Thrive once again has made the CRN Annual Solution Provider 500 List! CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, issues a list each year ranking North America’s largest solution providers by revenue and serves as the gold standard for recognizing some of the channel’s most successful companies.
Thrive has been named to this prestigious list for six consecutive years and in 2022 climbed to #172 – up 75 spots from 2021.
This list is the benchmark for the top technology integrators, strategic service providers and IT consulting firms. It is an invaluable resource for technology vendors looking to partner with top-performing IT solution providers.
The companies on this year’s list represent a combined revenue of $434 billion, which attests to their success, impact and influence while staying ahead of rapidly changing market and technology demands.
Congratulations to all the companies receiving recognition on this year’s list!
CRN’s 2022 Solution Provider 500 list is available online at www.CRN.com/SP500 and a sample from the list will be featured in the June issue of CRN.
Thrive Named a 2022 Fast 50 Company by Boston Business Journal
We did it again! Thrive has made The Boston Business Journal’s exclusive 2022 Fast 50 list, which represents the 50 fastest-growing private companies in Massachusetts. The Fast 50 companies are selected and ranked based on a formula that counts revenue growth from 2018 to 2021.
Thrive’s NextGen Technology Platform is designed to optimize IT business application performance via a secure and redundant Cloud-based infrastructure. Thrive’s cutting-edge approach creates a superior, day-to-day IT experience for businesses in Boston and beyond. The platform helps manage your Cloud, Collaboration, Cybersecurity, Disaster Recovery, Digital Transformation, Global Network Management and Traditional Managed Services capabilities at any time and from anywhere.
The rankings were announced on May 19th at a ceremony in Boston. A Fast 50 special publication is scheduled to run in the May 20th weekly edition of the Business Journal and online.
Congratulations to all this year’s winners!
For the complete list of 2022 Fast 50 companies, visit The Boston Business Journal’s website here.
Thrive Integrates SOAR Technology into their Security Operations to Enhance Real-Time Cyber Threat DetectionThrive will now be able to identify cyberattacks more quickly and accurately, thus generating significant improvements overall in client threat responses.
FOXBOROUGH, MASS. – May 19, 2022 – Thrive, one of the leading Managed Security Services Providers (MSSPs) in the world, has made a significant investment to upgrade their 24x7x365 eyes-on-glass Security Operation Center (SOC) by integrating a Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) engine. The SOAR capabilities will enable the Thrive global security team to better navigate today’s complex, risk-laden environment for clients via tool aggregation and coordinated response, unified operations, reduced alert fatigue, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This will result in a significant reduction of incident response times for client threats and provide higher quality information for the Thrive SOC to combat intricate cyber risks in real time.
By 2025, the amount lost to cyber theft is expected to reach $10.5 trillion annually, which is the single greatest transfer of wealth in history, according to a report from AT&T. These glaring statistics indicate why cybersecurity has become imperative in the world of commerce.
“Cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities are constantly multiplying, due to not only more sophisticated social engineering but also a rise in micro-ransomware incidents,” said Mike Gray, CTO of Thrive. “That means vigilance against attacks of all kinds must also evolve. Incorporating a SOAR into our robust global security operations unit will allow Thrive clients to have a stronger defense system in place against cybersecurity attacks and enable our team to respond more expeditiously to any issues should they arise.”
Thrive’s integrated managed cybersecurity solutions provide a proactive and expert approach to security management for identifying and remediating security issues. Powered by next-gen technology, proven frameworks and service-driven experts, Thrive’s unified cybersecurity platform enables Thrive’s 24x7x365 SOC to automatically address critical security issues without client intervention. By creating a stress-free experience that solves for the technical complexity and talent shortage mid-market enterprises face, Thrive’s cybersecurity solutions fortify the digital transformation initiatives that propel business growth.
Please join us on Thursday, May 19 at 11:00 AM ET / 4:00 PM UK for a webinar on SOAR hosted by security experts Michael Gray, CTO at Thrive and Jonathan Nguyen-Duy, VP of Field CISO at Fortinet as they define and discuss SOAR services. Register here
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About Thrive
Thrive is a leading provider of NextGen managed services designed to drive business outcomes through application enablement and optimization. The company’s Thrive5 Methodology utilizes a unique combination of its Application Performance Platform and strategic services to ensure each business application takes advantage of technology that enables peak performance, scale, and the highest level of security. For more information, thrivenextgen.com.
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Employee Spotlight: Brenda Marrero, Client Success ManagerWelcome back to another installment of our “Thrive Employee Spotlight” blog series.
Our featured Thrive Employee is Brenda Marrero. Brenda is a Client Success Manager at Thrive.
Brenda provides building a positive, long-lasting relationship with Thrive clients as the organizational point of contact. She ensures that the clients remain satisfied with the services we provide and help them through any issues, billing concerns, and other related account issues that may arise.
Brenda also onboards new clients, essentially serving as their initial point of contact with the company, and providing initial training on how to use the features of our Client Portal.
Brenda lives in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania which is in the Philadelphia metro area with her husband, son and two dogs! She is originally from the New York City metro area and jokes that she is a New Yorker, living in Philadelphia, and working in New Jersey.
Hi Brenda! Can you tell us about your background and how you came to Thrive?
I started my career as an Electrical Manufacturers Representative in the New York City metro area. After several years in the electrical industry, and several more years of experience in client management and success, I moved on to having my own start-up company in the IoT (Internet of Things- aka smart home) industry.
Along with that, I was also a professional singer for 15 years in the New York City metro area before moving to Pennsylvania. Upon moving to the Keystone state, I began working for Apex IT Group, which was eventually acquired by Thrive in 2021.
Where did you go to school or get training?
I attended Suffolk County Community College to earn a degree in chemical dependency counseling. Obviously, life took me in a different direction career-wise. I have been looking into furthering my education and plan to attend Penn State World Campus (hopefully in the fall) to earn my BA in Business.
What do you most enjoy about working for Thrive?
It is so cliché but what I most enjoy about working at Thrive is the people and culture. I feel that from the top down there is genuine care and concern for the team. Like good teammates, everyone is willing to lend a hand to help the team be successful. It is a very different, and pleasant experience!
Any recent exciting projects at Thrive that you can tell us about?
A large focus for the CSM team is helping clients adopt the portal. Our portal is built in collaboration with our Service Delivery Department and is the fastest and most efficient path to problem resolution. With value add focusing on the overall client experience, the Thrive Client Portal delivers better service with less time and effort, and we are continually adding new features based on feedback from our clients!
Tell us what you like to do in your free time?
I still love to sing, and pre-pandemic, my husband and I used to go to live music shows often. I still like to do my songbird thing every now and then, sitting in as a featured guest with some musicians.
I have fallen in love with Philadelphia and enjoy visiting new places and seeing new things in this diverse city. I also love to spend time with my friends and family, which include my husband (Eric), our 4-year-old son (Liam), my mother-in-law (JoAnn), my mother + her husband (Viera & Joe), and our 2 Staffordshire Terriers (Skye and Lennox II).
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Employee Spotlight: Phil Cotterill, Sales Director, UKWelcome back to another installment of our “Thrive Employee Spotlight” blog series.
Our featured Thrive Employee is Phil Cotterill. Phil is the Sales Director in the UK at Thrive.
Phil has been in the IT industry for over 30 years. In his role of Sales Director, he is responsible for the sales strategy for the European Operation at Thrive. The UK has three divisions currently: Enterprise Business, Managed Services and Channel Operation. Phil’s team is currently building out a new Managed Services business that looks at the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME marketplace).
Phil lives in Northampton with his wife and children. In his free time, you can catch him road biking, watching Formula 1 or playing Rugby!
Hi Phil! Can you tell us about your background and how you came to Thrive?
I have been in the IT industry for more than 30 years. I started my sales career at British Telecom. They are the largest connectivity carrier in the UK. I worked there for 19 years in various sales and sales management roles, my last role was managing British Telecom’s indirect channel. In 2008 I joined ONI to help build the business as well as ONI’s carrier services operation and stayed with ONI for 14 years. Then ONI was acquired by Thrive last May and I became a member of the Thrive team.
Where did you go to school or get training?
I went to school in the UK and following this I joined British Telecom, where I completed numerous sales, marketing and sales management courses including a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business and Finance and a Certificate in Marketing (CIM) from the Manchester Business School.
What do you most enjoy about working for Thrive?
100% the people are what I enjoy most about working for Thrive. Both the US and the UK teams are so helpful, encouraging and have such high energy. It’s amazing to work with such talented people who have the same drive and commitment to helping our customers.
The second thing I enjoy most about working for Thrive is the role itself has a lot of variety to it. No two days are the same and each day has its different challenges and opportunities.
The last thing I like about working here is working with our customers. I love helping organizations deliver their strategies, overcome challenges and becoming a true business partner through the use of our IT services. It’s extremely rewarding.
Any recent exciting projects at Thrive that you can tell us about?
In the UK, we are going through an enormous change program at the moment. The two new parts of our business is building out the MSP business and building out the Channel Operations. Basically, creating our new division and operation in the UK.
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A further education and training college in the UK turns to Thrive to enhance digital collaboration. Download Now
CHALLENGE
The UK-based college, spread across two campuses with a student body of 8,000, had an aging Cisco Call Manager platform that was difficult to maintain, manage and configure. The college was also utilising ISDN connectivity into the PTSN, but found that failed attempts to migrate to SIP circuits were expensive. College administrators were motivated to implement a collaboration strategy with a new platform.
SOLUTION
Thrive proposed a Cisco Collaboration solution that significantly reduces the college’s server footprint, requires fewer implementation services, and is supported by a single provider. Thrive deployed the Cisco Collaboration solution across its two campuses to support staff working from home and deliver education services into prisons. Thrive also updated the college’s unstable servers and implemented a FlexPod solution on-campus that incorporated Cisco UCS, NetApp and VMware. The college is now working with Thrive on a wireless LAN refresh initiative for one of its campuses that leverages a Cisco Meraki-based solution supported by Thrive.
RESULT
For both the collaboration and server refresh programs, Thrive provided the most modern and cost-effective solution and demonstrated the best value for money. The collaboration solution was delivered on two servers, which is a significantly lower footprint than the 14 servers proposed by another vendor. It was also implemented in just 16 days, compared to another vendor’s proposed 70 day deployment. There have been vast improvements in the reliability of both its collaboration platform and new server environment, which was critical for the college. It is also benefiting from having a single partner that supports the end-to-end solution without the challenge of managing multiple vendors.
How can Thrive help your business?
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A global financial services company in the UK selects Thrive to provide all-encompassing managed IT services. Download Now
CHALLENGE
The financial services company relies on its technology to collaborate and drive efficiencies to continually innovate the services it offers to clients. The company was seeking a partner to provide managed services across its global collaboration platform and also for its data centre networking, SD-WAN, wireless network and security.
SOLUTION
Thrive provided a Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) solution as a managed service across all of the company’s locations including London, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Thrive also delivered required PSTN connections, VoIP-based telephony services utilising SIP, LAN, Wireless LAN and security appliances. Thrive implemented an SD-WAN solution linking its global offices to more effectively control and optimise network bandwidth. In addition, Thrive migrated to Cisco Nexus switches within its data centre to access the Software-Defined capabilities of Cisco ACI. Thrive experts enhanced collaboration by leveraging Webex and upgrading the audio-visual capabilities in over 20 meeting rooms with the latest Cisco Webex Boards providing advanced video meeting capabilities.
RESULT
Thrive’s solutions resulted in significant cost savings and improvement in the reliability and resilience of the company’s IT infrastructure through a proactive and highly responsive 24×7 managed service. The organisation experienced greater productivity from its IT team by leveraging a partner for the day-to-day management of key components of the IT Infrastructure. In addition, there is a higher return on the technology investment and greater collaboration across the business with the use of highly effective unified communications and video collaboration.
How can Thrive help your business?
Thrive is a leading provider of outsourced IT Infrastructure designed to drive business outcomes by helping you get the most out of your IT.
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Thrive Appoints Rick Ribas as New Channel ChiefProlific channel leader to join Thrive to enhance the MSSP & MSP brand within the agent community
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – April 12th, 2021 – Thrive, a premier provider of NextGen Managed Services, proudly announces today that channel industry veteran and proven leader Rick Ribas has been appointed as their new Channel Chief.
Mr. Ribas is a long-time leader with over 30 years of entrepreneurial and global channel experience. Before coming to Thrive, Rick served in senior executive channel roles at Fusion Connect and LogMeIn. Prior to that, Rick was instrumental in the channel success at Intelisys, rising up through the ranks in multiple roles, receiving several promotions, culminating as the SVP of National Partner Sales and helping to drive a successful exit to ScanSource during his tenure. Rick also founded Online Telecommunications, one of the first Telecom Consulting companies in the country and ran that business as their CEO for nearly a decade. While there, Mr. Ribas helped develop the leading Agent and Commissioning CRM platform, capable of accurately paying over 1,500 agents per month, before the company was sold to a carrier in 1999 to jump-start their Agency Program.
Rick brings his expansive channel-focused experience from an all-encompassing executive-level background to lead Thrive’s Channel Partner Program. As Channel Chief, Rick will amplify the Thrive brand and further accelerate the rapidly growing, feature rich cybersecurity practice by strengthening Thrive’s competitive differentiators and leveraging potential forthcoming disruptive technology.
“With Thrive’s continued expansion, we’re very fortunate to have landed a true visionary and experienced global leader to head our strategic channel initiatives,” stated John Holland, Thrive’s Chief Revenue Officer. “In addition to being a top-tier executive, Rick is an entrepreneur who understands executive coaching, strategic planning, and building leadership teams, which will further accelerate our MSSP and Cloud platform growth.”
“It’s a great distinction to join the Thrive team, which is the leading MSSP, Cloud & MSP firm within the channel today,” said Ribas. “They already possess a very talented channel team, but I look forward to utilizing my network and experience to drive deeper agency market penetration coast to coast.”
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About Thrive
Thrive is a leading provider of NextGen managed services designed to drive business outcomes through application enablement and optimization. The company’s Thrive5 Methodology utilizes a unique combination of its Application Performance Platform and strategic services to ensure each business application takes advantage of technology that enables peak performance, scale, and the highest level of security. For more information, thrivenextgen.com.
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A major defence specialist selects Thrive to enhance its Cisco-based technology in networking, security and collaboration. Download Now
CHALLENGE
The defence specialist company designs, manufactures, and delivers industry-leading commercial and military aircraft and vehicles, as well as secure communications solutions. As a leading provider to the defence sector, this organisation was looking for a responsive provider to deliver services to the Ministry of Defence and meet unique SLA constraints demanded by its customers. The company required expertise in Cisco-based technology in networking, security and collaboration, including support services, inventory management and equipment lifecycle management.
SOLUTION
As a Cisco Gold Partner, Thrive innovated service with approaches that would deliver time-critical services in a highly secure manner for customers, including the Ministry of Defence. Thrive ensured the company met stringent security requirements, such as its ISO 27001 certification which is required to operate in this highly secure sector. Thrive was able to adapt a maintenance service in highly sensitive environments in which equipment is deployed. Thrive delivered critical SLAs to cater to locations that are temporary or mobile, such as ships, where there is an unmovable maintenance window for equipment to be delivered or for maintenance to be performed.
RESULT
As a result of Thrive’s Managed Services and Cisco expertise, the defence specialist company utilized the full range of Cisco technologies to enhance its networking, security, collaboration, data center virtualization and service provider technology. Many of the requirements were highly time-critical and the swift response from Thrive was crucial in serving its customers quickly, reliably and securely.
How can Thrive help your business?
Thrive is a leading provider of outsourced IT Infrastructure designed to drive business outcomes by helping you get the most out of your IT.
To learn more about our services, CONTACT US