Recent Press Coverage
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2024 Women of the Channel: Laura Burdine and Mary Folsom
CRN - May 13, 2024; Adapture is pleased to announce that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Laura Burdine, Director of Sales Operations, and Mary Folsom, Manager of Channel Marketing and Demand Generation, on its 2024 Women of the Channel List.
Adapture Recognized as Cloudflare Authorized Service Delivery Partner
Cloudflare - Feb 14, 2024; Through the launch of the Authorized Service Delivery Partner (ASDP) program, Cloudflare has successfully onboarded a select number of partners, each an expert in their respective fields, ensuring a diverse and robust service delivery landscape. These organizations have been specifically authorized by Cloudflare to operate in distinct domains, reflecting its commitment to diversity and excellence in service delivery.
Adapture Awarded 2023 Triple Crown Award
CRN - Oct 9, 2023; Adapture announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Adapture as a 2023 CRN Triple Crowd Award winner. The Triple Crown Award is reserved for those select few companies that earn a spot on all three of CRN’s prestigious solution provider award lists in the same calendar year.
Adapture Ranks on the 2023 Inc. 5000
Inc. - Aug 15, 2023; Inc. announced that Adapture ranks 2691 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses.
Adapture Named to 2023 Fast Growth 150 List
CRN - Aug 7, 2023; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Adapture on its 2023 Fast Growth 150 list in 39th place, up 77 places from 2022. The Fast Growth 150 list acknowledges the fastest-growing and highest-performing channel solution providers, technology integrators, IT consultants and service providers in North America. This is the fifth time Adapture has been honored on this prestigious list.
Adapture Named to 2023 Solution Provider 500 List
CRN - June 14, 2023; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to its 2023 Solution Provider 500 list. CRN’s Solution Provider 500 ranks the top solution providers in North America by services revenue. Adapture ranked in the 198th position, up 85 spots from 2022. This is the eighth consecutive year Adapture has been listed.
Adapture Recognized with Atlanta Business Chronicle Pacesetter Award
Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 3, 2023; Adapture was recognized on April 27th with the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Pacesetter Award. This award recognizes the 100 fastest growing companies in Atlanta. Adapture placed in the top 10 among technology companies and 54th overall. This is the third time Adapture has been recognized, the previous times being 2017 and 2018.
Adapture Named to 2023 Tech Elite 250 List
CRN - Mar 21, 2023; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Adapture on its 2023 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors companies that have distinguished themselves with multiple, top-level IT certifications, specializations and partner program designations from the industry’s most prestigious technology providers. This is the fifth year Adapture has received this distinction.
Adapture President, Brian Kirsch, Weighs in on Abacode Expansion
CRN - Dec 21, 2022; Abacode is powering big cybersecurity, compliance sales for partners. ‘Abacode has brought the 24/7 human horsepower to the table to solve the cybersecurity and compliance problem for the midmarket and the enterprise,’ says Brian Kirsch, president of Adapture, No. 116 on the 2022 Fast Growth 150 list. Adapture Awarded CRN 2022 Triple Crown Award
CRN - Oct 10, 2022; Adapture announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Adapture as a 2022 CRN Triple Crowd Award winner. The Triple Crown Award is reserved for those select few companies that earn a spot on all three of CRN’s prestigious solution provider award lists in the same calendar year.
Adapture Named to CRN’s 2022 Fast Growth 150 List
CRN - Aug 18, 2022; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Adapture on its 2022 Fast Growth 150 list. The Fast Growth 150 list acknowledges the fastest-growing and highest-performing channel solution providers, technology integrators, IT consultants, and service providers in North America. This is the fourth time Adapture has been honored on this prestigious list. Adapture Named to CRN’s 2022 Solution Provider 500 List
CRN - June 1, 2022; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to its 2022 Solution Provider 500 list. CRN’s Solution Provider 500 ranks the top solution providers in North America by services revenue. Adapture ranked in the 283rd position, up 69 spots from 2021. This is the seventh consecutive year Adapture has been listed.
Adapture Named to CRN’s 2022 Tech Elite 250 List
CRN - Mar 21, 2022; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Adapture on its 2022 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors companies that have distinguished themselves with multiple, top-level IT certifications, specializations, and partner program designations from the industry’s most prestigious technology providers. This is the fourth year Adapture has received this distinction. Adapture Named to CRN’s 2021 Solution Provider 500 List
CRN - Oct 5, 2021; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to its 2021 Solution Provider 500 list. CRN’s Solution Provider 500 ranks the top solution providers in North America by services revenue. This is the sixth consecutive year Adapture has been listed.
2021 Women of the Channel: Laura Burdine
CRN - June 17, 2021; Adapture is pleased to announce that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Laura Burdine, Sales Operations Manager, to its renowned 2021 Women of the Channel list. These women are recognized for their dedication, commitment, and expertise within the IT channel. Cloudflare 2020 Partner Awards: Graff Recognized as MVP
Cloudflare - Feb 8, 2021; Adapture Account Executive Kati Graff has been recognized by Adapture partner Cloudflare as a 2020 Most Valuable Player. This recognition honors top achievers who not only provide excellent service to joint customers, but also build new business value by tapping into the power of network, relationships, and ecosystems. Adapture Named to CRN 2020 Solution Provider 500 List
CRN - June 1, 2020; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to the CRN 2020 Solution Provider 500 list. The Solution Provider 500 is CRN’s annual ranking of the largest technology integrators, solution providers, and IT consultants in North America by revenue. This announcement marks the fifth consecutive year Adapture has been listed.
20 Best Atlanta IT Managed Service Providers
Expertise - Sep 14, 2020; Our goal is to connect people with the best local experts. We scored Atlanta IT Managed Service Providers on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analyzed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the best.
Adapture Ranks on 2020 Inc. 5000 List
Inc. Magazine - Aug 12, 2020; “The companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 come from nearly every realm of business,” says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. “From health and software to media and hospitality, the 2020 list proves that no matter the sector, incredible growth is based on the foundations of tenacity and opportunism.”
2020 Women of the Channel
CRN - May 11, 2020; Featuring Adapture Marketing Director, Mandy Glidewell; Sales Operations Manager, Laura Burdine; and Communications and Channel Marketing Manager, Jacque Strand. - “CRN’s 2020 Women of the Channel list recognizes an accomplished group of influential women leaders whose strategic vision and unique achievements accelerate channel growth through cultivated partnerships, innovative thought leadership, and unwavering dedication to the IT channel." MSPs, Cybersecurity Companies Frequent the Latest Inc. 5000 List
Channel Futures - Aug 23, 2019; The Georgia-based company specializes in security, cloud and infrastructure, and features managed service packages with Cisco and F5 Networks. Adapture plans to merge with the staffing company The Centrics Group.
The Five Fastest Growing IT Services Companies in the US
Gigabit Magazine - Aug 19, 2019; The global IT industry set to reach $5trn in 2019, according to CompTIA’s analysis, and is expected to grow by about 4% over the course of the year. While the majority of growth is being driven by companies involved in ‘emerging tech’ like artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and so on, the majority of the market (53%) is still comprised of hardware, software and service providers. Adapture Named to CRN’s 2019 Tech Elite 250 List
CRN - Mar 29, 2019; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to the CRN 2019 Tech Elite 250 list. The Tech Elite 250 is comprised of solution providers in North America who hold the highest level and most certifications from Amazon, Cisco, Dell, HPE, Oracle, and VMware. This is the third consecutive year Adapture has received this distinction.
Adapture Named to CRN’s 2018 Solution Provider 500 List
CRN - Jun 4, 2018; CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to the CRN 2018 Solution Provider 500 list. The Solution Provider 500 is CRN’s annual ranking of the largest technology integrators, solution providers, and IT consultants in North America by revenue. This is the third consecutive year Adapture has been listed.
Adapture Among ACG’s 40 Fastest-Growing Companies List
Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 14, 2018; A few familiar names returned to the list from the Association for Corporate Growth that recognizes the year's 40 fastest-growing middle-market companies in Georgia. 2018 Women of the Channel: Laura Burdine
CRN - May 14, 2018; Featuring Adapture Sales Operations Manager Laura Burdine - "Burdine's goal is to continue the company's push for increased channel growth in the networking, cloud, and security spaces." 2018 Women of the Channel: Mandy Glidewell
CRN - May 14, 2018; Featuring Adapture Director of Marketing Mandy Glidewell - "Our technical team is among the best and brightest, and we want to promote their expertise and share their insight through various media channels and platforms." Adapture Named Atlanta Business Chronicle 2018 Pacesetter Finalist
Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 6, 2018; ATLANTA - The Atlanta Business Chronicle included Adapture as a finalist on its 2018 Pacesetters list, which recognizes the fastest-growing private companies in Atlanta. Adapture was previously recognized with this distinction in 2017.
Adapture Ranked #5 among Fastest-Growing Companies in South Carolina
SC Biz News - Oct 20, 2017; COLUMBIA, SC - The talent division of Adapture, formerly known as The Centrics Group, joined 40 total honorees to celebrate its “Roaring 20s” rank with South Carolina’s fastest-growing companies on Thursday evening at the DoubleTree hotel in Columbia. Representatives from Adapture attended the awards presentation, where the company’s 5th place ranking was announced in the “Small Companies” category.
Adaputre Ranked Among Top 25 Most Socially Engaged Staffing Companies in 2017
LinkedIn - Oct 19, 2017; ATLANTA - The talent division of Adapture, formerly known as The Centrics Group, a modern staffing agency based in Atlanta, has been named to LinkedIn’s Top 25 Most Socially Engaged Staffing Companies for 2017.
Adapture is a CRN 2017 Triple Crown Award Winner
CRN - Oct 2, 2017; ATLANTA - Adapture today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has honored the company with its esteemed 2017 Triple Crown Award. Just 40 North American solution providers met the necessary revenue, growth, and technical expertise requirements to be recognized this year. Adapture Ranked on 2017 INC. 5000
Inc. Magazine - Aug 16, 2017; ATLANTA - Adapture is ranked among the fastest growing private companies in America, as Inc. magazine has placed the company on its 36th annual Inc. 5000 list. This year is the first year of eligibility for Adapture, and the company has been ranked #637 after achieving a 711% three-year growth rate. Adapture Ranks #637 on the 2017 Inc. 5000
Inc. Magazine - Aug 16, 2017; ATLANTA - Adapture is ranked among the fastest growing private companies in America, as Inc. magazine has placed the company on its 36th annual Inc. 5000 list. 2017 is the first year of eligibility for Adapture, and the company has been ranked #637 after achieving a 711% three-year growth rate. Adapture is #27 on the 2017 CRN Fast Growth 150
CRN - Aug 7, 2017; ATLANTA - CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to its 2017 Fast Growth 150 list. The list is CRN’s annual ranking of North America-based technology integrators, solution providers, and IT consultants with gross sales of at least $1 million that have experienced significant economic growth over the past two years. This is the second consecutive year Adapture has been honored on this list.
Advanced Endpoint Protection Takes on the Latest Exploits
TechTarget - Jul 10, 2017; Advanced endpoint protection is arriving from all quarters - machine learning, crafty sandboxes, behavior analytics. Learn how tech advances are being applied to endpoints. Adapture Named to CRN’s 2017 Solution Provider 500 List
CRN - Jun 5, 2017; ATLANTA - CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to its 2017 Solution Provider 500 list. The Solution Provider 500 is CRN’s annual ranking of the largest technology integrators, solution providers, and IT consultants in North America by revenue. This is the second consecutive year Adapture has been listed. 2017 Women of the Channel: Mandy Glidewell
CRN - Jun 1, 2017; ATLANTA - CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Mandy Glidewell, Director of Marketing, to its prestigious 2017 Women of the Channel list. The women who comprise this annual list are recognized for their outstanding leadership, vision, and unique role in driving channel growth and innovation. 2017 Women of the Channel: Laura Burdine
CRN - Jun 1, 2017; ATLANTA - CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Laura Burdine, Sales Operations Manager, to its prestigious 2017 Women of the Channel list. The women who comprise this annual list are recognized for their outstanding leadership, vision, and unique role in driving channel growth and innovation. Atlanta Business Chronicle Pacesetter Awards 2017
Atlanta Business Chronicle - Apr 27, 2017; ATLANTA - The Atlanta Business Chronicle formally recognized Adapture as a 2017 “Pacesetter” Thursday morning during an awards breakfast held at Flourish in Buckhead. Adapture ranks 44th out of 100 on the exclusive list, which recognizes the fastest growing private companies in Atlanta. Adapture is on the 2017 CRN Tech Elite 250
CRN - Mar 27, 2017; ATLANTA - CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Adapture to its 2017 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors an exclusive group of North American IT solution providers that have earned the highest number of advanced technical certifications from leading technology vendors, scaled to their company size.
Prevent Criminal Hackers Who Target IoT to Gather Private Data and Guess Passwords
Windows IT Pro - Mar 20, 2017; DDoS attacks are hardly the only way attackers pit IoT against the enterprise. Cyber miscreants compromise IoT to unlock treasure troves of PII, which grants them ammunition to easily gather passwords for accounts at businesses, government agencies inside the military.
How Will You Hang onto Your Employees?
CRN - IT Best of Breed Blog - Feb 5, 2017; The satisfaction and relief when you've roped in a new employee turns into the question: How do I keep this person for as long as I can? At Adapture, executives not only provide their technical consultants with access to training and certification programs, they also want them to participate in high-level meetings and get involved in all areas of the business, said Mandy Glidewell, director of marketing.
How to Keep Branch Offices as Secure as Corporate HQ
CSO - Jan 23, 2017; Tim Cullen, a senior security architect at Adapture, outlines the problematic dynamic at play in trying to keep small offices properly staffed. "If you have an on-site tech, you have to pay a salary for someone who can work alone and unsupervised. That can seem like a waste of money on the company side and a waste of time on the tech person's time which in turn can lead to resentment on both sides."
MongoDB Attack Shows Off Cyber Extortionists’ New Tricks
InformationWeek (Dark Reading) - Jan 10, 2017; A cluster of attacks against MongoDB servers that has affected more than half of Internet-facing MongoDB databases is taking the cyber extortion game into a whole new direction. The truly troubling part about this spate of attacks is how easily these opportunistic attacks were able to spread, says Elliott Abraham, senior security architect at Adapture. Holiday Turkeys, Courtesy of the C-Suite: 10 Ways to Show Your Employees You Care this Holiday Season
CRN - IT Best of Breed Blog - Nov 29, 2016; At Adapture, a cloud, security, and infrastructure solutions provider, the executive team hands out turkeys to employees before Thanksgiving. "It’s one of our favorite traditions," said Laura Burdine, sales operations manager. "It’s a very sentimental gesture that really showcases the family-oriented values of our leadership team." Dissenters Criticize the Bimodal IT Model
TechTarget - Oct 18, 2016; Bimodal IT is a two-tiered IT operations model that allows for the creation of IT systems and processes that are... Adapture Ranked Among Top 25 Most Socially Engaged Staffing Companies in 2017
LinkedIn - Oct 5, 2016; ATLANTA - The talent division of Adapture, formerly known as The Centrics Group, a modern staffing agency based in Atlanta, has been named to LinkedIn’s Top 25 Most Socially Engaged Staffing Companies for 2017. This is the firm’s second consecutive appearance on this annual list, placing 19th in the Medium Enterprise: North America category.
5 Best Practices for Effective Project Portfolio Management
Software Advice, a Gartner Company - Aug 30, 2016; Project portfolio management might be able to grow organically, but it doesn’t happen automatically. To help guide you through this transition, we interviewed leading industry experts to uncover their tips for effective portfolio management. With their insights, we’ve created the following list of best practices for implementing portfolio management. Why AppDev Holds the Key for Channel Success in IoT
IT Best of Breed - Aug 17, 2016; Solution providers believe the road to potential success in the lucrative Internet of Things market runs through their application development teams, which is why they're bolstering that function. Companies bringing IoT solutions to market face several hurdles, including interoperability, security and data management challenges. Why App Development is the Key to Unlocking the IoT Vault
CRN - IT Best of Breed Blog - Aug 16, 2016; Solution providers are positioning themselves for success in the lucrative Internet of Things market by bolstering their application development teams. Companies bringing IoT solutions to market face several hurdles, including interoperability, security and data management challenges. Tim Cullen, senior security solutions architect at Adapture, weighs in. 2016 Fast Growth 150: The Top 25
CRN - Aug 8, 2016; ATLANTA - Adapture announced that it has been named to The Channel Company’s 2016 CRN Fast Growth 150 list, ranking 4th. The list is CRN’s annual ranking of North America-based technology integrators, solution providers and IT consultants with gross sales of at least $1 million that have experienced significant economic growth over the past two years.
Solution Providers are Tapping AppDev Opportunities to Get Ahead in Growing IoT Market
CRN - Aug 2, 2016; Solution providers are positioning themselves for success in the lucrative Internet of Things market by bolstering their application development teams. Tim Cullen, senior security solutions architect at Adapture, said building up a business development practice for the Internet of Things is part of his company’s five-year plan. ACG Fast 40 Honorees: 2016
The Association for Corporate Growth - Atlanta Chapter - Jun 23, 2016; ATLANTA - The Atlanta chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) has named Adapture to its annual Georgia Fast 40, a list of the state’s fastest growing middle-market companies. Adapture is ranked 4th for 2016 in the small to midsize, or lower middle-market, category. AWS Redundancy, DR Set Up No Piece of Cake
TechTarget - Jun 8, 2016; What is disaster recovery? Disaster recovery (DR) is an organization's ability to respond to and recover from... 2016 Solution Provider 500: 47 Newcomers
CRN - Jun 6, 2016; ATLANTA - Adapture is listed among the top 500 IT solution providers in North America, as CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named the company to the 2016 Solution Provider 500. The SP500 list is CRN’s annual ranking of the largest technology integrators, solution providers, and IT consultants in North America by revenue. What is the Right DDoS Protection Cloud Service for Your Organization?
CSO - May 23, 2016; Would most enterprises really rather fend for themselves when it comes to security? One reputable survey seems to say so. Organizations are largely investing technology and staffing budgets earmarked for information security into related in-house skills and technology, according to a 2016 SANS Institute report, except for DDoS protection. 2016 Women of the Channel: Mandy Glidewell
CRN - May 16, 2016; ATLANTA - Adapture announced today that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Mandy Glidewell, Director of Marketing to its prestigious 2016 Women of the Channel list. The women leaders who comprise this annual list are recognized for their outstanding leadership, vision, and unique role in driving channel growth and innovation. Public IaaS Market Leaves Some Cloud Vendors in the Dust
TechTarget - May 12, 2016; Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form of cloud computing that provides virtualized computing resources over... Jobs in Networking: Enterprises vs. Service Providers
TechTarget - May 2, 2016; Network and software engineering are two different fields, and the roles of network engineers vs. software engineers vary, despite potential overlaps in software skills.
How Ingram Micro Sees Its Future in the Cloud Age
Channel Insider - Apr 18, 2016; Adapture is recognized as a Top Ingram Micro Cloud Partner. Four Ways Flash Storage is Reinventing Your Data Center Operations
TechBeacon - Apr 14, 2016; The storage market is in upheaval, and it’s all thanks to flash. Ahmed Abdalla, solutions architect at security consultancy Adapture, attributes the change to the cost of flash arrays becoming more reasonable.
10 Ingram Micro, Odin Partners Honored During Cloud Summit 2016
Channel Partners Online - Apr 12, 2016; Electronics distributor Ingram Micro on Monday night recognized its 2016 Cloud Partner Award winners during its seventh annual Cloud Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. Adapture was recognized with the Rainmaker Award for top U.S. sales.
Amazon Flip-Flop Lands Fire OS Back in Encryption Camp
LinuxInsider - Mar 7, 2016; Amazon announced that it had reversed a previous decision to drop support for local encryption on version 5 of its Fire tablet operating system. The disclosure came one day after the company joined 14 others to support Apple in its fight against the FBI. Elliott Abraham, senior security consultant at Adapture, weighs in. Five Ways VDI Can Tighten Business Security
ITPro Today - Feb 17, 2016; VDI is not new, but the ubiquity of the cloud has added flexibility, performance and resource efficiencies that make it more relevant and accessible to many organizations. Brian Miller, systems architect at Adapture, weighs in on the benefits of VDI for businesses. Five Things End Users Need to Know about VDI
ITPro Today - Feb 4, 2016; VDI has come a long way since its early days, but end users’ impressions of the technology may not have progressed in step. Here are five things that end users should know about the VDI of today, according to Brian Miller, solutions architect at consulting firm Adapture. Five Reasons to Give VDI Another Chance
ITPro Today - Jan 14, 2016; Companies that are on the fence about VDI, or those that don’t have it on their radars at all because of past experiences and/or conceptions, should consider the following reasons for going the desktop virtualization route, notes Brian Miller, systems architect at professional services and integration company Adapture Technology Group.
Software and services: The one-two punch for the energy industry
Energy Digital - Oct 27, 2015; ESCO Advisors has taken a different approach than most Software as a Service (SaaS) companies when it comes to hosting the application that has helped them grow quickly. ESCO Advisors works with Adapture to run a managed hosted solution that costs a quarter of the price of hosting in the cloud, while still allowing for the ability to architect a solution specifically designed for disk I/O. 
