Comcast was founded in 1963 as a single-system cable operation of 1,200 subscribers. Since then they’ve grown to be the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services with 24.4 million cable customers, 14.7 million high-speed Internet customers and 6.1 million digital voice customers in 39 states and the District of Columbia.
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The skills and dedication of their associates transformed Acxiom from a small data processing company into a market leader.
Founded in 1969, Acxiom (Nasdaq: ACXM) is headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., and serves clients around the world from locations in the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific and South America.
Acxiom is a recognized leader in technology and marketing services that enable marketers to successfully manage audiences, personalize consumer experiences and create profitable customer relationships. Their superior industry-focused, consultative approach combines consumer data and analytics, databases, data integration and consulting solutions for personalized multichannel marketing strategies. Acxiom leverages over 40 years of experience in data management to deliver high-performance, highly secure, reliable infrastructure-management services.
New technologies offer incredible potential: revenue growth, improved customer satisfaction and stronger brand image. However, these innovations can also make technology environments more complex.
To reach its full potential, technology must be easy to use. And it must perform.
For nearly 40 years, Compuware has delivered software, experts and best practices to make your applications work well and deliver business value. Their people and software ensure that critical technologies work like they should — all the time — for their 7,100 customers around the globe. When technology performance really matters — and it matters now more than ever — organizations, including 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and 12 of the 20 most visited U.S. web sites, turn to Compuware.
Burwood Group was incorporated in September, 1997 by Founder and President, Mark Theoharous. Since 1997, they have grown by reputation with no outside funding. Burwood Group is headquartered in downtown Chicago and serves local, national, and international clients.
They are a Cisco Gold Partner specializing in IPT, security, wireless and rich media communication. Burwood Group was named in the top 25 of Computer Reseller News Fast Growth 100 List for three consecutive years.
Burwood, is known for creating a work environment and culture that promotes individual contribution, but as part of a team that is focused on a larger goal. Goals can be achieved only by hiring for quality and not quantity. Burwood is not intent on being the largest company; but rather, the best.
Burwood consultants are chosen for their combination of technology, consulting and problem-solving skills. All have a broad technology understanding, yet focus on Burwood's core areas of internetworking and security. Their technology and market vision enables them to develop optimal solutions for the clients they serve.
Headquartered in Itasca, IL, with satellite offices in both downtown Chicago and Dallas, TransTech IT Staffing is a leading provider of contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire services of IT professionals.
A Women Business Enterprise (WBE)-Certified IT recruiting firm, they have been delivering professional, flexible, and personable recruiting services since 1990. They serve a national clientele on a local, regionalized basis and are a Tier One vendor at a number of Fortune 500 companies. They are also experts at working within Vendor Management System (VMS) models.
The industries they work with include: healthcare, insurance, finance, state and local government, and banking. Their reputation is built on the ability to offer a wealth of recruiting experience and expertise, a vast network of candidates, and an unwavering commitment to building strong and lasting relationships with their clients, the consultants they place, and the professional communities in which they work.
Geneca believes that when teams are set up for success, they can deliver predictably each and every time.
Geneca has identified best practices that allow for this, and they apply those practices to deliver award-winning custom software solutions for their clients.
The ability to deliver a predictable services experience is one of the great challenges facing the software consulting industry. The marketplace has come to accept -- if not expect -- mediocre project outcomes that do not truly meet all of their business needs.
Geneca believes that predictable software development is achievable. Their ability to define and measure success in terms that make sense to diverse stakeholders and their willingness to make and honor commitments means no surprises, no disappointing outcomes.
PSC is a professional services consulting firm that helps companies withstand the challenges of change. They specialize in the development of solutions that help their clients achieve their strategic business objectives. PSC solves business problems with long-term solutions that use only proven technologies.
Their goal is to identify, design and implement not simply a good solution but the best possible solution - a process that begins with the way they listen and ends in their clients experiencing a greater return on their investment. Their vision is not limited simply to mastering new technologies. Rather, they look beyond them to the new processes and business models that will enable their clients to find innovative pathways for success.
In short, they believe there are many companies that can show you the 'what' of business. At PSC they go further. They work to show you the 'how' and the 'why.'
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