CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

1980s

Connecting Point's Ted Warner Takes Over Retail Franchise

Connecting Point initially opened as a business selling computers and packaged software to its customers, with stores in Greeley, along the Front Range, and in Wyoming and Nebraska

1990s

The Tech Market Changes & Connecting Point Evolves

The 1990s brought a technology boom to the business market across Colorado and Wyoming, and with it, lots of competition from big box stores. Connecting Point left the consumer retail industry and turned its focus on a business-to-business model, bringing solutions and products for business networks to the companies in the area.

This transition created the early demand for as-needed network and end-user support, changing the Connecting Point staffing model as well as the technical skills and certifications that were needed inside of the organization. Connecting Point began its shift from being a sales organization, to a service business.

2000s

Connecting Point Shifts Business Model to Become Managed Service Providers

To better serve its growing customer base, Connecting Point shifted its focus away from retail sales altogether and built its foundational model on providing managed technology services to small and mid-sized businesses across Northern Colorado and into Southern Wyoming.

The company established a 24/7 help desk to cater to its client's expanding network and end-user support needs, and continued to add critical managed IT services like managed antivirus, managed firewalling, automated patching and update services, and more. The growing services suite has driven additional process and standardization through the business, and has paved the way for the early “all inclusive” IT support model.

2010s

Connecting Point Becomes a Leader in Managed IT Services

By 2010, Connecting Point had solidified itself as a pioneer and industry leader in the Managed IT Services space, and continues to see steady growth in the Colorado and Wyoming marketplace.

By expanding its suite of products and services designed to help their clients’ IT systems run smoothly, the company standardized its go-to-market strategy around the “all you can eat” managed services model centered on providing a consistent subset of services and support and charging a predictable fee driving predictable end results.

This began the migration of Connecting Point’s clients away from the ‘break-fix’ IT support model and into a more relationship and partnership focused engagement. At the same time, cloud-computing and cloud services expanded and matured, necessitating additional tools, and unveiling additional opportunities and challenges for small business IT.

2020s

Connecting Point Anchors its Practice on a Foundation of Cybersecurity

With the explosion of applications and data being delivered and stored in the cloud and across a growing remote workforce, the reliance on IT security expands rapidly. Delivering layered and comprehensive cybersecurity services has become increasingly important due to the vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques across the globe.

Connecting Point's network security services take on a more prominent role in the company, a change driven by technology and the needs of Connecting Point's clients. Security is at the forefront of Connecting Point's services as they work to keep their clients safe and their data protected from the rise of network hacking.