SHI International Corp. Annual Revenues Up 28 Percent in 2011

SOMERSET, N.J.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--SHI International Corp., one of North America’s top 20 largest IT solutions providers, today announced revenue of $3.8 billion for the full year of 2011, a 28 percent increase over 2010. In support of this growth, SHI increased its overall headcount by 200 employees.

“Our continuous, sustained growth throughout 2011 demonstrates SHI’s ability to deliver next-generation hardware and software solutions that meet the constantly evolving demands of the enterprise”

In August 2011, SHI Enterprise Solutions (ESS) division launched the SHI Cloud, offering reliable and cost-effective industrial-grade cloud computing platforms. That same division achieved an 82 percent increase in revenue over 2010.

“Our continuous, sustained growth throughout 2011 demonstrates SHI’s ability to deliver next-generation hardware and software solutions that meet the constantly evolving demands of the enterprise,” says Thai Lee, President and CEO of SHI International Corp. “In a competitive sector, our outstanding sales figures are testament that SHI provides the reliable infrastructure and high-performance technology that fuels the great work our clients do. We expect that the SHI product—both as a traditional VAR and as a cloud solution provider—will continue to meet and exceed the demands of IT managers in 2012 as we constantly seek to build on the momentum that has made SHI the fastest-growing company in our competitive set.”

SHI continues to thrive in support of its volume licensing-based partnerships with software giants such as Symantec, Adobe, VMware, and Microsoft. On the strength of 44 percent year-over-year revenue growth, SHI was named Symantec Partner of the Year in October. SHI also demonstrated a continued commitment to quality by growing its already mature Microsoft business 22 percent while winning its eighth-consecutive Microsoft Operational Excellence Award in July.

In the biggest increase among its top-five overall partners, SHI’s VMware revenue jumped nearly 90 percent in 2011, a major reason why SHI formally launched the SHI Cloud at VMworld in August.

On the hardware side, SHI’s HP-related sales were up 31 percent due to steady gains in the personal systems group combined with substantial growth in HP’s Enterprise Storage Servers and Networking (ESSN) product lines. SHI’s Dell sales were also up 14 percent overall, but 178 percent in the SMB space, accented by Michael Dell presenting Thai Lee with SHI’s second-consecutive Dell Partner of the Year Award last month at SHI’s Corporate Sales Kickoff in Austin, Texas.

SHI’s revenue growth came from all sales verticals and geographies, including nearly 20 percent growth in legacy Enterprise and Public Sector business, 96 percent in the company’s four-year-old Corporate/SMB division, 11 percent in Canada, 43 percent in the UK, and significant year-over-year gains in the relatively new SHI SAS division in France.

SHI currently employs nearly 1,800 staff across 26 offices around the world. To learn more about the SHI industrial grade cloud computing offering, please visit www.shicloud.com and blog.shicloud.com. To learn more about SHI International, visit www.shi.com.

About SHI

Founded in 1989, SHI International Corp. is a $3.8 billion+ global provider of technology products and services. Driven by the industry's most experienced and stable sales force and backed by software volume licensing experts, hardware procurement specialists, and certified IT services professionals, SHI delivers custom IT solutions to Corporate, Enterprise, Public Sector, and Academic customers. With over 1,750 + employees worldwide, SHI is the largest Minority/Woman Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) in the U.S. and is ranked 19th among Everything Channel's VAR 500 list of North American IT solution providers. For more information, visit http://www.shicloud.com.