Bayen Group, a certified minority-owned small business, has been delivering innovative and cost-effective IT solutions and services to Northrop Grumman for over 7 years. Bayen Group has supported Northrop Grumman in various projects, including cloud migration, data analytics, and digital transformation.

The Supplier of the Year Award was created by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) in 1981 to evaluate how well corporate dollars were reaching the minority business community. Now, this award is seen as the most honorable recognition that majority corporations can give to their MBE partners.

“We are honored and humbled to be nominated for this prestigious award by Northrop Grumman, one of our most valued and trusted partners. This nomination reflects our commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction. We are proud to support Northrop Grumman in delivering cutting-edge solutions and services,” said Huy Nguyen, President and Partner at Bayen Group.

The winners of the Supplier of the Year award were announced at the SCMSDC B3 Conference and Expo in Los Angeles last week. The company was recognized for their nomination on stage by SCMSDC President and CEO, Virginia Gomez.

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Torch.AI, The Data Infrastructure AI Pioneers^®, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider^®, today announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as a Torch.AI Public Sector distributor, making the company’s autonomous data ingestion, fusion, and analysis software platform available to the Public Sector through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2) and OMNIA Partners contracts.

Torch.AI is a defense focused AI-software company. Unlike traditional government contractors, its team of experts take calculated risks to self-fund research and development (R&D) efforts behind the scenes, selling complete products “off-the-shelf” directly to mission owners. The company conducts deep research to understand how AI and new data infrastructures can improve a growing array of national defense needs. This enables Torch.AI to transition from ideation to full capability deployment in weeks and months, instead of years.

Its modular platform is easily configured to rapidly create customer impact across tactical AI (mission-focused) and enterprise AI (business-focused) solutions. Each platform layer uses AI to process and fuse large-scale data, instantly, without human intervention or data storage. This new, groundbreaking form of in-memory AI has been deployed at various agencies across the DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) to drive decision-making at scale, improve national security, protect U.S. interests, eliminate fraud, reduce risks and protect our nation’s warfighters.

“We’re pleased to partner with Carahsoft to expand the Government’s access to our platform and solutions portfolio,” said Jason Eidam, CSO & GM of Tactical AI Solutions at Torch.AI. “The partner ecosystem Carahsoft has created for the Public Sector is incredible, and Torch.AI is excited to leverage its decades of experience in establishing and maintaining market prevalence for its vendors and reseller partners, specifically in accelerating procurement and its distribution capabilities.”

“Carahsoft is thrilled to partner with Torch.AI to enable the Government to simplify and utilize its data for improved intelligence and decision-making,” said Michael Adams, Program Executive for AI Solutions at Carahsoft. “Torch.AI’s data infrastructure platform is a major asset to Public Sector customers striving to simplify and utilize their data for improved intelligence and decision-making. We look forward to working with Torch.AI and our reseller partners to bring its solutions to agencies seeking a better way to take advantage of their data.”

Torch.AI’s solutions are available through Carahsoft’s SEWP V contracts NNG15SC03B and NNG15SC27B, ITES-SW2 Contract W52P1J-20-D-0042 and OMNIA Partners Contract #R191902. For more information, contact the Carahsoft Team at (571) 662-4235 or Torch.AI@carahsoft.com.

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Auvik, an award-winning IT solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Mark Ralls as President and Bryan Getz as Chief Sales Officer to accelerate company growth.

“I am thrilled to welcome Mark and Bryan as the newest members of Auvik’s leadership team,” said Auvik CEO Doug Murray. “Their respective track records of building successful SaaS businesses are impressive, and their experience will play an instrumental role in Auvik’s next chapter. The addition of their skill sets accelerates our mission to reduce friction for IT teams depending on Auvik for managing diverse technology stacks.”

An experienced software executive, Ralls brings over twenty years of operating experience to Auvik with a proven ability to build high-performing teams that delight customers and accelerate company growth. As President, Ralls will be responsible for all customer facing functions, including marketing, sales, and customer success. He previously served as President and COO of Invicti Security where he helped the company disrupt the web application security testing market, introducing new and innovative solutions to help companies secure their web application attack surface. Prior to Invicti, Ralls held leadership roles at SolarWinds, Social Solutions, and Vista Equity Partners.

“Auvik is not only a SaaS pioneer, but also a company with a customer-obsessed culture,” said Mark Ralls. “‘The Auvik Way’ closely aligns with my own views on approaching business and teamwork, and it’s an inspiring philosophy to get behind.”

Bryan Getz joins Auvik with an impressive record for driving revenue growth and extensive experience with managed SaaS platforms, including nearly 20 years of sales leadership in Silicon Valley. As head of global sales for Auvik, Getz will focus on driving new logo adoption of Auvik’s platform, while expanding the current customer base as it grows with Auvik.

Prior to joining Auvik, Getz served in a variety of sales leadership roles. Most recently as VP of Sales at SaaS leader Druva, Getz drove their go-to-market motion and channel-first engagement model into the SMB, mid-market, and enterprise segments. Prior to Druva, Getz held sales leadership roles at Cohesity, Applatix (acquired by Intuit) and Data Domain (acquired by EMC/Dell.)

“Auvik has made great strides over the last year creating a channel program capable of addressing the huge opportunity as the company completes the transition from a single product offering to a more comprehensive IT management platform,” said Bryan Getz. “We are going to build on that momentum and work with our valued partners to paint the world Auvik purple.”

As the customer base and product suite continue to expand, Ralls and Getz will help guide Auvik to continue accelerating the already explosive growth in the channel. Auvik currently manages over four million SaaS applications – representing a 700% increase in 2023 alone. In the last year, Auvik has also grown its channel partnerships from three to nearly 100 after investing heavily in its channel marketing efforts and expanding its channel team.

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“This is an exciting time in the shared history between Softchoice and Microsoft. Earlier this year, Softchoice announced a joint investment with Microsoft to further enhance its Microsoft cloud and digital workplace capabilities, including M365, Azure, and Copilot for M365,” said Chris Woodin, Senior Vice President of Solutions and Alliances at Softchoice. “Together, we’re enabling organizations to digitally transform and to produce better outcomes for their stakeholders. We’re thrilled to have our accomplishments recognized in the 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards.”

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards acknowledge Microsoft partners who have created and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions, services, and devices in the past year. Winners and finalists were selected from over 2,000 submitted nominations for the Americas Awards and more than 4,700 nominations from over 100 countries for global awards.

“It is with great excitement that we celebrate the winners and finalists of the 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards!” said Nina Harding, Corporate Vice President, Americas Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft. “These incredible partners showcased their innovation and collaboration which have fostered customer success, AI and CoPilot activation, and transformed businesses on the Microsoft Cloud.”

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This recognition highlights Sherweb’s commitment to excellence and innovation in delivering customer solutions powered by Microsoft technologies. The Microsoft Americas Partner of the Year Awards acknowledge Microsoft partners who have created and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions, services and devices in the past year. The award selections are categorized, with honorees selected from a pool of over 2,000 submitted nominations. Sherweb was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in the Distributor category.

“This is an important industry distinction reflecting the dedication and expertise of our entire team,” said Benji Germain, Vice President of Product at Sherweb. “We’re proud to continue helping our partners deliver efficient technology solutions from Microsoft that enable digital transformation and greater empowerment.”

Sherweb is a leader dedicated to Managed Service Providers’ (MSPs’) success with over 20 years of mastering the Microsoft ecosystem and recently earned all available Microsoft Solutions Partner designations. Mr. Germain added, “We look forward to building upon this accomplishment and delivering even more innovative solutions for our partners and their customers.”

Steven Freidkin, Chief Executive Officer at Ntiva, a large IT solutions provider in the US, said the following about their partnership with Sherweb: “AI powered solutions are changing the business landscape. At Ntiva, we are committed to bringing technology to our clients while it is a competitive advantage, and solutions such as Microsoft Copilot are one of these technologies. Sherweb has helped us go to market faster and with more accuracy than going it alone, and we couldn’t be more grateful for the partnership.”

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards will be announced at the Americas Start for Partners, a digital event, which will take place on July 12^th this year. Additional details on Sherweb’s Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program are available here: https://www.sherweb.com/partners/csp-program/.

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BCA IT, Inc. is proud to announce its inclusion once again in the 2024 Channel Futures MSP 501 list, a highly esteemed ranking that recognizes the most influential and innovative managed service providers. This accolade reflects BCA IT, Inc.’s commitment to delivering exceptional managed services and setting industry standards for technical expertise and customer satisfaction.

For the past 17 years, managed service providers around the globe have submitted applications for inclusion on this prestigious and definitive listing. It is a milestone achievement for any managed services organization to be included on the list. The Channel Futures MSP 501 survey uses a quantitative methodology to rank companies based on their annual revenue, profitability measured by EBITDA, and recurring revenue. The methodology has been developed by a Who’s-Who in the managed services industry.

Kenneth Henao, President of BCA IT, Inc., expressed his gratitude, stating, “Being recognized again on the Channel Futures MSP 501 list is a testament to our team’s dedication, hard work, and innovative approach to managed services. We are committed to providing top-tier IT solutions that meet the evolving needs of our clients.”

This year’s list is one of the most competitive in the survey’s history. Winners will be recognized on the Channel Futures website and honored during a special ceremony at MSP Summit, Sept 16-19, 2024 in Atlanta, GA.

“The 2024 Channel Futures MSP 501 winners survived a challenging market and emerged as the highest performing and most innovative IT providers in the industry today,” said Dave Raffo, MSP editor and MSP 501 project manager. “The most impressive thing about the MSP 501 winners is they deliver for their customers every day. These are the most innovative, driven, and successful MSPs in a fiercely competitive industry.”

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CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD) today announced it has surpassed $1 billion in total sales over the lifetime of its partnership with CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDW), a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. CrowdStrike has also achieved CDW’s Diamond Level Partner Status, joining just a handful of select technology giants who are key to CDW’s $20 billion business.

Together, CrowdStrike and CDW drive cybersecurity transformation for thousands of organizations around the world with the power of the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform. The combination of CrowdStrike’s industry-leading technology and CDW’s widespread reach enables businesses across the world, industry verticals and market segments to consolidate disjointed point products, maximize ROI and stop breaches.

“These milestones are a testament to the continued strength of our partnership with CrowdStrike and ongoing commitment to delivering positive cybersecurity outcomes for our mutual customers in today’s dynamic, rapidly-advancing technology environment,” said Stephanie Hagopian, VP security solutions for CDW.

“The milestones of both $1 billion in sales and Diamond Level Partner Status signify the incredible impact CrowdStrike and CDW have in bringing industry-leading security to thousands of customers. Together, we’ve found the recipe for success, modernizing security operations with AI, consolidating legacy products and increasing ROI with the Falcon platform,” said Daniel Bernard, chief business officer at CrowdStrike. “From our early days, CDW has led with CrowdStrike, bringing our cutting-edge technology to a multitude of organizations. We’re thrilled to achieve such significant success with our long-standing partner CDW, and we look forward to furthering our commitment to stopping breaches together.”

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Carahsoft Technology Corp., a Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider^®, today announced the launch of CarahCloud Marketplace, a digital catalog designed to serve the Public Sectors’ growing acquisition demand of 3^rd party software products and solutions in AWS Marketplace. CarahCloud Marketplace is purposely built on a collection of new AWS Marketplace application programming interface (API)s enabling independent software vendors (ISVs) and AWS Partners to build workflow integrations with AWS Marketplace for their Amazon Machine Image (AMI), software as a service (SaaS), and Container products.

“We are thrilled to launch CarahCloud Marketplace as it represents the collaborative relationship with AWS and our reseller partners in delivering innovative solutions for today’s Public Sector customers’ cloud transformation,” said Craig P. Abod, Carahsoft President. “CarahCloud Marketplace simplifies the customers’ acquisition process for their cloud-based products available in AWS Marketplace, offering flexible payment terms and options to purchase from their preferred Marketplace channel partner through a single motion. We look forward to future AWS Marketplace API releases in advancing the transformation of Public Sector customers’ Marketplace experience.”

Carahsoft is one of the first AWS Public Sector (PSP) Program members to demonstrate the feature capabilities of the recently released AWS Marketplace APIs, where AWS Partners and customers can now host, manage and promote their own AWS Marketplace branded storefront directly from their website.

“The AWS Marketplace APIs provides a complete storefront experience to our resell partners and their customers’ acquisition of third-party software products,” said Tina Chiao, Director Carahsoft’s AWS Business Unit. “The APIs enable Carahsoft and our ISV partners to expand their Marketplace solution offerings specific to the Public Sector from months to days.”

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Astreya, a leader in managed IT and service technology solutions, officially announces the appointment of Romil Bahl as Chief Executive Officer. This strategic move follows the successful tenure of Andrea Bendzick, whose leadership expanded the company’s innovative solutions and international presence.

In mutual agreement with the Board of Directors of Astreya Partners, Inc., Andrea Bendzick has stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Jeffrey Freeland, Founder & Chairman of Astreya’s Board, expressed his gratitude and optimism with the transition: “Andrea has been instrumental in developing Astreya’s current market position. We are deeply appreciative of her leadership. With Romil’s appointment, we anticipate new opportunities for growth and innovation.” Speaking on the transition, Ms. Bendzick expressed: “I would like to thank the Board for its vision, the global team of dedicated Astreyans, and Astreya’s client partnerships, all of whom have the Company well-positioned for its next chapter of growth.”

Romil Bahl’s appointment aligns with Astreya’s goals for growth and innovation. His extensive experience and leadership in the IT services and technology sector are expected to drive significant advancements in the company’s service offerings and market position. Astreya continues to support leading-edge technology development, serving clients including numerous Fortune 15 companies. Under Bahl’s leadership, the company aims to maintain its commitment to innovation and exceptional client service.

Jeffrey Freeland expressed his confidence in Bahl’s capabilities: “Romil’s extensive CEO experience across two public companies as well as private company CEO roles gives us immense confidence in his ability to propel Astreya to new heights. His vision, cultural beliefs and people leadership values align closely with our goals, and his industry expertise aligns with our strategic growth objectives, making him the ideal leader for Astreya’s next phase.”

Romil Bahl shared his vision and excitement about his new role: “I am excited to lead Astreya and build upon its impressive legacy and top-notch client base, which is second to none. We are poised to expand our managed services and technology solutions and deepen client relationships. Today, technology is more pivotal than ever, profoundly impacting every aspect of our lives. Artificial Intelligence, in particular, stands as a transformative force, heralding a new era of innovation in IT. At Astreya, we are committed to harnessing this potential to revolutionize how we work and deliver unmatched value to our clients.”

Bahl brings a wealth of experience to Astreya, including significant roles as CEO of KORE Wireless, where he spearheaded initiatives that positioned the company as a leader in global IoT solutions. His tenure at Lochbridge was marked by strategic refocusing on the connected cars segment. At PRGX Global, Inc., he transformed the company by diversifying its services and significantly improving profitability and market presence. His leadership style emphasizes not only operational excellence but also strategic growth through innovative solutions and market expansion. Astreya is well-positioned for a future of continued innovation and market leadership under Romil Bahl’s guidance. The company looks forward to this new chapter in its history, with a clear focus on expanding its IT solutions.

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Produced by the same team that compiles the 33-year-old Star Tribune 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Minnesota, Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee opinions measuring engagement, organizational health and satisfaction. The analysis included responses from 149,176 employees at Minnesota public, private and nonprofit organizations.

The results of the Star Tribune Top Workplaces are based on survey information collected by Energage, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention.

“We are incredibly honored to be recognized as one of the Top Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune,” said Kelly Bennewitz, CEO of TDX Tech. “This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team, who continually strive to deliver superior technology services, innovative solutions, and an unmatched experience for our customers. We believe that a strong, engaged workforce is the foundation of our success, and we are committed to fostering a culture where every employee feels valued and empowered.”

Star Tribune CEO and Publisher Steve Grove said, “The companies in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces deserve high praise for creating the very best work environments in the state of Minnesota. My congratulations to each of these exceptional companies.”

To qualify for the Star Tribune Top Workplaces, a company must have more than 50 employees in Minnesota. Over 5,000 companies were invited to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.

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