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Re: Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2015
I really like number 4, and I believe #7 is going to happen sooner than we expected. I hold out hope as well.
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Re: Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2015
Not liking the Kyocera part of #4 at all. On the other hand really liking # 10 Add: Color equipment will become more prevalent with costs of color equipment continuing to drop and coming more in line with monochrome.
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Re: Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2015
5) - Canon bought a very large stake in one last year (Therefore). Locally hosted or cloud based.
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Re: Nine Reasons Why I'm Going to BTA's Winter Break in Orlando!
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DAS Health Announces Milestone 10th Acquisition With Purchase of Altex Business Solutions
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TAMPA, Fla. – DAS Health, an industry leader in health IT and management, announced today it completed the acquisition of Houston, TX based digital health company, Altex Business Solutions. This marks the fourth acquisition by DAS Health within just the past four months, and their 10th overall. DAS Health now actively serves well over 1,000 clients located across 47 states, with offices in Tampa, FL, Las Vegas, NV, and Aurora, IL. The recent...
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Executech Announces Acquisition of Z7 Networks, Seattle-based ManagedIT Services Provider
SEATTLE--Executech has announced today the acquisition of Z7 Networks, a managed IT Services provider in Seattle, Washington. The acquisition was a collaborative effort between the ownership of Executech and Z7. Employees of Z7 will work with Executech leadership to continue to provide the same excellent service that Z7 clients have come to know and love. “We are very excited to welcome the Z7 team into the Executech family. As I’ve gotten to know the great people at Z7, I’ve been impressed...
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Darren Metz Guides Novatech in Acquisition of Consolidated Copier Services
NASHVILLE, Tenn. , Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Novatech, award-winning provider of managed IT and print services, has announced the purchase of Consolidated Copier Services (CCS), an independent document management and copier dealership servicing the Greater Atlanta, Georgia , area. "For the past 32 years, Consolidated Copier Services has built a professional and well-respected reputation throughout the Greater Atlanta area with its customers and local business communities," said Novatech...
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Acquisition for Konica Minolta France
EOS vendor Konica Minolta Business Solutions France has purchased seven Sequoïa Group subsidiaries in the Grand-Est and Reunion Island regions. Based in Metz, France, the Sequoïa Group is one of the leading dealers in the Konica Minolta network. Founded in 2006, the company employs 179 staff and reported sales of €36.5 million ($41.6 million) in fiscal 2017/18. The purchase is part of Konica Minolta’s medium-term development plan aimed at consolidating its presence in strategic regions, such...
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Sharp Expands Into Houston Market With The Acquisition Of American Business Machines
MONTVALE, N.J. , June 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), announced today that it is expanding its direct regional sales coverage by acquiring American Business Machines ( ABM ) in Houston, Texas . For the past 60 years, ABM has provided a complete range of office equipment and solutions to businesses in Houston and the surrounding areas. As a newly created branch of Sharp Business Systems...
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MediStreams to Grow Service Offerings Through Acquisition
MediStreams, a Revenue Cycle Management company, announces the acquisition of PaperHost, a cloud hosted Document Management company. MediStreams is an established leader in remittance processing for healthcare providers. Using proprietary technology, MediStreams improves the speed and accuracy with which payments (both paper and electronic) are posted to the accounting systems at provider sites. The MediStreams services are designed to handle rapid customization resulting in ease of...
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Online Tech Acquires Neverfail's Global Cloud Infrastructure Business
Acquisition amplifies Online Tech’s channel strategy; strategic partnership offers customers a robust, secure portfolio December 4, 2018, Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Online Tech , a leading provider of secure, compliant private, hybrid and multi-cloud solutions for service providers, channel partners and enterprise organizations, announced that it has acquired the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and data protection assets and products of IT provider Neverfail . The acquisition, which includes...
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DocuVault Expands Regional Footprint in Records Management with Acquisition of Stonewall Services
WEST DEPTFORD, N.J.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--DocuVault, one of the nation’s fastest growing archival storage management businesses, today announced the acquisition of Stonewall Services, a provider of storage and shredding services in the Delaware Valley. “We look forward to bringing our best-in-class customer service and expertise to more clients throughout the region with the acquisition of Stonewall Services,” said Keith DiMarino, CEO of DocuVault. “Owner Bill Bleil has done an exceptional job...
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Access Announces Four New Acquisitions in Canada: Extends its Coast-to-Coast Presence to More than 60 Markets
TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Access , the world’s largest privately-held records and information management (RIM) services provider, today announced its continued push to serve Canada from coast to coast with the latest acquisitions of Command Records Management (London, Ontario), Shredder’s, Inc. (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Access Records & Media Management (Victoria, British Columbia) and Butler Box & Storage, Inc. (Vancouver, British Columbia). In 2019, Access acquired a...
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Dealer acquisitions update
Dealer acquisitions update - Superior Office Systems (SOS) of New York announced it has acquired Sapphire Office Solutions (“Sapphire”) of Jericho, New York o Sapphire is dealer for Konica Minolta and Kyocera. o SOS has offices in New York City, Westchester and Long Island, NY o first transaction for SOS since Rockwood Equity Partners completed a recapitalization in partnership with SOS co-founders, Eric Wolf and Tim Glover - Kyocera (aka Kyoto Ceramic Company) announced it has acquired...
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Dealer acquisitions update
- Flex Technology Group announced it has acquired Ultrex Business Solutions of San Luis Obispo, CA, and locations in Santa Barbara and Ventura, CA o Ultrex to roll under Caltronics to further national expansion initiative o Ultrex is an authorized Konica Minolta and Sharp dealer - Fraser Advanced Information Systems has acquired Laser Supply, Inc.- otherwise known as DocuSense o DocuSense is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and is an authorized dealer of Xerox, Sharp, HP Inc., and...
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ASL continues acquisition spree with B&M buy
ASL has an ambition to become the largest independent managed print services (MPS) provider in the UK, and has not been afraid to use acquisition as a means of getting there. The firm has made 13 acquisitions in the past decade, three of these in the last year alone, including Smart Print Technology , Reprotec and Geerings Digital. Some of that growth has been fuelled by the backing of private equity finance provider Primary Capital Partners, which it secured in June last year. At the time,...
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Telappliant acquires IT Managed Services Provider Amica Technology
Telappliant, a 17 year old UK-based cloud services provider, today announces the acquisition of Amica Technology a leading Dorset-based IT services provider. “We are delighted to welcome the team at Amica Technology into Telappliant”, commented Muhammad Nasim, CEO of Telappliant, “It is a key component of our acquisitive growth strategy - adding managed IT services allows us to offer a wider portfolio of business critical services to UK SMEs and it positions us for further scale and growth”.
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Office services firm swallowed as part of double acquisition
Oldham-based ZenOffice has been acquired by Paragon Group, for an undisclosed sum, as part of a takeover of its parent organisation. Paragon, a provider of customer communications, identification, graphics and business services, announced the deal to buy Telford-based OfficeTeam out of administration. OfficeTeam acquired ZenOffice in a deal in April 2018.
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Gartner Publishes "First Take" Report on Sparta Systems' Acquisition of 123Compliance
HAMILTON, N.J. , Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Systems, Inc., an industry pioneer and global leader in enterprise quality management software (EQMS) solutions, announced today that Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm, published a "First Take" report on Sparta Systems' acquisition of 123Compliance. The "First Take" report, "123Compliance Extends Sparta Systems QMS Higher Into the Cloud , " written by Simon Jacobson , vice president in Gartner's Supply Chain research...
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Access Expands in Florida with Two Acquisitions
LIVERMORE, Calif. , March 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Rob Alston, CEO of Access, recently announced two Florida acquisitions, one broadening the company's existing Orlando market presence and the other adding Sarasota to the list of markets served. These transactions bring the total number of Access acquisitions to 99 since its founding in 2004. By acquiring Yarnall Records Management, a division of Yarnall Moving and Storage, Access now operates a full-service record center in Sarasota with...
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Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions for 2015
Looking back 2014 was one of my best years in the business. The fourth quarter of 2014 was the best quarter I've ever had! I can only hope that 2015 will be as good as 2014 if not better. Last years Top Ten MFP Copier Industry Predictions...
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Growth Achievement Partners & Zygoquest Group form Strategic Alliance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Mitch Morgan Mike Dudek Growth Achievement Partners Zygoquest Group 913.269.7255 610.873.6555 mitch@growthachievementpartners.com mdudek@zygoquest.com Growth Achievement Partners & Zygoquest Group form Strategic Alliance to Spearhead Managed Service Provider (MSP) acquisitions Philadelphia and Kansas City – February 2015 – Mike Dudek of Zygoquest Group “seeking to unite” and Mitch Morgan of Growth Achievement Partners have announced a strategic alliance to...
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Nine Reasons Why I'm Going to BTA's Winter Break in Orlando!
I missed out on the Winter Break event last year due to a snowstorm here in Jersey! I was pretty bummed, who from the northeast wouldn't want to get to Florida in March. March is one of my least favorite months of the year in Jersey, on...
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Sharp Announces Acquisition of Copifax
Copifax acquisition increases Sharp's market share, turnover and serviced volume in the document management and services businessLONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 08, 2013--Sharp Business Systems, the global leader in document management solutions, today...
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ANEXIO Buys Managed Service Provider Pragmatix
Managed service provider ANEXIO just continued its expansion this week with the announcement of another MSP acquisition. ANEXIO Technology Services, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Pragmatix, a leading Managed Services Provider that offers a full suite of managed information technology and cloud computing services for both mid-size and enterprise companies in the NY Metro region. The acquisition marks yet another deal that started in Florida and has now included companies...
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Samsung Electronics Acquires PrinterOn, Enhances Cloud Solutions Offerings for B2B Customers
Samsung Electronics Acquires PrinterOn, Enhances Cloud Solutions Offerings for B2B Customers PrinterOn’s mobile cloud printing solutions to complement Samsung’s mobile ecosystem, building upon Samsung’s pioneering mobile printing initiatives TORONTO, ON and KITCHENER, ON - September 2, 2014 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced its acquisition of PrinterOn®, a pioneer in mobile cloud printing solutions based in Ontario. The acquisition is expected to reinforce Samsung's expansive mobile...
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EFI Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Printcafe
NEWS – For Immediate Release EFI Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Printcafe Acquisition & A Decade of the ‘New EFI’ FREMONT, California -- October 21, 2013 -- EFI ™ (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, is marking the 10-year anniversary of its acquisition of Printcafe, a leading provider of MIS/ERP solutions for printing operations. This acquisition represented the birth of “ the new EFI ,” paving the way for the company to evolve by becoming...
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Evolving Systems Signs Multi-Year Managed Services Deal with Southeast Asia Wireless Carrier for Customer Acquisition, Activation and Upsell
ENGLEWOOD, CO–( – Feb 6, 2017) – Evolving Systems , Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOL), a leader in real-time analytics, activation and consumer lifecycle marketing for connected mobile devices worldwide, today announced that a major wireless carrier in Southeast Asia has signed a multi-year agreement for the Company’s Customer Acquisition, Activation and Upsell Managed Service. Evolving Systems offers carriers Managed Service solutions to help accelerate customer acquisition, empower multiple distribution...
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Interview with John & West About Print Audits Recent Acquisition of NeoStream
I had the chance to speak with John MacIness, President of Print Audit and West McDonald, VP of Business Development for Print Audit about the recent acquisition of NeoStream. My first thought when I heard the news was this recent Xerox publication: A recent Xerox International research effort reveals that nearly half (46%) of SMB’s will turn to office equipment resellers for help with paper free solutions. In addition, 25% will look to their IT provider and 37 percent to the product...
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San Francisco equity firm acquires Tempe-based ProCopy Office Solutions
A San Francisco-based private equity firm has acquired a Tempe office solutions company. Oval Partners announced today its purchase of Tempe-based ProCopy Office Solutions , which provides copying, IT and other office services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Earlier in the year, Oval Partners joined forces with FlexPrint National Managed Print Solutions to accelerate the company’s national growth strategy by creating a model acquisition platform based on FlexPrint’s award...
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Temporary Growth
Growth through acquisition will always underestimate the need for innovation, and participants will determine that growth by acquiring more of the past is time based, and never leads to the future. Over the last decade, most that pay attention to disruptions and the fallouts they cause will recognize a commonality. That commonality is: organizations of dying industries or deliverables believe acquisitions, over innovation, will save them. The fact is, acquisitions made during a market shift...
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Powernet bolsters security standing with Paisley acquisition
Powernet Group is set to strengthen its cyber security portfolio after acquiring Victorian cyber security provider Paisley Australia. Based in Brisbane, Paisley Australia was established in Melbourne as a family business in 1996. Since then, the Avast reseller and managed IT security provider has gone on to see significant growth, today delivering IT security services and solutions to clients across the country. Paisley boasts a diversified portfolio of cyber security and web solutions...
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Protos Security and Southfield Capital Announce the Strategic Acquisition of Security Resources
GREENWICH, Conn., Aug. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Southfield Capital, a premier lower middle market private equity firm, announced today that Protos Security ("Protos"), a tech-enabled managed security services provider, has completed its strategic acquisition of Security Resources ("SRI" or the "Company"), a leading US-based managed security services and direct guard solutions provider. The Company's co-founders, Joseph Malone and Bob Bond, will remain in their existing leadership roles...
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Ricoh acquires managed IT services firm
- announcement of its acquisition of Mauden Inc. of Rome & Milan, Italy - offers data center, IT infrastructure, artificial intelligence and business intelligence - company recorded 55 million euros in 2018 - Alberto Mariani, Senior Vice President, Office Services, Ricoh Europe, adds: “This exciting acquisition further demonstrates the scale and strength of our ever-evolving IT Services business, which ranges from workplace innovation to advanced hybrid cloud solutions. The activities,...
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When Experts Unite: ATSG Announces Acquisition of ShoreGroup Solutions on eve of their 25th ...
MANHATTAN, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ATSG , a tech-enabled managed services and solutions company, today announced its acquisition of ShoreGroup Solutions, an IT lifecycle services and solutions organization. With a complementary portfolio to ATSG’s rediTech offerings, the acquisition bolsters ATSG with an expanded regional and national footprint, deepened expertise in on-premise and cloud-based collaboration solutions, enterprise contact centers, networks and security. It also...
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Ntiva and Southfield Capital Announce the Strategic Acquisition of 3Points
GREENWICH, Conn. , Oct. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Southfield Capital, a premier lower middle market private equity firm, announced today that Ntiva, Inc., ("Ntiva") a leading provider of managed IT, cloud hosting, cyber security, unified communications, and strategic consulting services, completed the acquisition of 3Points, a Managed IT Services Provider based in Chicago, Illinois . This acquisition, the fifth for Ntiva and their second in the Chicago market, marks the company's continued...
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Ntiva and Southfield Capital Announce the Strategic Acquisition of 3Points
Southfield Capital , a premier lower middle market private equity firm, announced today that Ntiva, Inc. a leading provider of managed IT, cloud hosting, cyber security, unified communications, and strategic consulting services, completed the acquisition of 3Points, a Managed IT Services Provider based in Chicago, Illinois. This acquisition, the fifth for Ntiva and their second in the Chicago market, marks the company's continued buildout of a fast-growing MSP that is focused on serving the...
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Dealer acquisitions update
- Loffler Companies, headquartered in Bloomington, MN, announced it acquired Office Systems Company (OSC) of Sioux City, IA - Kelly Imaging, headquartered in Kent, WA, announced it has acquired Fortress Business Systems, a Xerox dealer in Post Falls, Idaho
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Carbon60 Expands to Eastern Canada with Acquisition of Cirrus9
TORONTO — Carbon60, a leading pure-play managed cloud service provider, today announced that it has acquired Cirrus9, a leading managed cloud and hosting solutions provider based in Saint John, New Brunswick. This addition will provide Carbon60, backed by private equity sponsor M/C Partners, with an Atlantic coast presence creating a truly national footprint to provide managed public cloud, private cloud, managed hosting and security services to Canadian organizations. Cirrus9 has an...
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Dealer acquisition update
Dealer acquisition update - Office1, a large Ricoh/Kyocera dealer headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, announced they have partnered with Nevada Office Machines, a Ricoh dealer in Reno, NV - Office1 also has locations in Los Angeles, Cerritos, Pleasanton, Riverside, San Diego, Sherman Oak, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo & Bakersfield, CA
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Arrow Electronics Inc.: Arrow Accelerates IoT Leadership Position with eInfochips Acquisition
eInfochips works with global Fortune 1000 companies at every phase of technology deployment, including developing custom hardware and software and new IoT-based business models. eInfochips will expand Arrow's IoT 'sensor-to-sunset' platform by adding engineering, solution architecture, embedded software development, security, mobile device connectivity, app development, cloud configuration and management, and managed services including big-data analytics. 'Upon close of this acquisition,...
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MPS player ASL makes ninth acquisition in nine years
The Automated Systems Ltd (ASL) Group of companies has acquired Surrey-based reseller ICA Digital, its ninth acquisition in nine years. Established 25 years ago, ICA is a managed print services (MPS) reseller providing document management solutions to over 650 businesses in the south. "ICA is a very strong business that has built a loyal customer base in the south of England and they will add strength and depth to our coverage in those areas," said Mark Garius, managing director of ASL. "We...
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Access Expands in Canada with Acquisition of Six Canadian Records Management Companies
BOSTON, May 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Access , the largest privately-held records and information management (RIM) services provider in the United States, today announced a major expansion into Canada, with the acquisition of six Canadian records management companies. With these acquisitions, Access expands its operations in North America with locations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, St. John’s and Saint John, servicing more than 20 key markets across...
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MSP Acquisition: Loffler Buys Optimum Communications Corp. for Midwest Expansion
MSP merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the Midwest continues at a rapid pace. The latest deal: Loffler Companies has acquired Optimum Communications Corporation (OCC). OCC is a St. Cloud, Minnesota-based IT solutions provider with additional offices in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The acquisition will allow Loffler to expand its IT offerings to the St. Cloud and Central Minnesota region, the companies says. OCC, which opened its doors in 2002, will begin operating under the Loffler...
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Dresner Partners Advised Ntiva on the Acquisition of HigherGround Managed Services
CHICAGO, Aug. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dresner Partners, a leading FINRA-registered, middle-market investment bank and Mergers Alliance member firm, is pleased to announce that it advised Ntiva, Inc., a portfolio company of Southfield Capital, on the acquisition of HigherGround Managed Services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. McClean, Virginia-based Ntiva is a leading provider of managed IT, cloud hosting, cyber security, unified communications, and strategic consulting...
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MSP & MSSP Industry Notes for August 11th 2019
MSP & MSSP Industry Notes August 10th, 2019 Wachtell, Fenwick Lead Broadcom's $10.7B Symantec Biz Buy Law360,com reported on Thursday that Broadcom led by Watchell Lipton offer $10.7 billion cash for the Symantec’s enterprise security business The tech giant is looking to grow its own infrastructure tech platform Dresener Partners Advised Ntixa o the Acquisition of HigherGround Managed Services Dresner Partners based in Chicago, a FINRA registered, middle market investment bank Dresber...
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MSP On an Acquisition Streak Highlights Industrywide Trend
For Tom Praschak, CEO of CompassMSP, acquisitions only happen when a company has three key ingredients: it agrees with CompassMSP’s vision and strategy, has a similar culture, and has leaders who fit in with the existing leadership team. Greenpoint Business Solutions is t he most recent company to match that recipe is managed IT services provider CompassMSP , a Jacksonville, Florida-based managed service provider and a 2019 MSP 501 winner , announced its acquisition of GreenPoint in late...
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Electronics For Imaging Announces Completion of Acquisition by an Affiliate of Siris Capital Group, LLC
FREMONT, California -- July 23, 2019: Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (“EFI” or the “Company”), today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition by an affiliate of Siris for approximately $1.7 billion. In connection with the closing of the transaction, the Company, which will continue to operate as Electronics For Imaging (EFI), will be wholly owned by an affiliate of Siris, and EFI’s common shares will be delisted from the NASDAQ exchange. “ This acquisition marks a new,...
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Ricoh expands IT Services portfolio with acquisitions of IPM and TotalStor
Ricoh expands IT Services portfolio with acquisitions of IPM and TotalStor Friday, 26 July, 2019 Ricoh Europe, London, 26 July 2019 – Ricoh has announced the acquisition of IPM in Spain and Totalstor in Portugal (through 100% shares acquisition) to further extend its IT Services capabilities. Ricoh customers will benefit from an even more extensive range of IT Services solutions and support. The IPM and TotalStor business includes the transformation and modernisation of critical IT...