ATS is stepping on out, and Rene LaVigne’s got the scoop on its strategy

You can feel the enthusiasm just talking to him. For the past four years, Rene LaVigne, president and COO of ATS, a division of Apptis, has been working to grow the company both organically and through a number of acquisitions. That move has paid off in a big way. In the following Q&A, LaVigne shares some of the restrategizing moves that have accompanied that growth, and lets us in on some hot trends that will affect anyone and everyone with a stake in the IT marketplace.

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Rene LaVigne: Apptis has been on a significant growth spurt over the past four years — growing both organically and through the acquisition of a number of companies. While in the process of integrating those companies, we took a hard look at how we were positioned in the market. We determined that we had two unique businesses distributed across five vertical markets.

As a result, in late 2007 we reorganized our business into two distinct divisions: Apptis Services, which supports longer term service programs, and Apptis Technology Solutions (ATS), which is more project-oriented and focused on technology infrastructure.

The ATS side of the business is focused in three principle areas: Our most significant business area is converged networking and communications; followed by our data center management and client optimization practices.

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