Acropolis Systems Ranked Among 2002's Top Providers of IT Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2002 Acropolis acropolis (əkrŏp`əlĭs) [Gr.,=high point of the city], elevated, fortified section of various ancient Greek cities. The Acropolis of Athens, a hill c.260 ft (80 m) high, with a flat oval top c. Systems, Inc. has been named to the 2002 VARBusiness 500, the industry's definitive ranking by revenue of the top 500 Solution Providers, IT consultants, integrators and service organizations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . With value-added technology and business continuance service offerings, Acropolis also received the prestigious "2002 TECHNOLOGY LEADER AWARD." Published in the June 24th issue of VARBusiness, Acropolis Systems rank was determined after an exhaustive research project in which editors studied the business models and finances of the universe of IT professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organizations. The list was narrowed down to the 500 companies with the greatest revenues coming from technology services and products. "The firms that comprise the VARBusiness 500 are more than just the leading Solution Providers in the technology industry," said Michael R. Uliss, publisher of VARBusiness. "Through their strategic decisions, technologies choices and recommendations to their customers, this exclusive list of companies exerts a major influence not only on the digital economy but on the overall economy as well." Mr. John Pham, Founder, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Acropolis, was jubilant at receiving this prestigious award. "I am very well aware that the Acropolis team provides exemplary total open architecture solutions that maximize returns on process and technology investments. I am truly excited and gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that the entire industry recognizes this as well," said Mr. Pham. "Acropolis Business Continuance (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ) consulting practice provide industry best practices and solutions for uninterrupted enterprise operability Operability is the ability to keep a system in a functioning and operating condition. In a computing systems environment with multiple systems this includes the ability of products, systems and business processes to work together to accomplish a common task such as finding and for our customers." Acropolis, headquartered in Milpitas, CA, offers consulting, development, and implementation practices and solutions for business process engineering, security, risk assessment, business impact analysis, data and network infrastructure, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , disaster recovery, and business continuance. Acropolis' mission is "to ensure uninterrupted continuance of customer's business operations." (Visit Acropolis at www.acropolis.com or contact us at 800/735-4311.) About VARBusiness For the past 15 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for Solution Providers through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events, and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships, and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards including six 2001 Annual Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX). For additional information about VARBusiness products, events, and services, please visit our Web site at www.varbusiness.com. |
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