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VARROW RECOGNIZED ON INC. 500 AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES IN AMERICA
#89 of 500 Fastest-Growing Companies in America
GREENSBORO, NC - August 24, 2010 – Varrow, Inc., an industry leader in information technology services, announced today that the company has been named in the top 100 of the Inc. 500, a list of the top fastest growing private companies in America.
“Fast growth at any time is a big achievement; fast growth during the past few years is just short of miraculous,” said Inc. editor Jane Berentson. “The Inc. 500 consists of these just-short-of miraculous companies, the ones that through ingenuity and ambition have increased revenue, hired employees, and grown fast in difficult economic times.”
In their history as a company Varrow has achieved some of the highest and fastest performance achievement awards in their industry. They are a premiere partner to EMC, VMware and Cisco. Through this powerhouse partner relationship they have gone above and beyond to receive vBlock certification, Commercial Partner of the year, Authorized Services Network Partner, Rookie of the Year, UCS Advanced Technology Program, Authorized Consultants and a Lighthouse Partner. They have also made the VAR 500, Triad Fast 50, and are one of the “Largest Technology Integrators” in their area.
Varrow provides world-class technology solutions through advanced consulting and design services from the industry’s most talented engineers. Founded in 2004, Varrow's 2009 revenue of 17 Million, 22 employees and a 2,753.7% three year growth put them at #89 on the Inc. 500 list. For an industry standard Varrow ranked #7 in the top IT services companies on the Inc. 500 list. “Achievement of the 89th spot on the Inc 500 is more than a dream realized, it is a testament to our employees’ dedication to excellence and their resolve in meeting and exceeding our customer’s expectations”, said Varrow’s co-founder Dan Weiss.
The 2010 Inc. 500, unveiled in the September issue of Inc. magazine (available on newsstands August 24 to November 16 and on Inc.com), is a group of companies that are smaller but much faster-growing than last year’s crop. Aggregate revenue is $11.3 billion—down from last year's $18.4 billion—but median three-year growth is 1,231 percent, substantially up from last year’s 880.5 percent. The companies on this year's list employ more than 45,000 people. Complete results of the Inc. 500, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at Inc.com/500.
Despite the ongoing recession, the 2010 Inc. 500 offers a glimpse of the future of the U.S. economy. In the health sector, which saw aggregate revenue of $1.1 billion and a 917 percent median growth rate, businesses are moving forward on cancer and stem-cell research, clinical trials, and medication management. More than 25 percent of companies in the energy sector ($2.5 billion aggregate revenue; 942 percent median growth rate) focus on solar and other alternative sources. Fewer than a third of retailers ($356 million aggregate revenue; 914 percent median growth rate) have even a single brick-and-mortar store. And the number of companies providing technical services to the various branches of the federal government continues to rise.
Varrow provides world-class technology solutions through advanced consulting and design services from the industry’s most talented engineers. Our solution focus includes data storage management, virtualization, and disaster recovery. Varrow is certified at the highest datacenter level with Cisco, EMC and VMware. Varrow is vBlock certified, a certified Cisco Datacenter Networking and Storage partner and UCS Advanced Technology Partner, a Premier VMware partner, and was named EMC’s Commercial partner of the year in 2009.
www.varrow.com
Varrow Offers Akorri BalancePoint for VM Optimization
Today, nearly all organizations are leveraging virtualization to some degree and many are fully virtualized. Many problems have been solved as a result, but some new challenges have arisen. Namely:
· Performance Issues in a virtual environment
· VM sprawl
· Limited Visibility across domains (App-to-VM-to-Host-to-Storage)
· Understanding of the physical & virtual mix
Our customers have asked us to help them identify the most powerful and easy-to-use solution to help address these challenges and, after researching the various offerings out there, Varrow has determined that the Akorri BalancePoint solution is most equipped to meet our customers’ needs without sacrificing ease-of-use or blowing up the budget.
Why we chose Akorri BalancePoint as THE Varrow offering for VM Optimization:
· Agentless
· Cross-domain solution across both virtual & physical environments
· Very strong on the I/O performance implications of an expanding virtual environment
· Significantly reduces troubleshooting time (up to 80%)
· Significantly boosts VM density (50+%)
· Reduces storage costs (15-25%)
There is a real tangible value in this solution and we are proud to present Akorri BalancePoint as the latest Varrow offering. Varrow is equipped today to sell and install Akorri BalancePoint.
Please go to the Varrow/Akorri landing page: www.akorri.com/varrow
(Here you can see a demo, take a test run, get a free trial and generally learn more about the product)
Please visit the landing page or contact your local Varrow Account Manager for more information.
About Varrow
Varrow provides world-class technology solutions through advanced consulting and design services from the industry’s most talented engineers. Our solution focus includes data storage management, virtualization, and disaster recovery. Varrow is certified at the highest datacenter level with Cisco, EMC and VMware. Varrow is vBlock certified, a certified Cisco Datacenter Networking and Storage partner and UCS Advanced Technology Partner, a Premier VMware partner, and was named EMC’s Commercial partner of the year in 2009.
For more information please find us at:
Our website: www.varrow.com
Our blog: www.varrowblogs.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/varrowinc
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Varrow_
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/varrow-varrow/1b/bb6/a5
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=varrowinc#g/u
Press Contact:
Jessica Randels
(919) 475-3200
jrandels@varrow.com
Varrow Holds Quarter Meeting
Varrow held their second quarter meeting this week in Greensboro. The company reflected on the wins and lessons of the past quarter. As always when the Varrow crew gets together, everyone had a good time. They celebrated their achievements and addressed ways to continue improving from quarter to quarter. Here are some highlights and awards that were given at the meeting.
Brett Stinson, Mark McDaniel and Trip Smith received the Top Quota Awards of the quarter. Matt Taylor received the Rainmaker and Spotlight award. Andrew Travis received the Rescue Award. Rebecca Keyser, Matt Hensley and Trip Smith all received the Spotlight award.
Take a look at our pictures: http://www.facebook.com/varrowinc?v=photos
Varrow Receives Two VMware vExpert Nominations in 2010
Greensboro, NC
Varrow’s own Jason Nash and Joe Kelly received the 2010 VMware vExpert Nomination. This nomination is earned by 300 hard working bloggers, authors and communicators in the industry who go above and beyond to give back and address hot topics in the information technology community.
From the beginning Varrow has made a point to have a presence in the blogging world with the creation of www.varrowblogs.com in August 2008. This successful channel touches on relevant technical issues as well as insight and opinions on buzz topics from the information technology world. Varrowblogs.com focuses on Virtualization, Storage and Disaster Recovery, the very pillars Varrow prides its excellence on. Although topics can range from “Configuring a Distributed Switch in vSphere” to “Developing Your Virtual Desktop Strategy,” but it also invites the reader to directly connect with our engineering team because they are the bloggers.
Today Varrowblogs.com has over 1,000 subscribers and 15 contributors with 10 to 15 postings a week. Please come check it out at www.varrowblogs.com. Jason Nash and Joe Kelly can be found on Varrowblogs.com and on Twitter. Varrow can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, connect with us below.
About Varrow
Varrow provides world-class technology solutions through advanced consulting and design services from the industry’s most talented engineers. Our solution focus includes data storage management, virtualization, and disaster recovery. Varrow is certified at the highest datacenter level with Cisco, EMC and VMware. Varrow is vBlock certified, a certified Cisco Datacenter Networking and Storage partner and UCS Advanced Technology Partner, a Premier VMware partner, and was named EMC’s Commercial partner of the year in 2009.
For more information please find us at:
Our website: www.varrow.com
Our blog: www.varrowblogs.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/varrowinc
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Varrow_
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/varrow-varrow/1b/bb6/a5
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=varrowinc#g/u
Jessica Randels
(919) 475-3200
jrandels@varrow.com
Varrow’s Jason Nash picked to speak at VMWorld 2010
Jason Nash, a Senior Solutions Architect for Varrow has been selected to speak at VMWorld 2010, which will be held in San Francisco, California on August 30 through September 2. Jason has been an active blogger on virtualization, storage and disaster recovery and was recently selected as a vExpert from VMware, due to his contributions to the virtualization community. He is also a VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) candidate and will be defending his design during VMWorld this year.
His presentation will provide a look at Cisco’s Nexus 1000v distributed switch including benefits, architecture, deployment, and network design considerations. The Nexus 1000v has started to gain significant momentum in the market and many people are struggling to find information on how it would be deployed in their environment and the best practices to consider when doing so. Using lessons learned from deployments in the field the audience will be shown how to prepare their environment for the Nexus 1000v, deploy the new distributed switch, manage it, and how to troubleshoot problems that may arise. At the conclusion of the presentation the audience should be well informed on the Nexus 1000v and if it is a good fit for their environment. Jason has done extensive work on the Nexus 1000v including design, implementation and support and is an avid presenter on the topic.
Congratulations Jason!
About Varrow
Varrow provides world-class technology solutions through advanced consulting and design services from the industry’s most talented engineers. Our solution focus includes data storage management, virtualization, and disaster recovery. Varrow is certified at the highest datacenter level with Cisco, EMC and VMware. Varrow is vBlock certified, a certified Cisco Datacenter Networking and Storage partner and UCS Advanced Technology Partner, a Premier VMware partner, and was named EMC’s Commercial partner of the year in 2009.
For more information please find us at:
Our website: www.varrow.com
Our blog: www.varrowblogs.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Charlotte-NC/Varrow/288352622229
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Varrow_
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/varrow-varrow/1b/bb6/a5
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=varrowinc#g/u
Jessica Randels
(919) 475-3200
jrandels@varrow.com
iPad and iTouch VMUG Booth Winners
Congratulations to Scott Brettin from CornerStrong United for winning the iPad and Patrick Finnegan from Versiant for winning the iTouch. Thank you all for visiting our booth and our labs.
VMUG Lab Materials
If you missed our labs at the Carolina VMUG check out our material here:
http://www.varrow.com/events/vmuglab.html