TORONTO, ON September 14, 2005 Fusepoint Managed Services, a leading provider of outsourced managed IT services and infrastructure today announced a string of new customer wins including Digital Payment, Performa Financial Group, IKEA, Meridian KM Solutions, ClearView Strategic Partners, and Certified Management Accountants of Canada. In addition, Fusepoint has named David MacGrandle as chief financial officer and Dante Scocchia as vice president of operations.
Fusepoint has achieved considerable success in recent months as more and more businesses are opting to outsource their IT requirements, said George Kerns, president and CEO of Fusepoint Managed Services. Organizations are facing a number of increased requirements surrounding corporate compliance practices, disaster recovery planning, and their overall ability to maintain the integrity and availability of their mission-critical applications. Companies are looking for complete end-to-end solutions from their technology partners, and Fusepoints comprehensive range of security, business continuity and disaster recovery services allow customers the peace of mind that comes with knowing their IT infrastructure is always available and always secure.
Highest Levels of Security and Availability
As a new Fusepoint customer, Digital Payment serves the parking industry across North America through its Web site that supports both a centralized online ordering system as well as software downloading capabilities. To better meet the needs of its growing base of members, Digital Payment has outsourced all aspects of its IT services to Fusepoint relying on their expertise to fully manage its infrastructure and applications including: the web and database servers; Microsoft OS and MS SQL database application management; firewall; backup; and complete monitoring and reporting.
As Digital Payment relies heavily on our Web presence, we needed to offer our users a secure, stable environment from which to operate, said Mr. John Siu. Fusepoint has hardened the security around our entire online infrastructure and has delivered on all counts. Outsourcing to Fusepoint allows us to focus on our core business and we can be confident knowing that our members will have secure, guaranteed access to our site at anytime.
Industry Veterans Tapped to Accelerate Growth
Adding to the strength of its executive team, Fusepoint has announced the appointment of David MacGrandle as chief financial officer. As CFO, Mr. MacGrandle leads all of Fusepoints financial activities, bringing with him over 15 years of industry experience with technology service providers. He was most recently CFO of Masergy Communications, where he successfully led financing activities of over 0M. Prior to Masergy Communications, David held executive positions at EDS, CapRock Communications and Excel Communications. Mr. MacGrandle has earned his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation and his Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation. He holds an MBA and MSMAS from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BS degree in Applied Mathematical Sciences from Texas A&M University.
In addition, Fusepoint has tapped Dante Scocchia to lead Fusepoints operations and technical direction as vice president of Operations. Coming to Fusepoint with an impressive technical background and more than 15 years of high-level operations experience, Mr. Scocchia was most recently vice president Technology Services at CGI where he managed a staff of 400 employees and was ultimately responsible for all Infrastructure Services in the Greater Toronto Area business unit. Prior to this, Mr. Scocchia held a variety of senior IT management positions including vice president Network and Computing Services with Purolator Courier, director of Technology with the North American Leisure Group, and director of IT Services with Liberty Health. He holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo.
About Fusepoint Managed Services Fusepoint Managed Services is the leading provider of managed IT services and infrastructure for companies running mission-critical business applications. Fusepoints technical experts and world-class data centres ensure the continuity of our clients businesses. We protect their networks, data and applications against unforeseen disasters and malicious threats while reducing their operational costs and safeguarding their corporate reputation.
Fusepoints services include managed hosting, managed application services, business continuity, security and professional consulting services.
Built on a foundation of unrivaled technical expertise and proven operational processes, Fusepoints managed IT solutions are SLA-guaranteed, scalable and designed to reduce IT costs while mitigating risk of service disruption. Picked as a company to watch by IDC Canada, Fusepoint maintains a national network of state-of-the-art data centres and offices strategically located in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Quebec City. For more information please visit www.fusepoint.com
