I have been told there is a trend on Facebook in November called, “30 Days of Thankful.” Now I can’t confirm or deny that because I don’t have a personal Facebook account (despite the urging of my marketing team). But as I understand it, each day of the month you post something for which you’re thankful. I still doubt I’ll be creating my own account but it certainly puts us in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday.
I’d like to think that we always have reason to celebrate. We have an unbelievably talented workforce, loyal clients and a corporate culture that encourages best-in-class service. We’re one of the leading managed I.T. services providers in the region, and we’re constantly evolving and improving.
As we all know, not every business is successful. In fact, it’s a lot more common to see a company go under than to see it thrive. The business survival rate is low in virtually every industry.
This is certainly true with I.T. service and solution companies. Firms in our sector frequently struggle, and often go out of business. In July, Bruce Stuart, president of ChannelCorp, noted that a full 50 percent of channel partners are currently insolvent. An additional 40 percent face significant financial challenges. Only 10 percent of channel partners, he claimed, are in truly excellent financial condition.
For any business to survive and thrive, it must do everything within its power to gain and maintain its clients trust. This may seem obvious, and perhaps it is, but the fact of the matter is that many companies do not demonstrate any good reason why consumers should grant their trust to these organizations. Trust must be earned, and it must be demonstrable.
NetGain Technologies has big news this month as we continue to grow and expand across the region. I’m proud to announce that we have acquired NCDTech in St. Louis and we are delighted to begin bringing our best-in-class I.T. services and solutions to a new city.
NCDTech was founded in 1996 by John Forti and has been growing rapidly ever since. By joining NetGain Technologies, NCDTech clients will experience enhanced capabilities to support their I.T. operations as well as increased relationships with strategic partners like HP, EMC, VMware and Cisco.
Business is changing rapidly and dramatically, and at times it’s because of technology. To keep current on how these changes affect our clients in their specific industry, we belong to associations in key vertical markets like finance, healthcare, manufacturing, etc. throughout our region. From this, we can apply our I.T. expertise to industry-specific business problems and overcome these difficulties to improve effectiveness.
