Comark Remains Strong Despite Technology's Downward Trend; Surveys Rank Comark Among the Best Technology Providers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BLOOMINGDALE Bloomingdale (literally blooming valley or valley of flowers) may refer to: Places Canada
Comark, Inc., a leading provider of IT solutions and services for major organizations nationwide, is experiencing continued growth and profitability during the current technology slump Slump A temporary fall in performance, often describing consistently falling security prices for several weeks or months. . With a six-month straight decline in growth this year for the technology sector, and industry analysts and executives predicting a slow recovery with continued cutbacks(1), Comark stands out as an exception. Still privately owned by co-founders Chuck Wolande and Phil PHIL Philosophy Phil Philippine PHIL Philippians PHIL Philadelphia, PA, USA PHIL Public Health Image Library (US CDC) Corcoran Background Corcoran. Spelling variations include: MacCorcoran, O'Corcoran,Corcorran and others. The Irish surname Corcoran is derived from the Gaelic word Corcair, now used to denote purple but formerly meaning ruddy, or 'of reddish complexion'. , Comark has been profitable every year since it was founded in 1977. Many other technology companies are having massive layoffs -- within the last year, the availability of IT workers has increased significantly. Yet Comark has continued to grow and hire new employees. Comark's continual ranking, year after year, among the nation's top technology companies evidences its success. Based on year 2000 revenue, as well as business and technology leadership, Comark placed near the top in a number of categories. Here are the results of several surveys recently published in business and industry magazines: -- 275th among the most innovative users of technology in businesses across 24 industries. Source: InformationWeek, "The InformationWeek 500," September 17, 2001. -- 9th among other privately held firms in the technology industry. Source: Business Week, "Leading Private Info-Tech Companies," June 18, 2001. -- 15th among other Chicago-based private companies from all industries. Source: Crain's Chicago Business, "Chicago's Largest Private Firms," April 16, 2001. -- 94th among the nation's technology employers. Source: Computerworld, "Top 100 Info-Tech Employers," June 24, 2001. -- 32nd of all technology resellers nationwide, public and private. Source: VARBusiness, "VARBusiness 500," June 26, 2001. -- 122nd of all private companies nationwide. Source: Forbes, "Top 500 Private Companies," November 16, 2000. The company's owners attribute its continued growth to a business approach that focuses on flexibility and on building and maintaining strong relationships. "With the incredible rate of change in this industry and the speed at which new products become obsolete OBSOLETE. This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy, without being repealed, 2. A positive statute, unrepealed, can never be repealed by non-user alone. 4 Yeates, Rep. 181; Id. 215; 1 Browne's Rep. Appx. 28; 13 Serg. & Rawle, 447. , flexibility is a major key to our success -- we've we've Contraction of we have. we've have built our company to be flexible, and being privately held has helped us remain flexible, because we can respond to issues and make changes immediately," says Co-Founder and Chairman Phil Corcoran. About Comark Comark, Inc. serves Fortune 500 corporations, small and medium- sized businesses, government and educational institutions, value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (VARs) and other major organizations nationwide. With year 2000 sales of $1.6 billion, Comark and its affiliates provide national and regional distribution, sales and services of business computer hardware, software and peripherals. In addition, it offers a wide range of technology solutions including advanced integration, network and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. consulting, asset migration, national deployment and leasing. Comark, one of the largest privately held suppliers of IT products and services in the country, is headquartered in Bloomingdale, Ill., with regional offices in Atlanta Atlanta (ətlăn`tə, ăt–), city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847. ; Boston Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. ; Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. ; Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. ; Detroit Detroit, city, United States Detroit (dĭtroit`), city (1990 pop. 1,027,974), seat of Wayne co., SE Mich., on the Detroit River and between lakes St. Clair and Erie; inc. as a city 1815. ; Indianapolis; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Memphis, Tenn.; Pittsburgh, Penn.; Portland, Ore.; Tampa; Chantilly, Va.; and Gibbsboro, N.J. (New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. ). For more information on Comark, visit www.comark.com. (1) Source: CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. Magazine, "Tech Poll," in partnership with yardeni.com, June 1, 2001.
Corporate Background
FOUNDED
1977 by co-founders and co-CEOs Chuck Wolande and Phil Corcoran
SALES REVENUE
$1.6 billion in 2000
BUSINESS
Comark, Inc. serves Fortune 500 corporations, small and
medium-sized businesses, government agencies, educational
institutions, value-added resellers (VARs) and other major
organizations. Comark and its affiliates provide national and regional
sales and distribution of computer hardware, software and peripherals.
In addition, Comark offers a complete range of information technology
solutions, including network design and installation, leasing and
remarketing, deployment services, advanced integration and custom
configuration.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Philip Corcoran, Chairman
Charles Wolande, President
David Keilman, Executive Vice President
Gary Kovanda, Chief Financial Officer
Michael Wise, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Rick Goddard, Chief Information Officer
Tim McGrath, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Larry Fazzini, Vice President, Human Resources
HEADQUARTERS
444 Scott Drive
Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108
EMPLOYEES
1,500
TOP VENDOR PARTNERS
Cisco, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, 3Com, Toshiba
ACHIEVEMENTS
-- Ranked 15th in 2001 Crain's Chicago Business' annual "Chicago's
Largest Private Firms"
-- Ranked 9th in 2001 Business Week's listing of "Leading Private
Info-Tech Companies"
-- Ranked 32nd in VARBusiness magazines' 2001 "Top 500 VAR"
-- Ranked 122nd in 2000 Forbes "Top 500 Private Companies"
-- Ranked 275th in InformationWeek's 2001 "The InformationWeek 500"
-- Six-time recipient of Inc. magazines "Fastest Growing Private
Companies"
-- Hewlett-Packard's Channel Assembly Partner
-- Cisco Gold Certified Partner
-- Microsoft Large Account Reseller
DISTRIBUTION AND WAREHOUSE FACILITIES
Hanover Park, Illinois: 325,000 square feet of warehouse and
distribution space is fully automated with over 1 1/4 miles of
multi-level conveyor system for same-day shipping capability,
radio-frequency scanning and enhanced bar coding for 99.8 percent
accuracy.
COMARK AND AFFILIATE REGIONAL OFFICES
Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas,
Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Memphis, Tennessee;
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; Tampa, Florida; Chantilly, Virginia;
Gibbsboro, New Jersey.
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