ATLANTA, March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthLink
Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: ELNK), a leading IT services and
communications provider, today announced that for the second year
running it earned the number one ranking on the seventh-annual
MSPmentor 501 Global Edition, a distinguished list and
report identifying the world's top 501 managed service providers
(MSPs). Click here to view EarthLink's top ranking on the
prestigious global index.
"We've worked tirelessly to evolve our company into its current
business IT and managed services focus, and thank MSPmentor and
Nine Lives Media for acknowledging our achievements in this
important industry ranking," said Michael
D. Toplisek, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
"We continue our momentum in key market segments with emerging IT
Services, including server and network management and monitoring
and FlexCloud hosting. But most importantly, our ultimate success
rests on EarthLink's dedicated employees, who continue to display
an unmatched passion for customer care."
The MSPmentor 501 report is based on data from MSPmentor's
global online survey, conducted October-December 2013. The MSPmentor 501 report
recognizes top managed service providers based on a range of
metrics, including annual managed services revenue growth, revenue
per employee, managed services offered and customer devices
managed.
"EarthLink's expansion into cloud and managed services continues
to gain traction, according to MSPmentor's research," said
Jessica Davis, managing editor,
MSPmentor. "This blended approach reflects today's IT market, where
customers want to mix and match managed on-premises and cloud
capabilities. We look forward to tracking EarthLink's continued
initiatives in those areas."
MSPs on this year's global 501 list lifted their combined annual
recurring revenues $2.61 billion,
continuing seven straight years of strong growth. Together, those
MSPs now manage more than 700,000 servers, according to Davis.
About EarthLink
Founded in 1994, EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK) is a leading IT services
and communications provider, empowering businesses with a
fully-managed, end-to-end communications, IT and virtualization
portfolio including cloud computing, IT security, colocation,
enterprise-class hosted applications and IT support services.
EarthLink operates an over 29,000 fiber route mile network, with 90
metro fiber rings and 8 secure data centers providing ubiquitous
nationwide data and voice IP service coverage. EarthLink's service
and product innovation enables the company to design scalable
solutions specific to each client's IT needs, supported by an
experienced customer care team. The company also offers
award-winning high-speed, wireless and dial-up Internet services to
residential customers across the U.S. For more information, visit
www.earthlinkbusiness.com or follow @EarthLinkBiz.
About Nine Lives Media
Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton (http://www.penton.com),
defines emerging IT media markets and disrupts established IT media
markets. The company's IT channel-centric online communities
include MSPmentor (http://www.MSPmentor.net), The VAR Guy
(http://www.TheVARguy.com) and Talkin' Cloud
(http://www.TalkinCloud.com).
SOURCE EarthLink Holdings Corp.