Midwest IT Consulting Company Reflects on Industry & Market Changes

Lansing, MI - Dewpoint, a leading systems integrator and IT consulting company, is celebrating its fifteenth year of making technology work for businesses, schools and organizations within Michigan as well as across the Midwest.

“The technology business is arguably the most volatile and rapidly changing environment in the business world. For a technology company to thrive, it’s a given that it is in a constant state of reinvention,” stated president and chief executive officer Andy Kotarba. “The fact that Dewpoint is celebrating its fifteen year anniversary is a testimony to its employees, to their talent and creativity and most importantly to their commitment.  I’m proud to be a part of this organization,” he added.

“Michigan is home to world class universities and outstanding IT talent…talent we need to keep right here in our state to help transform our economy” said David Behen, CIO for the State of Michigan.  “Dewpoint is a prime example of a growing technology provider helping to meet the IT needs of the state, and we congratulate them on a very successful first fifteen years.”

To give a little frame of reference, the company shared a glimpse into some of the hot technology trends that were happening when the company was forming, such as:

• Number of Internet host computers goes from 1 million to 10 million in 12 months
• Internet Explorer 3 web browser released
• Hotmail launched
• Ebay launched
• Java programming language released
• DVDs launched in Japan
• Windows NT 4.0 released by Microsoft

About Dewpoint
Dewpoint experts help companies tackle complex IT solutions to secure and best utilize critical data, increase efficiency and manage costs. Unique to Dewpoint is its strong team of certified project managers, who participate throughout process to ensure best practices and on-target delivery. Industry leaders such as Oracle, Symantec, Hitachi Data Systems, NetApp, HP, Microsoft and other key providers partner with Dewpoint in order to deliver the latest hardware and software solutions available.

Founded in 1996, Dewpoint has grown to be a key business partner for major companies throughout the Midwest, significantly impacting enterprise practices across numerous industries, including state and local government, health care, higher education, financial services, manufacturing, commercial banking and insurance. Headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, the company also maintains offices in greater Detroit and Grand Rapids, as well as Indianapolis. Indiana. Additional information is available at www.dewpoint.com.

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