Thrive Honored as MSP of the Year

May 20, 2019

Thrive Honored as MSP of the Year

Recognized by Kaseya for excellence in multiple disciplines

FOXBOROUGH, Mass., May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thrive, a premier provider of Next Generation Managed Services announced today that they have been honored as “MSP of the Year” by Kaseya at their Techie Award Show.

The Techie Award winners were announced during an awards ceremony on May 9, 2019 at Kaseya’s Connect IT 2019 in Las Vegas. The award recognizes MSPs for their excellence in high customer satisfaction scores and retention, efficiency automation, fastest growth, high profits, high employee retention and commitment to tech professional development.

Connect IT is a four-day conference that allows IT professional and business owners to join industry leaders and the Kaseya team in discussion on the evolving landscape of information technology and its impact on modern business. Thrive CEO, Rob Stephenson, had the opportunity to participate on a panel with board member, Abhiskek Rampuria of M/C Partners, during the pre-conference M&A advisory forum.

Kaseya introduced The Techies for the first time at the 2019 Connect IT conference as an award show for the IT community. Managed Service Providers and IT Administrators were recognized in a range of areas including Efficiency, Automation, Community Impact, Growth and overall excellence.

“It was a pleasure attending and serving on Kaseya’s Connect IT M & A advisory panel with fellow board member, Abhishek Rampuria of M/C Partners. Thrive is truly honored to have been selected as the ‘MSP of the Year,’ a tremendous achievement bestowed by one of the leading industry vendors and our valued partner, Kaseya. Congratulations to the entire Thrive team for this prestigious accomplishment,” stated Rob Stephenson, CEO of Thrive.

Thrive’s recognition by Kaseya is a testament to the strides the company has made in the MSP community over the last year. Recently, Thrive was ranked #11 among the overall Top 100 Vertical Market MSPs by Channel E2E, while placing fifth in the Financial Services market. This is a jump from the #26 spot that the company was ranked the year prior.

About Thrive

Thrive is the leading application enablement provider for Enterprises in a Cloud and SaaS-based world. As one of the largest Managed Services Providers in the United States, Thrive optimizes business application performance with their Suite of Next Generation Managed Services, which include Public, Private & Hybrid Cloud management, Cybersecurity, Networking, Disaster Recovery and more. Thrive’s Next Generation Platform helps compliance-driven businesses solve complex IT problems by delivering peak application performance around the globe, 24×7. For more information, visit www.thrivenetworks.com.

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Zack Halpryn

Zack Halpryn is an Associate at M|C Partners, where he focuses on investment opportunities in the digital infrastructure and technology services sectors. Prior to joining MC, Zack worked at HarbourVest Partners, where he was focused on buyout and growth equity investments. Previously he worked at Performance Equity Management and Credit Suisse. Zack received a B.B.A in Finance (summa cum laude) from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. He currently lives in Boston’s West End and in his spare time enjoys playing sports (volleyball, basketball, golf), reading and watching the Celtics.

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