Quadrant 4 Targets 3 Verticals With Cloud, Managed Services

Quadrant 4 Systems Corp. (formerly Zolon Corp.), an IT service firm, has launched new cloud services and managed services that target three key verticals: finance, retail and healthcare. Along the way, Quadrant 4 hopes to leverage growing consumer cloud computing buzz. Indeed, as consumers discover Apple iCloud, Quadrant 4 expects SMB customers to seek commercial cloud services. Here’s a closer look at the effort.

So far, Quadrant 4 has focused on business consulting, business intelligence, enterprise systems and application development and maintenance for its roughly 150 worldwide customers, particularly in North America. The company is a publicly held penny stock and roll-up of sorts — having combined multiple businesses to focus on IT consulting.

Where do cloud computing, data management and managed services fit in? In a prepared statement, Quadrant 4 Chairman and CEO Dhru Desai said:

Quadrant 4’s Q1 revenue was $5.4 million — up dramatically from a scant $11,725 in Q1 2010. But we caution readers: It looks like the dramatic growth was based purely on M&A activity. MSPmentor will be watching to see if Quadrant 4 generates organic growth in the months ahead.

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