OHC, LLC has announced the formation of Corus Group, LLC, which it says will focus on providing world-class IT consulting and managed services. Corus joins $150 million Canvas Systems and IT Financial Solutions, as OHC rounds out its family of technology companies.

Mark Metz, CEO of OHC, said, "We are responding to our clients' increased needs for critical consulting and managed services and are excited about forming a new company that enables us to focus exclusively on these services."

Corus' consulting division offers custom application development, mobile integration, business innovation, data center rationalization, process modeling, and simulation. The managed services division of Corus includes the help desk, desk side, and network data center; iSeries managed hosting; disaster recovery and business continuity, and staff augmentation.

"We will continue our excellent record for providing the highest levels of service to our clients," said Shawn Fields, managing partner of managed services. "This move establishes a dedicated company to expand our efforts and foster more innovative services."

Mark Mahre, managing partner of the consulting team said, "Corus can respond to a complex and growing array of client needs–anything from integrating complex business applications to moving a data center or outsourcing IT infrastructure. Corus enables our clients to focus more readily on their core business."

About OHC, LLC

Founded in 1998, OHC, LLC is the $150 million parent company of Canvas Systems, Corus, and IT Financial Solutions. Canvas Systems has an inventory of more than $100 million worth of IBM (iSeries, pSeries, xSeries), HP9000, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Networking, Compaq, and Storage equipment, which can ship overnight to more than 70 countries. Corus provides expert IT consulting and managed services, which include custom application development, mobile integration, data center rationalization, help-desk services, iSeries managed hosting, and disaster recovery.