Nimsoft Appoints Seasoned Managed Services Executive to Management Team
Phil LaForge Chartered with Building on Success in Managed Service Provider Market
Redwood City, Calif. – September 01, 2009 – Nimsoft, the alternative to Big 4 IT performance and availability monitoring solutions, today announced that it has appointed industry veteran Phil LaForge to the role of vice president and general manager of its managed services business.
LaForge comes to Nimsoft after a long tenure with CDW Berbee, where he grew the business in excess of 300% in 3 years with high double digit margins. In his new role, LaForge will interact with all areas of Nimsoft—including development, marketing, sales, business development, support, and finance—to both set the company’s strategy in the managed service provider (MSP) market and to help ensure it is executed effectively.
“After running a managed services business for years, I gained a keen understanding of what it takes to be a successful MSP,” explained Phil LaForge. “As a customer for many of those years, I also saw what fundamental, strategic benefits the Nimsoft solution can deliver to service providers. I’m tremendously excited to be joining Nimsoft and applying my experience to enhance the products and services we deliver to MSPs.”
LaForge joins Nimsoft at a time when the company is enjoying increased market momentum in the MSP market. Most recently, the company announced that Ingram Micro will be featuring the Nimsoft Monitoring Solution (NMS) in its Seismic managed services offering. A move that tremendously expands the company’s reach in the industry.
Because of the breadth of coverage; sophisticated; and immense scalability of the solution, Nimsoft is rapidly becoming the de-facto monitoring standard for mid-to-large service providers. MSPs, hosting vendors, and cloud computing providers continue to move to the Nimsoft platform because it enables them to scale their business in a profitable manner.
“We’re delighted to have someone of Phil’s caliber joining our executive team,” said Gary Read, president and CEO of Nimsoft. “Not only does Phil have a long tenure as an MSP, he has an established track record of expanding the size and the profits of a managed services business. With this background, he’ll be a tremendous asset to Nimsoft, and to our MSP customers, by helping ensure our products and services deliver maximum business value.”
About Nimsoft
Nimsoft is the fastest growing provider of next-generation performance and availability monitoring solutions for the complete physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT infrastructure. Nimsoft solutions redefine the standards for ease of use and speed of deployment—providing outstanding return on investment and unparalleled customer satisfaction. Over 850 customers in 36 countries rely on Nimsoft solutions to monitor their IT-based business applications and services, including cloud environments. These customers include mid-market and global organizations, such as Barclays Capital, Amway Corporation, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Ladbrokes, MTU Aero Engines, TriNet, and TRW Automotive, and hundreds of leading managed service providers, such as CDW Hosting Services, ENKI, Thomas Duryea, Easynet, and Rackspace Managed Hosting. For more information, visit www.nimsoft.com.
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For more information:
Jenny Coupe
Nimsoft, Inc
Phone: +1 650 517 1975