Happy New Year. I want to take a few moments to share some thoughts as we launch into 2016. Since the beginning, itopia has been dedicated to helping MSPs, ISVs and IT service providers realize the promise of cloud computing. The fundamental shift occurring from on-premises IT infrastructure to next-generation cloud technologies has positioned service providers to scale their businesses like never before. This founding vision has fueled our expansion to 35 states, over 150 IT service provider partners, 24 team members and unprecedented growth this past year. We’re quite proud to be among the very few companies that have been able to transition from pure startup to rapidly growing market leader with a truly differentiated technology in three short years.
In 2015, our industry continued to show excellent growth and momentum as more businesses are moving from premises-based legacy systems to the cloud. A recent industry report concluded that the enterprise embrace of public cloud infrastructure players is the biggest and most disruptive trend impacting the technology industry today. IDC forecasts that the Workspace-as-a-Service market will grow from $466 million in 2014 to $4.7 billion in 2020, representing a five-year CAGR of 59% and further validating that WaaS is a major transformation in business computing.
However, we continue to hear that the time and cost of moving legacy IT systems to the cloud is slowing down the pace of adoption. While companies no longer wish to buy, operate and maintain their own IT infrastructure to realize the full benefits of the cloud, speed of adoption will be held back until the migration process is more automated and less time consuming and expensive.
Itopia’s significant investments in automating the migration process are positioning us perfectly for these emerging trends. Our proprietary software platform, Cielo® is the only one of its kind in the market to automate the discovery, migration and cloud orchestration process. It is 10x faster and 10x less expensive than alternative solutions. Moreover, we are the only player to deliver 100% through the channel. Other players have a hybrid model that competes with their channels. Lastly, we are cloud-agnostic and can run on any cloud – either public (e.g., Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform) or private (e.g., customer-run data center).
I am very proud of what we’ve accomplished this past year: our Cielo platform transformed the company as well as the industry. Here’s wishing everyone in the itopia family—new friends and old, employees and partners—a great 2016. I look forward to an exciting year working with you all.
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