Fusepoint Managed Services

Infobox company
company_name = Fusepoint Managed Services
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1999
location_city = Toronto, Canada
industry = IT Services
Hosting
Disaster Recovery
Firewall Security
homepage = [http://www.fusepoint.com/ www.fusepoint.com]

Fusepoint Managed Services is a provider of managed IT solutions for companies throughout North America. Founded in 1999, Fusepoint (formerly known as RoundHeaven Communications) has within 5 years grown by over 1,400% and in 2008 was ranked 46th by PROFIT magazine in a list of Canada's 100 fastest-growing companies. [ Profit Magazine- 20th Annual Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies (Canada), June 2008. ] Fusepoint is a privately held company with offices and data centres in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City. [IDC Report “Canadian Strategic Outsourcing” May, 2004.]

Fusepoint operates as a managed service provider (MSP), helping to safeguard and guarantee access to a company’s data and mission critical applications [Wahl, Andrew. ”Inside Fort Fusepoint,” Canadian Business, July 7, 2003.] through a variety of services including infrastructure hosting, disaster recovery, and firewall security. [Buckler, Grant. “Rely on others to keep your systems safe,” Globe an Mail, September 15, 2005.]

Fusepoint has two primary investors. M/C Venture Partners, a Boston, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm, invested US$20 million in Fusepoint in July 2001 [Eagle, Liam. “Fusepoint Challenges for Canadian Managed Hosting Market,” the WHIR.com, September 25, 2002.] and an additional US$10 million in 2004. Fusepoint announced a new investor, Western Technology Investment (WTI) of San Jose, CA, in January 2006 and secured an additional US$9 million in growth financing.

Fusepoint acquisitions [Lysecki, Sarah. “Fusepoint acquires Toronto application developer,” itBusiness.ca, March 8, 2005 ] include Toronto-based Worldwide Online, a hosting and professional services firm in March, 2005 and Montreal-based outsourcing firm Versus in October 2004. The company regularly conducts polls in Canada on topics pertaining to identity theft, business continuity, and disaster recovery. [Perkins, Tara. “Security Firms Boom – How to Prevent Fraud, Identity Theft,” Toronto Star, January 20, 2007.]

pecial Certifications

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (P.C.I. DSS)

On November 28, 2007, Fusepoint announced they had become one of the very few managed hosting providers in Canada to become Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant [http://www.fusepoint.com/english/news/PCI%20Compliance%20Press%20Release-en.pdf] .

VMware Hosting Services

In December 2007, Fusepoint began offering managed hosting solutions on both physical and virtual servers by joining the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) and offering VMware to both large enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses [http://www.fusepoint.com/english/news/VMware%20release-FINAL-EN.pdf] .

References

External links

* [http://www.fusepoint.com/ Fusepoint] - Official Homepage
* [http://list.canadianbusiness.com/rankings/profit100/2008/DisplayProfile.aspx?profile=46/ Profit Magazine- 20th Annual Canada's Fastest Growing Companies]
* [http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/110107_Fusepoint_Survey_Looks_at_Security.cfm/ Web Host Industry News Report]