BlueWater Articles
August, 2009: Channelweb.com learns BlueWater's Three Keys To Outrageous Growth
New York, NY - BlueWater Communications ranks No. 1 on CRN's 2009 fastest-growing solution provider list, posting astronomical growth of 3,605 percent between 2006 and 2008. BlueWater's revenue grew from $1.9 million to more than $70 million, in two years. (The Fast Growth event is Oct. 21 in San Francisco.
Channelweb.com asked CEO Bob Cagnazzi how, in a recessionary climate, the company pulled off such amazing numbers. He also discussed specific solutions that illustrate the company's success.
What is the key to BlueWater's success?
I believe a little luck always plays a part in any of our successes, but given that, I think the key to our success hinged on a few things we focused very closely on upon startup: 1. the team, 2. the solutions and 3. the target markets.
Let's start with the team.
When we opened BlueWater, we actually were way overstaffed, especially at senior positions. This was the plan. In my previous life I ran the North American operations for a global systems integrator and I believed the biggest impediment to our growth was people -- not just having enough, but having the right people in senior positions that understood the culture and were prepared to scale the business. We staffed BlueWater with senior people throughout the organization from day one, so they would be ingrained in the culture and the strategy as we grew and would enable us to scale quickly and still retain our core business principals.
January 2009: BlueWater Communications Group Announces BLUE: A Managed Services Offering
New York, NY - BlueWater Communications Group, a leading IT professional services firm, is pleased to announce it has officially launched BLUE, a support and management solution that helps customers optimize their IT investments. With a fully staffed Network Operations Center (NOC), BlueWater will proactively manage and monitor events in the life-cycle to ensure customers have full knowledge and understanding of their IT infrastructure.
"We wanted to create a solution that would assist our customers in preventing unplanned outages, and give them peace of mind when there is a threat to their infrastructure and data. We understand that downtime can affect revenue, productivity and even corporate image, and BLUE will help combat these ill-effects of downtime" says BlueWater Chief Executive Officer, Bob Cagnazzi.
BLUE was designed to assist customers in maintaining and supporting their network and IT infrastructure. The solution was created to remotely support client IT infrastructures, twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition to proactively monitoring and identifying issues before they become a problem, BLUE offers onsite support for maintenance, remediation, MACs (Moves, Adds and Changes) and strategic planning sessions.
"BLUE is a flexible solution, and a simple solution. We offer three different levels of BLUE, each addressing the needs of our diverse customer base. BLUE is proactive and scalable, backed by solid engineers and technology" said Cosmo Gazzani, Director of Managed Services, BlueWater Communications Group.
About BlueWater Communications Group
BlueWater Communications Group is a leader in providing Full Life Cycle Unified Communications and Infrastructure Solutions to improve the business operations of Enterprise, Commercial and SMB Clients. The Solution Offerings comprise Cisco Unified Communications, Advanced Security, Wireless, Core technologies and Services. BlueWater is privately held and headquartered in Hauppauge, NY.
November, 2008: BlueWater Communications Group Expands into New Jersey
New York, NY - BlueWater Communications Group, a leading IT professional services firm, is pleased to announce it has opened a new office in Iselin, New Jersey. Located on the first floor of 111 Wood Avenue South in Iselin, New Jersey, BlueWater will utilize this new location to serve its customers and business partners throughout New Jersey and the neighboring states of Pennsylvania & Delaware.
"We believe that the many organizations within the state of New Jersey and the neighboring states will continue to look to BlueWater Communications Group for high quality, technology solutions and this New Jersey location highlights our commitment to servicing them well" says, BlueWater Vice President and General Manager, Carl Gambello.
BlueWater Communications Group recently won Cisco Systems' Gold Partner of the Year Award for Technology Excellence in Unified Communications, Security, Wireless and Data Center. Additionally, as a VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC), BlueWater delivers Virtualization offerings, as well as, Storage and Disaster Recovery solutions through Network Appliance (NetApp) and others.
"We look forward to providing innovative technology solutions that drive business success for our clients in New Jersey. Our commitment to client & employee satisfaction is the foundation upon which the business is built and we are excited about this BlueWater office expansion" said Bob Cagnazzi Chief Executive Officer, BlueWater Communications Group.
About BlueWater Communications Group
BlueWater Communications Group is a leader in providing Full Life Cycle Unified Communications and Infrastructure Solutions to improve the business operations of Enterprise, Commercial and SMB Clients. The Solution Offerings comprise Cisco Unified Communications, Advanced Security, Wireless and Core technologies. BlueWater is privately held and headquartered in Hauppauge, NY.