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Meet everyone in the 2014 CRN Fast50

The complete list of the best in the Australian channel.

By Tony Yoo, Steven Kiernan on Nov 28 2014, 7:00AM

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50. Core IT Solutions

Growth: 18.31%
2013-14 revenue: $1,695,416

State: WA
Founded: 2007
Employees: 8
Key executive: Adam Garnaut
Main activities: Managed services, PCs
In their own words: "Net profit up by 29 percent and increase in monthly managed services revenue by 68 percent. Decrease in reliance on hardware and software sales. Implemented infrastructure-as-a-service and desktop-as-a-service offerings, as well as a hardware-as-a-service product implementation of Ruckus Wireless."

49. ISW

Growth: 18.48%
2013-14 revenue: $14,757,337

State: TAS
Founded: 2004
Employees: 40
Key executive: Ian Warner
Main activities: Software licensing, professional services
In their own words: "A big year on R&D and international revenue grew by 35 percent year-on-year. Another record year completes over a decade of compound double digit growth."

48. IT Manager on Demand

Growth: 18.91%
2013-14 revenue: $2,274,345

State: NSW
Founded: 2001
Employees: 10
Key executive: Sean Bloch
Main activities: Managed services, servers & storage

47. Comscentre

Growth: 19.62%
2013-14 revenue: $17,395,676

State: QLD
Founded: 2002
Employees: 95
Key executive: Ben Shipley
Main activities: Networking, managed services, carrier & telco
In their own words: "The sale of our One Touch Control (OTC) software for $680,000 to a new Chinese telecommunications company, Quinddoe, marked this year’s calendar with one of the largest international milestones the company has ever achieved and the forerunner of more to come in 2015. We are also excited to have injected a massive budget into innovation over the next two years."

46. Chamonix IT Consulting Group

Growth: 19.75%
2013-14 revenue: $13,290,213

State: SA
Founded: 2010
Employees: 63
Key executive: Scott Grigg
Main activities: Professional services, application integration, software development

45. Advent One

Growth: 20.13%
2013-14 revenue: $27,420,597

State: VIC
Founded: 2000
Employees: 41
Key executive: Graeme Peter Clark
Main activities: Servers & storage, software licensing

44. Blue Apache

Growth: 20.5%
2013-14 revenue: $9,767,623

State: VIC
Founded: 1998
Employees: 45
Key executive: Chris Marshall
Main activities: Managed services, IaaS

43. Technetics Consulting

Growth: 20.6%
2013-14 revenue: $3,226,130

State: VIC
Founded: 2004
Employees: 22
Key executive: Zoran Tasevski
Main activities: Managed services, servers & storage, PCs
In their own words: "In 2014, Technetics did significant cloud migrations, in particular Office 365. In addition, we upgraded many clients' front and back-end systems so there was lots of new revenue from procurement of hardware and software. All of that activity resulted in lots of billable consulting due to other add-ons like business system integration and migration."

42. Crucial

Growth: 22.51%
2013-14 revenue: $4,182,964

State: NSW
Founded: 2003
Employees: 20
Key executive: Ijan Kruizinga
Main activities: Servers & storage
In their own words: "Crucial spent the 2013-14 financial year developing a brand new product suite and website, aimed at delivering a simpler hosting experience for our customers. Crucial's customer base also increased significantly, where we are now also taking a stronger foothold in the small business market - something which our company is passionate about."

41. Logicalis

Growth: 23.01%
2013-14 revenue: $72,413,200

State: NSW
Founded: 2004
Employees: 200
Key executive: Basil Reilly
Main activities: Networking, unified communications, managed services

40. GPK Computers

Growth: 23.09%
2013-14 revenue: $5,072,501

State: VIC
Founded: 1999
Employees: 32
Key executive: Grant Klaaysen
Main activities: Managed services, carrier & telco, professional services

39. Insight Systems Group

Growth: 23.26%
2013-14 revenue: $11,635,635

State: VIC
Founded: 2003
Employees: 55
Key executive: Wayne Schultz
Main activities: Unified communications, managed services
In their own words: "Highlights of 2013-14 included extension and growth of the managed services contract with RMIT, opening a new office in Geelong, and 10 new staff joining."

38. Qbit Computers

Growth: 23.34%
2013-14 revenue: $1,917,807

State: WA
Founded: 2006
Employees: 12
Key executive: Craig Hollins
Main activities: Managed services, PCs
In their own words: "Difficult year to increase sales but we consolidated our processes. In 2014 Q1 we acquired another IT company as the owner was seeking to retire. Despite some difficulties it resulted in an immediate boost to not only the bottom line but the energy level in the company. We have taken on additional premises to cope with the increase in staffing levels and expected future growth."

37. Queensland Computers

Growth: 24.45%
2013-14 revenue: $3,090,318

State: QLD
Founded: 2005
Employees: 12
Key executive: Geoff Augutis
Main activities: PCs
In their own words: "This has been a tough year in the market - we have worked hard to expand our offerings and services."

36. UXC Connect

Growth: 25.33%
2013-14 revenue: $217,276,000

State: NSW
Founded: 1972
Employees: 600
Key executive: Ian Poole
Main activities: Managed services, professional services

35. TAA Connect

Growth: 26.54%
2013-14 revenue: $7,540,501

State: QLD
Founded: 1992
Employees: 28
Key executive: Bruce Swan
Main activities: Unified communications, managed services
In their own words: "All growth was organic, based around selling more services and equipment to existing clients and providing a total solution from sales, telco connections, cabling, deployment to managed services. We particularly saw growth from video conferencing with Lifesize and the adoption of Mitel unified comms platform in the VMware environment."

34. Artis Group

Growth: 27.07%
2013-14 revenue: $10,236,355

State: NSW
Founded: 2005
Employees: 80
Key executive: Christopher Foxton Greatrex
Main activities: Software development, professional services, managed services
In their own words: "Financial year 2014 was just executing successfully on our move to more enterprise applications, services and cloud. All organic growth, with the exception of the acquisition of Tapestry Systems contributing from 1 June only. It's all about the right people working within a 'performance based' culture."

33. Dataweave

Growth: 27.53%
2013-14 revenue: $10,917,373

State: NSW
Founded: 2006
Employees: 50
Key executive: Norman Weaver
Main activities: "Our milestones included revenue surpassing $10 million for the first time, first ever business acquisition, first Oracle business process outsourcing/software-as-a-service contract."

32. Cloud Solutions Group

Growth: 28.48%
2013-14 revenue: $11,647,427

State: VIC
Founded: 2010
Employees: 25
Key executive: Joshua Rubens
Main activities: Servers & storage, professional services, backup & DR
In their own words: "Through success on a number of large projects, Cloud Solutions Group won Nimble Partner of the Year for 2013, presented in Sydney in December. In June, Cloud Solutions Group won the Nutanix Recognition of Innovation award in Phuket."

31. Myriad IT

Growth: 30.74%
2013-14 revenue: $6,467,898

State: VIC
Founded: 1999
Employees: 40
Key executive: Marcus Simkin
Main activities: Professional services, software development
In their own words: "Over the past year, Myriad IT has implemented membership management solutions for a range of organisations including Athletics Victoria, National Tax Accountants Association and Monash Student Association. Myriad IT was also recently appointed by the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund to provide a cloud-based community foundation solution that will provide them with finance, accounting, donations and grant management, customer relationship, event management, and comprehensive reporting."

30. R&G Technologies

Growth: 30.77%
2013-14 revenue: $4,146,417

State: QLD
Founded: 2004
Employees: 31
Key executive: Gordon Tan
Main activities: Managed services, professional services
In their own words: "Have focused around developing a great company culture built upon delivering great client satisfaction. This has been the biggest contributor to our overall growth. Also, promotion from within has been big for us and allowed our team to develop and grow. We have only lost one staff member in the last three years which has given us incredible staff retention and this is a huge value add to clients."

29. Comvision Australia

Growth: 32%
2013-14 revenue: $1,326,974

State: VIC
Founded: 2004
Employees: 7
Key executive: Owen Johnson
Main activities: Professional services, managed services, PCs
In their own words: "One of the primary aims of our new managed services solutions set was to decrease the overall IT spend of our clients compared to when they were on a break-fix or ‘onsite management’ agreement, while also delivering increased response times, decreased resolution times and significantly reduced risk through 24/7 monitoring and alerting for critical IT systems metrics. This has meant that a large portion of our revenue from the past 12 months has come from new clients."

28. Telegate

Growth: 33.37%
2013-14 revenue: $1,778,623

State: NSW
Founded: 2011
Employees: 20
Key executive: Tiernan O'Connor
Main activities: Unified communications

27. PCS Australia

Growth: 34.53%
2013-14 revenue: $51,743,075

State: NSW
Founded: 1971
Employees: 6
Key executive: Sydney JP Borg
Main activities: Other hardware, PCs, servers & storage
In their own words: "Stuck to the knitting. No real changes except reduction in staff and taking on an exclusive technology product for education, hospitality and corporates. Year was another tough one and outlook is for much the same next year."

26. Secure Bits

Growth: 35.49%
2013-14 revenue: $2,737,891

State: VIC
Founded: 2005
Employees: 16
Key executive: Nicholas Owen
Main activities: Critical infrastructure, professional services, managed services, networking
In their own words: "In financial year 2014, Secure Bits became the first gold partner with Emerson Network Power in Victoria, resulting in a successful collaboration on two major IT infrastructure projects spanning the last six months."

25. MSC Mobility

Growth: 36.3%
2013-14 revenue: $10,299,825

State: NSW
Founded: 2008
Employees: 75
Key executive: Justin Roche
Main activities: Mobility
In their own words: "Currently growing in Asia, working with Telstra Global Enterprise Services. Building out standardised product offerings through the Global Enterprise Mobility Alliance. Recognised as leaders in enterprise mobility by Frost and Sullivan. Recognised by IDC and Gartner as thought leaders in enterprise mobility."

24. Cavalry

Growth: 36.82%
2013-14 revenue: $4,227,916

State: NSW
Founded: 2000
Employees: 25
Key executive: Peter Low
Main activities: Managed services, IaaS, professional services

23. Konverge

Growth: 38.62%
2013-14 revenue: $2,568,448

State: NSW
Founded: 2011
Employees: 4
Key executive: Johnny Thai
Main activities: PCs, servers & storage, networking, managed services
In their own words: "The past year has been the strongest ever for Konverge. We've been able to reach all of our set targets with a smaller team and are pleased that our relationships with our vendors, suppliers and customers are stronger than ever."

22. Ignia

Growth: 40.8%
2013-14 revenue: $7,647,257

State: WA
Founded: 2000
Employees: 51
Key executive: David John Tenni
Main activities: Software development
In their own words: "Our staff are genuinely excited to be working with the best talent globally - we attract international experts and have around 10 different nationalities in our team. Offering continuity to our customers is also of utmost importance to us. Having happy staff means that the same person who knows our client’s business will be the one continuing the conversation years after a project is completed, which is quite rare in our industry."

21. Zettagrid

Growth: 40.93%
2013-14 revenue: $3,436,883

State: WA
Founded: 2010
Employees: 30
Key executive: Nicholas Power
Main activities: Infrastructure-as-a-service
In their own words: "With over 3500 workloads on our platform, we are one of the largest Australian-owned cloud providers. We work closely with our channel partners to acquire and satisfy the needs of our customers."

20. Empired

Growth: 43.66%
2013-14 revenue: $66,798,695

State: WA
Founded: 1999
Employees: 450
Key executive: Russell Baskerville
Main activities: Professional services, managed services
In their own words: "Financial year 2014 was a transformational year for Empired with acquisitions, securing $50 million of work with a major resources company, signing a $46 million contract with Main Roads WA, and making strategic investments in our cloud services model, enterprise mobility and big data."

19. LeetGeek

Growth: 45.7%
2013-14 revenue: $6,693,709

State: SA
Founded: 2007
Employees: 27
Key executive: Richard Stafford
Main activities: PCs, servers & storage, mobility

18. Azzurri Communications

Growth: 46.39%
2013-14 revenue: $10,026,679

State: NSW
Founded: 2006
Employees: 27
Key executive: Jon Evans
Main activities: Managed services

17. Resolution Technology

Growth: 57.74%
2013-14 revenue: $2,384,688

State: QLD
Founded: 2009
Employees: 25
Key executive: Brett Malherbe
Main activities: Managed services, carrier & telco
In their own words: "We won the Telstra Business Partner of the Year for Strategic Products."

16. RamCity

Growth: 60.47%
2013-14 revenue: $2,122,233

State: NSW
Founded: 2010
Employees: 5
Key executive: Rodney Bland
Main activities: RAM & storage
In their own words: "Two years ago I had to retrench all bar one employee, and hired them all back plus another in the last 12 months. We were shooting for $2 million last financial year and went way past it. This financial year we are on target for $3 million."

15. Touchpoint Technology

Growth: 63.22%
2013-14 revenue: $3,136,362

State: NSW
Founded: 2009
Employees: 6
Key executive: William Freeman
Main activities: Servers & storage

14. Fronde Australia

Growth: 71.9%
2013-14 revenue: $5,561,361

State: NSW
Founded: 2007
Employees: 40
Key executive: Donald McLean
Main activities: Professional services, software licensing

13. Outware Mobile

Growth: 72.66%
2013-14 revenue: $9,244,833

State: VIC
Founded: 2009
Employees: 95
Key executive: Eytan Lenko
Main activities: Software development
In their own words: "We have cemented our position as Australia's leading mobile development team. Some customer win highlights are: ANZ, Coles, NSW government and NPS."

12. CTO Group

Growth: 75.19%
2013-14 revenue: $10,144,044

State: ACT
Founded: 2010
Employees: 50
Key executive: Kane Fillingham
Main activities: Professional services
In their own words: "CTO Group’s growth has been achieved through continued investment around its consulting practice. The increased demand for consulting services has allowed the company to continue investment in its organisational maturity."

11. BEarena

Growth: 79.2%
2013-14 revenue: $5,986,761

State: NSW
Founded: 2007
Employees: 12
Key executive: Darren Ashley
Main activities: Servers & storage, backup & DR, managed services
In their own words: "Record year. Project wins across all verticals - those public today are Hyundai, Transgrid and Hills. BEarena is now sole Nutanix Elite partner for ANZ, sole Nutanix GSO partner for APAC, VMware EUC focus partner for NSW, and the only four-time awarded partner for Veeam in ANZ."

10. RXP Services

Growth: 85.61%
2013-14 revenue: $56,061,000

State: VIC
Founded: 2011
Employees: 430
Key executive: Ross Fielding
Main activities: Professional services, application integration, software development
In their own words: "Our business at the core is getting stronger everyday."

9. Olikka

Growth: 93.06%
2013-14 revenue: $4,148,397

State: VIC
Founded: 2010
Employees: 20
Key executive: Michael Pascoe
Main activities: Professional services, software licensing
In their own words: "No major changes - focusing a little more on sales and utilisation efficiency. It didn't feel like it was a blazing growth year - but instead it felt like good solid increase and business-strengthening year."

8. Enosys

Growth: 108.63%
2013-14 revenue: $4,110,000

State: NSW
Founded: 2011
Employees: 13
Key executive: Joseph Mesiti
Main activities: Professional services, security, networking
In their own words: "The company grows and thrives as we continue to put the customer first. I know it's a cliché' but it works."

7. Virtunet

Growth: 121.07%
2013-14 revenue: $8,111,174

State: NSW
Founded: 2008
Employees: 30
Key executive: Martin J Kosasih
Main activities: PCs, servers & storage, networking
In their own words: "It was an awesome year for Virtunet - we achieved more than 100 percent growth in revenue and gained a good market share in the education vertical."

6. Trimble Networks

Growth: 122.88%
2013-14 revenue: $3,343,215

State: QLD
Founded: 2004
Employees: 18
Key executive: Pete Trimble
Main activities: Professional services, managed services
In their own words: "I refuse to grow too quickly and get attrition of clients... The plan is to grow that consulting enterprise, to leverage initiatives such as the Fast50 to build brand awareness in the SMB space."

5. Broadband Solutions

Growth: 127.39%
2013-14 revenue: $9,652,424

State: VIC
Founded: 2005
Employees: 15
Key executive: Sam Bashiry
Main activities: Carrier & telco
In their own words: "Now it's growing quite rapidly and there's so many things to do, but we don't want to do everything; let's expand and do it properly and take our time."

4. Dynamic Business Technologies

Growth: 134.98%
2013-14 revenue: $2,357,393

State: NSW
Founded: 2006
Employees: 14
Key executive: Nathan Franks
Main activities: Managed services, professional services, backup & DR
In their own words: "[The acquisition of Arion Nexus] didn't make me any friends but we're not here to hold hands and wear daisies in our heads."

3. Kloud

Growth: 135.09%
2013-14 revenue: $19,165,713

State: VIC
Founded: 2010
Employees: 120
Key executive: Nicki Bowers
Main activities: Professional services, software development
In their own words: "Our managed services have gone from nothing to hero in the past 12 months."

2. NGage Technology Group

Growth: 189.14%
2013-14 revenue: $6,651,572

State: VIC
Founded: 2011
Employees: 11
Key executive: Jarrod Bloomfield
Main activities: Servers & storage, software licensing, professional services
In their own words: "We had major growth with IBM's server portfolio and Pure Storage; and grew our customer base by roughly 50-60 clients."

1. Vonex

Growth: 232.24%
2013-14 revenue: $3,741,000

State: WA
Founded: 2009
Employees: 15
Key executive: Brydie McKee
Main activities: Carrier and telco solutions
In their own words: "Our culture is very much around innovation and scalable products and technology. We give the guys all the room to explore and expand. We've got a collaborative culture."

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Meet everyone in the 2014 CRN Fast50

The complete list of the best in the Australian channel.

50. Core IT Solutions

49. ISW

48. IT Manager on Demand

47. Comscentre

46. Chamonix IT Consulting Group

45. Advent One

44. Blue Apache

43. Technetics Consulting

42. Crucial

41. Logicalis

40. GPK Computers

39. Insight Systems Group

38. Qbit Computers

37. Queensland Computers

36. UXC Connect

35. TAA Connect

34. Artis Group

33. Dataweave

32. Cloud Solutions Group

31. Myriad IT

30. R&G Technologies

29. Comvision Australia

28. Telegate

27. PCS Australia

26. Secure Bits

25. MSC Mobility

24. Cavalry

23. Konverge

22. Ignia

21. Zettagrid

20. Empired

19. LeetGeek

18. Azzurri Communications

17. Resolution Technology

16. RamCity

15. Touchpoint Technology

14. Fronde Australia

13. Outware Mobile

12. CTO Group

11. BEarena

10. RXP Services

9. Olikka

8. Enosys

7. Virtunet

6. Trimble Networks

5. Broadband Solutions

4. Dynamic Business Technologies

3. Kloud

2. NGage Technology Group

1. Vonex

50. Core IT Solutions

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