About
Optimus Solutions

About Optimus Solutions > Optimus Press Releases

OPTIMUS SOLUTIONS ACHIEVES 33% GROWTH IN 2006 WITH ENCHANCED SERVICE OFFERINGS, KEY EMPLOYEE HIRES

Company’s 2007 Growth to Be Fueled by New Business Practices.

NORCROSS, GEORGIA — January, 2007 — Optimus Solutions, a comprehensive technology solutions provider, announces 2006 revenues of $122 million, up 33% over last year’s $92 million. This is Optimus’ eighth consecutive year of growth, which the company attributes to acquisitions that have enhanced service offerings, the formation of new business practices, and several key employee hires.

“2006 was a year of tremendous growth for Optimus. We added new talent and acquired some companies that have allowed us to expand our solutions offerings in order to better serve our customers,” said Mark Metz, CEO of Optimus Solutions.

Optimus formed new business practices in Disaster Recovery, Solutions Outsourcing and the Healthcare vertical. These new business practices, which the company launched in response to growing customer needs in these spaces, are headed by industry veterans Ben Thornton, Shawn Fields and Bob Shapiro, who have years of hands-on skills and experience.
Ben Thornton, with 16 years of industry leadership, heads the firm’s Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery practice, which provides products and services to enable any organization to be disaster-ready. Shawn Fields, a 20-year industry veteran, joins Optimus as vice president of Solutions Outsourcing. This new division of Optimus manages the “non-essential” portions of a client’s IT business and frees them up to focus on the core areas of their businesses. Bob Shapiro leads Optimus’ healthcare vertical. With 20 years of healthcare and life sciences experience, Bob’s focus is in leveraging Optimus' infrastructure and consulting resources to deliver completely integrated solutions in the healthcare and life science industry.

“Optimus Solutions was founded on the principles of hiring the best employees and providing outstanding customer service. By establishing these three new business practices and hiring Ben, Shawn and Bob to run them, Optimus is holding true to these principles,” said Steve Johnson, President of Optimus Solutions.

Another key factor in Optimus’ growth was the acquisition of Paaridian Technologies, a top IBM business partner in the Southeast. Paaridian’s extensive technical expertise in virtualization and infrastructure services added depth and breadth to Optimus’ IBM offerings. Optimus also launched IBM System i Managed Hosting services in 2006, a flexible, cost-effective way for mid-market customers to achieve high availability with the computing power of System i (AS/400) while maintaining 99.9% system uptime.

ABOUT OPTIMUS SOLUTIONS
Optimus Solutions provides comprehensive IT solutions designed to streamline and integrate business processes across the enterprise. Optimus provides solutions that assist our customers in integrating their business with partners, suppliers, and customers. We do this with a comprehensive range of integration and consulting services, as well as hardware, software, and storage product offerings. Optimus is a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Cisco and IBM systems and software (System i, p, x, and Storage). The firm is a division of the $265 million OHC LLC. For additional information, contact Optimus Solutions at 1.877.848.OPTI or http://www.OptimusSolutions.com.