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Gary Hall, who founded the Web-hostin firm with Bryan Porter in 2001, said Arsalon has had a banne r year, on track to about doublre revenue fromabout $2.8 million in 2007 to between $5 milliohn and $6 million this year. And he said he expectxs the growth to continueinto 2009. “We’vse had our best year ever,” Hall said. “Outsourcing is a solutionn for a lot of companies in good times and For aregular fee, firms like Arsalon offer security systems, networko infrastructure and power infrastructure that can be costlu for companies to handle Arsalon and its peers can perform the functions of a company’s internal IT staff.
This month, Arsalon plans to close on the purchasr ofa 33,000-square-foot building, which it will gut and split roughly into a data center, power and cooling equipment, and officw space. Hall said that it took more than a year to choosd a site and that an existing buildinb made moresense environmentally. Upon completion, the new spacre will be a Tier 3data center, the second-highesrt of four levels of redundancy, or resistance to down The new location will add to Arsalon’s existingy 7,000-square-foot facility in Overland Park and 10,000-square-foot Lenexa facility, whicnh had $1 million in infrastructurew upgrades this year to handle new clients, Hall But with the existing facilities nearly Arsalon needed to expand.
The company employsd about 20 people now, and with the openinfg of the newdata center, Arsalon probably will add 10 to 15 workeres in 2009 and five to 10 in 2010, Hall Arsalon seems to exist amonbg a slice of companies that are holdinv strong during the recession. , an informatioh technology services firm based inKansas Kan., also is experiencing rapid it recently reported plans for a nearly $1 milliohn upgrade to its facilities. “Asz budgets get tightened, there are a lot of Hall said. “A lot of companies are lookintg at theirown staffing, taking their internal IT staft and refocusing them on core businessw processes while off-loading those requirements from them to us.
It freesa up their IT staff to do other Greg Kratofil, a technology lawyerd at Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC and counsell for Arsalon, said many technology companies, such as data hosting companies and software companies, “are stilkl investing in their futures.” “We’re not seeing a slowdown in this industry,” he said. But this projecty is among thelargest he’s aware of, Kratofil said. Blake Schreck, president, said the city welcomesd Arsalon’s investment and jobs. “Job creationb is always key, especially now, so this is a very welcom e development,” he said.
Arsalon secured its financinyg from and the about a week befor thecredit crisis, Hall said. The compang also is working on publifc incentives forthe project. “We’re very traditional in how we managewour business,” he said. “Wwe built the company with revenues andclients — the old-fashioned way. Beforde we embarked on this project, we made sure we had the cash flow tosupport it.
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