News & Press on Vibrant
As a market leader in the remarketed IT hardware industry, Vibrant is fortunate to be tapped as a source of information by the mainstream media and popular press.
CEO Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson is a dynamic, respected female entrepreneur in the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro area running a handful of successful Minnesota-based companies.
For Media enquiries, please call 952-653-1700 or email us at info@vibrant.com.
April 2008
Finding a Reliable Used Equipment Dealer
Processor:
"Delivery charges are typically nominal compared with the savings and expertise you can find outside of your locality. Only a fraction of our clients are within state borders, yet we're only a phone call or instant message away from our national and international clients.'"
February 2008
Mainframe sold on eBay
Computerworld:
"The resale industry surged during a recession in the early 1990s, and then again during the dot-com bust earlier this decade, Donovan noted. Now, he said, resellers again 'are looking forward to IT managers thinking about how they can stretch their IT dollars.'"
February 2008
Reaction to Salesgenie.com
MSNBC:
"'We’ve tried leads from Salesgenie.com and InfoUSA in the past and they just don’t work for our small business,' says Vibrant Technologies, a reseller of IT hardware that employs 40 and is based in Minneapolis."
January 2008
YouTube for Business
Pioneer Press:
"'For example, Vibrant, the Minnetonka tech company, also uses YouTube to show customers the hardware they can buy...'"
November 2007
Prep Equipment for Exit
Processor Magazine:
"'The last thing a data center manager wants is their old equipment headlining the nightly news for having turned up in a local lake or river because they chose the fast and cheap option,' says Corey Donovan, vice president, Vibrant Technologies"
October 2007
Clean up Your Act
Entrepreneur Magazine:
"'As a whole, people are pretty uneducated on the magnitude of what these products do to people and the environment,' says Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson, 35, founder and CEO of Vibrant Technologies, which resells refurbished equipment and donates unwanted equipment to charitable organizations. Recycling is Vibrant's disposal method of last resort."
September 2007
Out of Adversity, an Opportunity
The New York Times:
"... but Ms. VanDerHorst-larson, 35, had a resource for fighting back that many parents do not: She was an entreprenuer."
August 2007
Best Places to Work - Twin Cities
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
"Vibrant Technologies is named one of the Twin Cities Best Places to Work in the Small Business Category (100 employees and under).
August 2007
A Green Thumbs-Up for Vibrant Technologies .
ZDNet.com:
"... (the) company’s main refurbishing tasks center on extending the life of servers — either by making use of excess inventory or by taking systems out of service and finding new uses for them."
May 2007
Vibrant CEO, Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson, recognized as one of Twin Cities' "40 Under Forty".
Biz Journal, Blog Post:
"The write-up was spot on in describing Jennifer’s entrepreneurial spirit and detailed how she has started and continues to run two tech companies as well as Holland Center for children with Autism."
March 2007
Vibrant hosts In-House Video Game Happy Hour.
blog post:
"When Work is Fun" was the caption under the photo featured in the St. Paul Pioneer Press Sunday business section. Vibrant held this team-building happy hour in-house and offered a variety of video games including Guitar Hero, Wii Games, NES and more."
March 2007
The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal facilitates a Workshop with Vibrant Technologies
Article:
Vibrant Technologies Execs sit down with expert advisers at the Business Journal's offices to discuss steps to take to facilitate ongoing growth. Vibrant "has been in an intense growth mode since it started in 1998"
March 2007
NetworkWorld community features Vibrant VP as one of Cisco market's "Good Guys".
via Brad Reese's Blog:
"It is a sincere privilege to have Corey Donovan as both a contributor and a blogger to the Network World Cisco Subnet...."
March 2007
Vibrant weblog post featured in Minneapolis Star Tribune.
article
"Erick (Hudson) Jensen, who recently compiled a "fun, geeky article" on the top 10 computer servers in the movies for the IT company's blog. It's a nifty list..."
February 2007
Case Study finds Vibrant Technologies focused on quality, growth and customer service.
via Tradeloop
"Attention to quality and customer relationships has made Vibrant Technologies a trusted partner for many IT wholesalers, retailers, and brokers."
October 2006
Vibrant Technologies Ranks 24th in Business Journal’s Fast 50 Private Companies.
Press Release:
"In the last two years, Vibrant has more than doubled its annual revenue – and tripled its workforce. "Revenue and employee population aren't as important as our customer relationships," says CEO..."
September 2006
Vibrant Technologies launches new IT Weblog.
Press Release:
"Vibrant Technologies, Inc., a leader in the remarketed IT hardware industry, today announced the launch of its new IT weblog, “The Remarketer”..."
August 2006
Vibrant Technologies announces new website launch.
Press Release:
"Vibrant Technologies, Inc., a leader in the remarketed IT hardware industry, today announced the launch of its new website. The new site features..."
July 2006
Vibrant Technologies, Inc ranked as 8th largest woman-owned business in region
The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal released its annual Women in Business issue along with rankings for the top 25 Metro Area women-owned businesses by revenue.
January 2006
What's New in the Used & Refurbished Market?
Processor Magazine
(excerpt) "The creation of new services is designed to establish dealers as partners rather than
just sellers. The distinction is crucial because it separates vendors from those who peddle their
used equipment on auction sites such as eBay" says Dave Larson, president of Vibrant Technologies. "As smaller companies in particular have been trying to
get more equipment for the same amount of money, they turn to places like eBay," he says. "On one hand
it's good if it works out, but if something goes wrong with those machines, a company is out of luck. We
decided to distinguish ourselves with our service as much as through our equipment."
May 2005
Vision, Fast Footwork Propelled Tech Firm
The Star Tribune Newspaper
(excerpt) "Considering the ensuing dot-com crash and the accompanying recession, you might share
my surprise at learning that their Minnetonka company has grown in uninterrupted leaps at an average annual
rate of 48 percent..."
May 2005
Everyday Heroes
The Processor Magazine
(excerpt) "Vibrant responds with a delivered replacement faster than I can even get a call back from the
manufacturer," says Mike Kohorst of Ryan. "Vibrant saves us time and money, and that makes me look good to
my management. What more can I say?"
March 2005
Channel Innovator: Mass Storage
Business Solutions Magazine
(excerpt) "This type of innovative solution is one of the reasons Vibrant's (storage) business grew
by more than 600% in one year..."