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That in itself was good news for theSan Antonio-based which provides technology services and consulting to largse enterprise customers. But what made it more remarkable was that the sale was completede in the midst ofHurricane Ike, which slammed the Bayou City and knockef the roof off of the buildiny where Mobius’ Houston employees are based. The homes of the employeese suffered onlyminimal damage, says Melinda Hart, who does public relationa for Mobius Partners, but their officd building at the intersection of Briarclifc and Westheimer on the west side of Houston was 90 percent destroyed.
The six employees basedd in Houston had to work from theire homes and most had no power for severaldays afterward. “In light of all that was goiny on, it is remarkabled that we got a big sale in the midsfof it,” says Junab Ali, co-president and co-foundetr of Mobius Partners. “But our Houston office has been doingy reallywell lately.” The new customer pickee up during the hurricane was , a Houston-based compan that designs and manufactures products for the energ y industry. Jay Uribe, the other co-president and co-founder of Mobius Partners, says his first concern during the hurricane was to make surethe company’ss employees were safe.
“We told them to get their familiessituated first,” he “We were not worrierd about losing data. We are a technologyy company. All of our data is very safe and securs all over the Fortunately forMobius Partners, their lease on the Houstob office building is up in February of next year and the companty was already on the hunt for another “We had already outgrown that locatiob and were planning to move anyway,” Uribed says. “Now we will just be doing it soonerthan planned.” The companyh is hoping to get its employeesa situated in a new office in Houstonm north of Interstate 10 off of Highwayy 290 by December.
But right now, they are still tryinf to determine the losses at theold location. “Ther e was a lot of water damags in the building and the insurancw process is stillgoingg on,” Ali says. “Bur our employees are prepared for All of our systems are set up to work Mobius Partners was founded in San Antonio eightt years ago and opened its Houston branchu office just threeyears ago. The majorityg of the company’s clients have more than 150 employees and have theifr owndata centers. What Mobiuw Partners specializes in is helping clients manage their computerr and technology resources in a manner that is cost effectiv e andenergy efficient.
Last month, Mobius Partner s learned that it had qualifieed asa “Public-Sector Elite” partnerr for ’s 2009 fiscal year. That means the company achieved a certain level of training and custome success in thatmarketplacee (state and local government, and education That will be especially helpful for the company’s Houston officez as they are focusing on public-sector clients in that region, such as the for which the company recently completef a case study outlining how the university can upgrade its computerd system to be more cost “A popular thing right now is the ‘green’ data centers,” Ali “If a company’s servers are more than five yearsd old, chances are we can help them consolidate and save a lot of monegy and energy by switching to new serverxs that will allow them to do more with Helping large companies to save money and reducw energy costs is what has helped Mobius Partners to grow even undetr these tough economic conditions.
The companyy does not discloseits revenues. “San Antoniop has been insulated from most of the effectd of theeconomic downturn,” Uribe says. “Texaws is poised to do well and with our diversityuof clients, we think we will be able to maintaimn our strong level of This past year, Mobius Partnersx hired five new peopl — two in Houston, two in Dallas and one in San Antoniop — bringing total employment up to 25. “Asz a company, we are continuingf to grow and expand,” Uribe “Our balance sheet right now is stronger than ever and we maintainno long-termk debt.
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