Not long after Southfield-based information security provider Secure-24 put the finishing touches on its new data center in Plymouth, it signed one of its first clients -- and it's a big one.
Wayne County will use the data center for all of its IT and technology needs. The county and its 43 communities is expected to occupy 2,000 square feet (with an option to expand up to 5,000 square feet) of the data center.
"The success of this current initiative will dictate any future relationship," says Cheryl O’Brien, spokeswoman for Secure-24.
The new $5 million facility measures in at 18,000 square feet and comes with all of the fancy bells and whistles that get nerds geeked up. Construction was completed last winter and the firm expects to open it this spring.
In recent years, Secure-24 has hit triple-digit growth; headcount now exceeds 100. That growth helps explain why the Edward Lowe Foundation has named the firm one of Michigan's 50 Companies to Watch.
The firm, founded in 2000, manages the IT of financial, payroll and logistic services for companies like Foresee Results and GM Racing, among others. Its founders, Matthias Horch and Volker Straub, relocated from Germany and chose Metro Detroit over California.
Source: Cheryl O’Brien, spokeswoman for Secure-24
Writer: Jon Zemke
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