Darwin Company Area9 Wins Longhaus Cloud Pulse Rising Star Award
Media Release, Sydney, Australia – 1 March 2012
Area9 was today named the Rising Star of 2012 in the Longhaus Cloud Pulse® research and report. The award was announced by ICT research and advisory firm, Longhaus, and was based on a market assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of vendors in the Australian trusted infrastructure cloud market.
Area9 is a well known, innovative and dynamic cloud services provider, IT solutions and service-delivery company based in Darwin, Northern Territory, with over 500 clients.
“Area9 is delighted and honoured to be the recipient of the Rising Star Award for 2012 in this year’s Longhaus Cloud Pulse® research and report. The Longhaus Pulse® market analysis was a comprehensive process which confirmed Area9’s remarkable achievements in the Northern Territory”, Simon Watt, Director Area9, said in Sydney today.
Area9 is a clear a market leader in Northern Australia, with many regional business clients moving over to Area9’s cloud following the official launch of its Cloud Computing Centre in 2011. At this time, Area9’s Cloud Computing Centre powered by VMware’s® vCloud®™ infrastructure was touted as an outstanding initiative whose capabilities would enable Northern Territory business and industry to deliver better business outcomes and compete more effectively in local, national and international markets.
As a winner of two Telstra Business Awards in 2011, Area9 is already a success story. The receipt of the Longhaus Cloud Pulse® Awards Rising Star Award for 2012 will promote Area9’s capabilities into the national arena and beyond.
Simon Watt said “Area9’s approach to the delivery of cloud services, its trusted infrastructure and leadership in driving the benefits of “local cloud” technology has led to this significant national recognition. Area9’s vision when it commenced in 2007 was to marry global IT solutions with the needs of local business in the Northern Territory through innovation and technical leadership. The Rising Star Award has again placed Area9 in a position unrivalled by its competitors and is another outstanding milestone in Northern Territory-based innovation”.