JACKSONVILLE, FL (July 16, 2003) — MPS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MPS), a leading provider of specialty staffing and business solutions, today announced that Modis, Inc., its information technology (IT) services business unit, and Idea Integration, its e-business consulting and systems integration solutions unit, have both been named to the 2003 VARBusiness 500, the industry’s definitive ranking by revenue of the top 500 solution providers, information technology (IT) consultants, integrators, and service organizations in North America.
The 500 companies are the leading revenue producers among approximately 90,000 solution provider organizations and account for $313 billion in sales of IT services and products. The complete listing of the VARBusiness 500 was published in the June 23, 2003, issue of the biweekly business magazine that provides strategic insight for technology integrators.
Robert C. DeMarzo, VARBusiness editorial director, notes that companies like Modis and Idea play critical roles in providing the proper information technology strategies and systems to corporations and institutions. “Through their expertise, Modis and Idea Integration ensure appropriate, cost-effective IT implementation to help drive business forward,” he said.
"We are honored to be recognized again as one of the leading providers of information technology resource management services and solutions," stated Jack Cullen, president of Modis, Inc. "This is a tribute to the hard work and talents of our entire operation."
“Idea Integration is honored to once again be included as one of the top 500 solution providers by VARBusiness,” said Jim Albert, senior vice president at Idea Integration. “Idea is focused on developing and offering quality, state-of-the-art solutions to our clients. This honor recognizes the great effort our employees have put into creating value for clients.”
To complete the 2003 ranking of the 500 largest North American solution providers, VARBusiness partnered with Harte-Hanks, a San Antonio-based firm that specializes in technology-focused research. VARBusiness designed the survey and Harte-Hanks assisted with data collection. Finalists were ranked according to their fiscal year 2002 revenue, calculated by factoring out non-solution-provider and non-computer-related revenue.
About Modis, Inc.
Modis, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most respected providers of information technology resource management services and solutions. ITRM is defined as deploying human intellectual capital to meet an organization's information technology goals using the optimal mix of internal staff, outside consulting resources, and project outsourcing. Today, Modis delivers world-class ITRM solutions to more than 1000 clients in virtually every industry around the world. For more information about IT resource management from Modis, visit www.modis.com.
About Idea Integration
Idea Integration is an e-business consulting and systems integration solutions provider serving Fortune 1000 companies, government, and middle-market clients. Specializing in Web design and development, information management solutions, wireless workflow applications, portal solutions, and enterprise resource management, Idea delivers high-return business applications for its clients. For more information, please visit www.idea.com.
About VARBusiness Magazine
For the past 16 years, VARBusiness’ strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for Solution Providers through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events, and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services is available on the magazine’s Web site at www.varbusiness.com.