2nd Watch Named to 2015 MSPmentor 501

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Apr 7, 2015) - 2nd Watch, the public cloud workload management company, has been included in the eighth-annual MSPmentor 501 Global Edition, a distinguished list and report identifying the world's top 501 managed service providers (MSPs). The MSPmentor 501 results are based on an annual survey, conducted in December and January by parent company Penton Technology. The results rank MSPs based on annual recurring revenues, dollar growth, percentage growth, devices managed and more.

"We want to congratulate 2nd Watch and look forward to covering their growth strategies in the year ahead," said Marcia Parker, Executive Director, Penton Technology Group.

This year the top MSPmentor 501 companies recorded higher recurring revenues than ever before. Combined, the total annual recurring revenues for all of MSPmentor 501 2015 companies reached a record high of $3.95 billion in 2014, up 26.5% year over year.

2nd Watch is an AWS Premier Partner, delivering cloud strategy and migration, monitoring and management services and tools to enterprise companies such as Yamaha, Lenovo, Adobe, Condé Nast and Red Lion Hotels. The firm recently underwent a rigorous auditing and certification process to join an exclusive list of six providers qualifying for the AWS Managed Service Partner program. Last year the company launched the novel Cloud Factory service, which guarantees the price of $2,000 per server migration cost to AWS, for a minimum of 200 servers. Once a company migrates, 2nd Watch Managed Cloud guarantees 99.99% uptime.

"It's wonderful to be recognized among other top managed services providers around the world for our contribution to enterprise IT transformation," says Doug Schneider, CEO of 2nd Watch. "We will continue to focus on delivering the most efficient, cost-effective and innovative services to companies moving applications to the public cloud, and delight in helping them achieve their goals for business gain in the cloud."

About 2nd Watch

2nd Watch is a public cloud management company that helps enterprises accelerate adoption of the public cloud. The company's unique suite of services and software extend and automate critical workload management processes for the public cloud, including governance, procurement, migration and administration. By combining proven methodologies, industry experts, and patent-pending automation tools, 2nd Watch is currently delivering public cloud workload automation across more than 100 enterprise customers and tens of thousands of Amazon EC2 instances. The venture-backed company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. To learn more about 2nd Watch, visit www.2ndwatch.com or call 1-888-317-7920.