, networking equipment, storage, peripherals and supplies. As an
ISO 9001:2008 registered company, we have built our reputation on
quality processes supported by certifications and accreditations at the
highest levels with industry partners such as Apple, Cisco, HP, IBM,
Microsoft and Oracle.
PCM Service offerings span the IT lifecycle with Procurements &
Logistics, Consulting & Implementation and Outsourcing Services. PCM
Procurement & Logistic Services operates three U.S.-based logistics and
configuration centers for staging inventory for rollouts and providing
advanced logistics services such as custom imaging, server
configuration, asset tagging and reporting. PCM Consulting &
Implementation Services focus on integrated business technology
solutions with best in class hardware, software and the services. Key
technology service practices include Enterprise Mobility Management,
End-user Computing, Data Center Optimization, Virtualization, Networking
and Cloud Solutions. PCM Outsourcing Services provides Managed IT
Support offerings with Integrated Operation & Service Desks for 24x7
support; Field Service teams for on-site and dispatch requirements plus
expanding Datacenter Hosting and Cloud services.
For more information please visit investor.pcm.com or
call (310) 354-5600.
About Nine Lives Media
Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton Media (http://www.penton.com),
defines emerging IT media markets and disrupts established IT media
markets. The company's IT channel-centric online communities include
MSPmentor (http://www.MSPmentor.net),
The VAR Guy (http://www.TheVARguy.com)
and Talkin' Cloud (http://www.TalkinCloud.com).
Source: PCM, Inc.