FutureProofing Black Book.

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1 2014 FutureProofing Black Book

2 The Centroid Advantage 1 Service Offerings 2 Consulting Services 3 Technology Services 4 Managed Services 5 Cloud Services 6 Licensing 7 Staffing 8 Why Centroid 9 Our objective is to be the leader in our industry. Our technology needs to adapt to the changing economic times. Centroid s FutureProof methodology enables our Oracle technology to be flexible to meet the needs of the business. Austin Zoutis, VP of IT ebioscience Centroid has been a leader in Technology, Consulting and Managed Services since Centroid is a national technology firm focused on Consulting, Managed Services and Cloud Services that span the entire enterprise. From Applications to Technology to Infrastructure, our Apps-to-Iron capabilities deliver the highest quality services from end-to-end providing you with an optimized environment. Centroid is one of Oracle's Top 25 Strategic Partners. Our expertise delivers fully-integrated Oracle Solutions from ERP & BI Applications to Database, Security, Middleware to Virtualization, Servers and Storage. From strategic planning to application deployments and upgrades to full turn-key outsourcing, we are committed to helping clients simplify their IT and realize measurable business value.

3 We deliver performance-enhancing solutions engineered by Oracle experts. We believe high performers push the envelope, outperforming their competition. As an experienced leader in Oracle consulting, we offer a broad range of services that give you an array of industry experience and proven performance. From sophisticated customer management to integrated supply chain solutions, to the transformation of your business and internal functions, we have the expertise to get the job done and get it right the first time. As a high-performing organization, we take full responsibility for our work and the potential risks involved. Quite simply, we always deliver on our promises and we back it up 100% guaranteed. Our core service offerings include: - Consulting services - Technology services - Managed services - Cloud services - Licensing - Staffing As an experienced leader in Oracle consulting, we offer a broad range of services that give you an array of industry experience and proven performance. From sophisticated customer management to integrated supply chain solutions, to the transformation of your business and internal functions, we have the expertise to get the job done - and get it right the first time. Whether your needs are Customer Relationship Management (CRM) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), we provide full life-cycle implementation and upgrade services. We are focused on providing you with comprehensive solutions whatever your needs may be. From infrastructure planning and optimization, technology deployments to application configuration and support, we believe in using the best industry-honed talent to provide you with a value-added solution. Our first customer has been with us since Centroid's relentless pursuit of providing the best solutions to our clients is a testament to our success and yours.

4 We align business objectives to supportable technology solutions. At the core of any enterprise is technology, and at Centroid we have become the experts in technology. Centroid specializes in technology services across the entire stack of Oracle and Microsoft products. Our consulting professionals have more years of experience under their belt solving real world problems than you can get anywhere else. Our technology solutions include: - Performance and tuning - Disaster recovery - Database administration - Engineered systems deployments - Infrastructure planning and refreshes - System health checks We help businesses become more flexible, responsive and improve efficiency all while controlling IT costs. We are a customer-proven leader in Oracle application and database managed services, delivering solutions that enable organizations to lower costs, increase business agility and ensure freedom of choice. Our solutions allow enterprises to accelerate their growth and adopt a more efficient, agile service delivery. From our beginnings over a decade ago, we have worked closely with senior executives across multiple industries to address their most critical business objectives through our selective application outsourcing approach. Our services go beyond traditional development and maintenance - we help your organization achieve high performance. Because we provide a highly experienced and geographically closer staff, we offer faster results using fewer people, which saves you money - even over our offshore competitors. If we do not live up to our promise, we suffer financial penalties no strings attached. We build long-term relationships with our customers, partners and employees so that together we can build structurally sound solutions. Centroid saved us 25% in cost, while doing 25% more work than we were getting. Gus Gelpi, VP and CIO of Triton We are a partner that will help your company achieve excellence and realize the true value of your Oracle E-Business Suite implementation.

5 Centroid has a great deal of expertise in designing and deploying highly secure, highly available application environments. Whether you are looking for an off-premise enterprise private cloud or traditional hosted infrastructure and management of your applications, technology and infrastructure, Centroid can provide a full range of services to support your business-critical applications, across the country or around the globe. Our world-class data centers and experienced consultants are only the beginning of how we dramatically mitigate both your regulatory compliance risk and the risk of unscheduled application downtime. The Centroid team has the skilled technical talent for rapid deployment and 24/7 monitoring, management and trouble resolution of your mission critical ERP systems, custom applications, technology and infrastructure. Enterprise systems are becoming more and more complex. When you need help, you need highly trained and experienced professionals who know your system inside and out. Offshore providers were talking about using an extensive number of resources to support us. The Centroid approach was more like 14 people, less than half the number. Todd Hauschildt, CIO of Verigy Our Oracle expertise across industries and as a top value-added reseller has provided our customers the expertise they want when they need it. Licensing Review For Oracle customers, our License and Support Review service provides valuable analysis of your existing Oracle licensing and support configuration. We identify underused licenses and help you repurpose or migrate these licenses to reduce redundant license purchases and ongoing support costs. We leverage our understanding of Oracle s license compliance, support policies and discount thresholds to minimize your Total Cost of Ownership and ensure you never pay for more licensing or support than is required. Oracle Software and Hardware Resell Centroid is an experienced and one of Oracle s largest strategic value-added resellers VAR. Our Apps-to-Iron approach provides value-added services in resell, from applications to technology to hardware, we have your entire enterprise covered from end-to-end. As one of the top Oracle VAR s, Centroid resells the complete suite of Oracle software, hardware and support services to Oracle customers. Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Oracle Applications, Enterprise Manager, Engineered Systems, Servers, Storage, Virtualizations and Operating Systems.

6 Centroid delivers The Right Talent at the Right Place at the Right Time for the Right Price. Our unique recruiting method simplifies the resourcing process and consistently produces the highest quality Oracle and Microsoft candidates and the fastest turn-around times you can expect. Here's how our clients benefit: Centroid Clients Have Choice - Our clients have access to the best talent available to staff their projects. - Our clients interview and personally select the right individuals with the depth of project experience and industry-specific expertise they require for staff augmentation. Centroid Clients Save Time - Our clients don't have to spend time recruiting talent, reviewing resumes, screening candidates and scheduling interviews. Centroid manages all of these details. - We consistently deliver qualified consultants ready to start when our clients need them, saving valuable project time. Centroid Clients Are More Productive - Centroid delivers the right talent to the right place at the right time for the right price, so our clients can deliver their projects on time and on budget. Since 1997, Centroid has been helping clients optimize investments in Oracle technologies. Our FutureProof approach enables companies like yours to realize the benefits of running a fully-integrated suite of Oracle applications, technology and infrastructure. Centroid s FutureProofing concept helps you adapt Oracle technologies to move as the business moves. Centroid s unique approach to consulting spans the entire application life cycle. We leverage our FutureProof methodology every step of the way to ensure that your investment in Oracle and related technologies retain value over time, increasing your long-term ROI. We can help you: - Improve business processes - Expand in-house capabilities - Increase application value - Free up internal resources to focus on strategic business initiatives Centroid has been a leader in deploying the latest Oracle technologies since Our consultants have an average of 12+ years of Oracle application and technology experience and our talent attrition rates are extremely low. Let us help you FutureProof your technology and business.

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