1. Upstate Startup Community
NEXT, UCAN, and The Iron Yard

2. 2006 – NEXT
High Tech Companies, 132 Members

3. 2008 - UCAN
Angel Network – 30+ Companies, ~$10M

4. 2009 – NEXT Innovation Center
60,000 sqft, 27 Companies

5. 2010 – Cowork / Railside
Coworking for Designers and Devs

6. 2011 – Accelerator
39 companies, $50M+ raised

7. 2011 - Grok
Designer and Developer Conference

8. 2011 – VC Visits
3 day event to show the area resources

9. 2012 - CoderDojo
Software and Electronics Classes for Kids

10. 2013 - Academy
Intensive Code School

11. The Iron Yard Expansion
Spartanburg, Charleston, Columbia & Beyond

12. Immedion’s
Perspective
Frank Mobley
April 23, 2014

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About Immedion
Immedion is SC and Western NC’s premier data center and
Cloud services provider, offering outsourced IT infrastructure
services and solutions that help lower costs, maximize internal
resources and keep valuable information technology secure and
available 24x7x365.
Founded in 2006
Data center locations in Greenville, Columbia,
Asheville, and North Charleston
Approximately 30k sq ft of data center space
Services Set
Cloud Services (Infrastructure as a Service)
Colocation and network services
Managed IT (Server management, data backup, network
security, custom solution development)

14.  Migration to the Cloud
 20+ companies from onsite physical infrastructure to
hosted Cloud and Hybrid Cloud
 Primarily small and medium enterprises (up to $20MM)
 Larger enterprises are deploying private Clouds
 Intense focus on data security
 HIPAA and PCI regulations
 Staying out of the news
 Increased sales activity
 “Get me out of the computer room
business”
 “I need a secondary / DR site”
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What We are Seeing

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Immedion Market Comparisons
Contributing Factors to Upstate Dominance
 60% of Immedion management team is based in Greenville
 Controller and Marketing Director are in Columbia
 Greenville site was first facility of its type in SC
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16.  Unique value proposition – multiple sites
interconnected with high speed fiber
 Networking and collaboration opportunities
 NEXT
 Innoventure
 GSATC / Tech After 5
 Innovision
 Charleston Digital Corridor
 Competitive, dependable power
 Talented and committed staff
 Solid investors
 Comporium (Rock Hill)
 Home Telecom (Monks Corner)
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Leading Contributors to Success

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Primary Challenges
1. Acquisition and Retention of Talent
 Unique combination of hands-on technical and customer-facing
skills
 Entry-level IT staff willing to work shifts
2. Customer Acquisition

18. Thank You!