Amherst Technologies Acquires On-going Business of Think Tank Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MERRIMACK Merrimack, river, United States Merrimack, river, c.110 mi (180 km) long, formed at Franklin, S central N.H., by the junction of the Pemigewasset (rising in the White Mts.) and Winnipesaukee rivers. It flows S past Concord and Manchester into NE Mass. , N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003 Amherst Amherst, city, Canada Amherst, town (1991 pop. 9,742), N central N.S., Canada. Amherst has a variety of light industries and is a service center for the surrounding agricultural region. Nearby are salt beds. Technologies, a value-added val·ue-add·ed adj. Of or relating to the estimated value that is added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution: IT solution provider headquartered in Merrimack, NH, announces the acquisition of the on-going Adj. 1. on-going - currently happening; "an ongoing economic crisis" ongoing current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" business of Think Tank Systems, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. based mid-range IT solution provider. As part of the acquisition, Amherst now employs nineteen additional Sales & Services professionals with nearly 100 technical certifications and builds on its capabilities of providing integrated solutions to mid market customers. The acquisition also represents an expansion for Amherst Technologies on the West Coast, adding a location in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . With this acquisition, Amherst Technologies fulfills several components of a strategic vision to expand the breadth and depth of its portfolio of IT solutions to a larger customer base. The sales and technical resources of Think Tank Systems complement and enhance the solution offerings now available through Amherst Technologies for corporate, government and education customers and provides solutions for mid-market companies. Amherst Technologies delivers innovative access, networking infrastructure and enterprise solutions to corporations, educational and government organizations, in collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. with the industry's IT leaders such as HP, Microsoft, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Cisco, and Veritas. Think Tank Systems designs, builds, and supports technology and e-business infrastructures. Together, both companies will leverage their highly collaborative customer and manufacturer relationships, and investments in technical authorizations, to boost the delivery of full IT solutions to the mid-range market. "I'm pleased to announce Amherst's acquisition of the sales and technical resources of Think Tank Systems," said Gerald Birin, Amherst President & Chief Executive Officer. "More than a year ago, Amherst embarked on an aggressive strategy to invest in solution sales and technical resources to help our customers solve their technology and business challenges. With the additional technical expertise and authorizations we gain from Think Tank Systems, Amherst can further extend those solutions and services to the mid-range market." "From our perspective, this is a great investment and opportunity for Amherst Technologies," said Steve Tepedino, President of the Hall-Mark Division of Avnet. "Amherst is an experienced IT solution provider and perfectly poised, with the alignment with Think Tank Systems, to extend its expertise to mid-market customers and take advantage of what we see as a huge opportunity." |
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