Business: Applied Communications, which provides IT consulting services primarily to large companies, and launched Applied Services, a new division offering managed IT services to start-ups and small and medium-sized companies Founded: Applied Communications, 1983; Founded: Applied Services, 2010
Headquarters: Wayzata
Website: www.acmn.com
Employees: 11
Executives: Kristi Paul, president and CEO
2009 revenue: $5 million
Strategy: Build awareness of new Applied Services division, develop a separate Applied Services website to explain data backup and security needs to small companies.
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