mindSHIFT Technologies

What mindSHIFT Technologies does

mindSHIFT Technologies is a privately held IT services company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in 1999. According to firmographic data, the company provides CMS implementation and hosting services to organizations in both the private and public sector, with a current workforce of 51-100 employees. The company's website is listed as mindSHIFT.com.

Between 2000 and 2011, mindSHIFT Technologies pursued a capital-intensive growth strategy, raising approximately $121 million across nine funding rounds from a syndicate of prominent technology investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital, Fidelity Ventures, JP Morgan, HP, Volition Capital, and TDF Ventures. During this same period the company executed five acquisitions: Union Square Technology Group (2005), Invision.com for $29 million (2007), Collaboration Online (2008), Alpheon Corporation (2011), and ORBIT Systems (2011). The disclosed leadership team consists of Dave Paris (CTO) and Steven Robinson (Chief Legal Officer).

Note on data quality: A substantial portion of the aggregated source material (tagged with source ID) describes Netrix Global, a separate IT consulting and managed services firm founded in 1994 with 600+ technical engineers. That content has been excluded from the substantive analysis above to avoid attributing Netrix Global facts to mindSHIFT Technologies. The company's post-2011 strategic activity, current product portfolio, revenue, customer base, and ownership status are not disclosed in the available input.

Name

mindSHIFT Technologies

Legal name

Netrix, LLC

Website

http://www.mindSHIFT.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

mindSHIFT Technologies is a privately held Waltham, Massachusetts-based IT services firm founded in 1999 that provides CMS implementation and hosting services to private and public sector organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Managed IT Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Application Platforms (App PaaS & Runtime Services) (HDABAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Application Data Migration & Master Data Management Services (BPAEAGAJ), ITSM Managed Services (Run/Operate/Optimize) (BPAEAJAN), Blogging & CMS Content Platforms (BPAMAJAG)

Keywords

• CMS implementation services
• Managed hosting services
• Content management systems
• IT managed services
• Enterprise hosting solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Waltham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Design modern IT architectures and implement market-leading technologies with IT professionals and project managers. Services include consulting on leveraging existing resources, extending team capabilities for specific projects.
2. Managed Services: Ongoing 24x7 management of client environments with comprehensive support including service desk, technical operations, security operations, and advanced systems management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

mindSHIFT Technologies provides CMS implementation and managed hosting services to organizations in the private and public sectors. Through successive acquisitions, it has broadened into collaboration solutions and broader IT managed services, allowing it to deliver end-to-end content infrastructure and operational hosting for enterprise and government clients.

Product overview

Netrix Global is an engineering-led IT consultant and managed service provider offering a portfolio of professional and managed services. The company operates as a platform of expertise across multiple service domains including Cybersecurity, Digital Workplace, Cloud Platform, Artificial Intelligence, IT Strategy, IT Service Management, Application Development, and Data Strategy. Services are delivered through a three-phase approach (Advise, Deploy, Run) encompassing Professional Services for design and implementation, and Managed Services for ongoing operations including 24x7 Service Desk, Technical Operations Center, Security Operations Center, and Advanced Systems Management. Key service modules include Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 workshops and AI Readiness Assessments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CMS Implementation Services Design and deployment of content management systems for organizations in the private and public sector, enabling clients to publish and manage digital content without building internal CMS expertise.
• Managed Hosting Services Operational managed hosting for CMS and related enterprise workloads delivered to organizations in the private and public sector, providing the infrastructure and uptime guarantees required to run production content platforms.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft partner providing Copilot for Microsoft 365, Azure, and Microsoft 365 solutions. Netrix offers Microsoft Copilot workshops and data readiness assessments for Microsoft 365 deployments.
• AWScoreTechnology or IntegrationAWS partner for cloud infrastructure solutions. Netrix has delivered customer projects including hybrid AWS/Azure infrastructure and AWS-powered data transformations for government clients.
• CiscocoreTechnology or IntegrationCisco partnership for networking and collaboration solutions supporting digital workplace and cybersecurity offerings.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Rackspace Technology: Rackspace is a major managed hosting and cloud services provider serving enterprise and mid-market customers with multi-platform managed services - directly comparable to mindSHIFT's hosted services and managed IT services portfolio.
• Slalom Consulting: Slalom is a large IT consulting and digital transformation services firm with cloud, application development, and data practices - comparable enterprise-focused professional services model to mindSHIFT.

Direct peers

• Datapipe (now part of Rackspace): Datapipe was a managed hosting and IT services provider with similar enterprise focus and managed services portfolio - a close peer in the managed hosting and cloud infrastructure services space.
• Navisite: Navisite provides managed cloud services and hosting for enterprise applications including ERP/CRM platforms - directly comparable to mindSHIFT's CMS and application hosting offering.
• SingleHop (now INAP): SingleHop/INAP provides managed hosting, cloud, and dedicated server services to mid-market and enterprise customers - a peer in the managed hosting and infrastructure services market.
• Hosted Solutions: Hosted Solutions (acquired by Windstream) was a managed hosting provider focused on the mid-Atlantic US serving SMB and mid-market enterprise clients - comparable geographic and customer segment to mindSHIFT.
• Carpathia Hosting (now QTS): Carpathia Hosting provided compliant managed hosting and cloud services to federal and enterprise customers - comparable regulated-industry hosting positioning to mindSHIFT's public sector work.
• Perimeter (acquired by Xerox): Perimeter Internetworking provided managed IT and hosting services before acquisition - directly comparable SMB/mid-market managed services and hosting portfolio to mindSHIFT.
• Edge Web Hosting (now Hosting.com): Edge Web Hosting / Hosting.com provides managed hosting and CMS-focused hosting services - directly comparable to mindSHIFT's CMS implementation and hosting offering.

Emerging players

• Acquia: Acquia provides Drupal CMS hosting and digital experience platform services - comparable to mindSHIFT's CMS implementation and hosting focus, though more product-led than services-led.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/mindshifttechnologiesinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/netrixglobal
• Instagraminstagram.com/netrix.global

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds9 records

Investors7 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A5 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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