30 March 2015
Dubai - IT-Serve has appeared on Penton Technology's eighth-annual MSPmentor 501 Global Edition, a distinguished list and report identifying the world's top 501 managed service providers (MSPs). The complete 501 list is currently available on the MSPmentor. IT-Serve ranks in:

• The top 250 MSPs in the World
• The top 50 MSPs in Europe, Middle East and Africa
• The Top MSP in the Middle East

"IT-Serve is immensely proud to be recognized as the Top Managed Services Provider (MSP) in the Middle East," said Jens Lund, CEO, IT-Serve. "This is due to an outstanding client-base and organization that understands the true value of Managed Services."

MSPmentor's annual MSP 501 list recognizes World's top technology providers and consultants whose leading approach to managed services enables their customers to improve operational efficiencies, elicit greater value from their IT investments and successfully leverage technology to meet their business goals.

"We want to congratulate IT-Serve 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.

"Thank you to all the companies who participated in this year's MSPmentor 501 survey, and congratulations to the companies that ranked on our world's 501 list andour regional lists," said Jessica Davis, Editor in Chief of MSPmentor and Executive Editor at Penton Technology. "Your participation enables us to continue to provide you with high quality information about the most successful business models, pricing, vertical markets and other approaches to running your businesses in 2015 and beyond."

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About IT-Serve
IT-Serve.com is a leading Managed IT and Cloud Services Provider in the UAE, offering IT infrastructure management, Helpdesk services, IT Outsourcing, consultancy & security solutions to small and mid-sized companies. IT-Serve's experts have more than 20 years of managed services and consulting experience across multiple industries and technical competencies. IT-Serve is also the first cloud transition company in the Middle East.

About Penton
Penton drives performance for more than 16 million professionals each and every day. They rely on us to deliver: Insights, information & workflow tools to inform critical business decisions; networking & community to engage them with industry peers & partners; and data & marketing services to advance their business performance & deliver ROI.

Penton is a growth company with a track record of strong performance and success and is backed by its co-owners: MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP.

For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.

Contacts
Jessica Davis
Editor in Chief,
MSPmentor.net
Jessica.davis@penton.com

Ali Liaquat
Manager Marketing & PR,
IT-Serve.com
ali.liaquat@it-serve.com

© Press Release 2015