NetStandard Corporate Blog

NetStandard was one of the sponsors of Stallard Technologies’ 2009 Networking Event on Friday, June 26, at Stallard’s offices in Overland Park, Kan.

As you can see from the video, the event was a great opportunity to establish new business relationships and reconnect with colleagues and friends. In addition to networking, attendees networked and enjoyed Kansas City barbecue prepared on-site, a variety of beverages and Sheridan’s Custard.

In addition to NetStandard, co-sponsors were 1102 Grand, Cavern Technologies, Hyper Five Web Hosting, Systems Maintenance Systems and the Software and Information Technology Association of Kansas.

Thanks for Stallard Technologies for their hospitality and the opportunity for NetStandard to participate.

NetStandard is proud to be part of the Kansas City IT community. According to a study just released by the Milken Institute, IT companies in the Kansas City metropolitan area employed nearly 20,000 people and paid nearly $2 billion in wages. Figures are from 2007, the most recent year available.

The IT community’s significant contributions to Kansas City’s high-tech industry helped place Kansas City at No. 31 in the Milken Institute’s analysis of the top high-tech economies in North America.

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NetStandard Inc., a Provider of Outsourced IT Departments, Receives Annual Business Excellence Award for 2009

Kansas City, Kansas’s, NetStandard was presented the annual Business Excellence Award for 2009 by Secretary of Commerce David Kerr. The award honors the Kansas business that best upholds the state’s ideals of leadership, service, and economic contributions.

Kansas City, Kan., June 22, 2009--NetStandard Inc., a leading provider of outsourced IT departments based in Kansas City, Kan., was presented the annual Business Excellence Award for 2009 by Secretary of Commerce David Kerr at the State Capitol in Topeka. The award honors the Kansas business that best upholds the state’s ideals of leadership, service, and economic contributions.

“We are honored and humbled to receive this prestigious award,” said Jeff Melcher, NetStandard’s CEO. “In addition to our corporate mission of providing world-class technology services to our clients, we are committed to actively giving back to our community.”

Since Melcher and President Walt Lane founded NetStandard in 1996, the company has become the leading provider of outsourced IT departments for companies in the heartland of the United States. NetStandard also is active in the community and supports such organizations as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Lakemary Center, Ronald McDonald House, Youth Front, and the Police Athletic League of Kansas City.

NetStandard Inc. was founded in 1996 and provides outsourced IT departments nationwide through its headquarters in Kansas City, Kan. NetStandard’s additional offerings include data center services and hosted business software for small- and medium-sized businesses.

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