CompuCom Acquires Allerion: ExpandsNetwork Management Capabilities.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1995--CompuCom Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CMPC CMPC Classified Matter Protection and Control CMPC Compañia Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones S.A. CMPC Cisco Multi-Path Channel CMPC Children's Media Policy Coalition CMPC Central Milk Producers Cooperative CMPC Connecticut Minority Purchasing Council ), a $1.25 billion PC services integrator, announced it has acquired certain assets of Allerion, Inc. for about $1 million. Allerion is a network integration company based in northern New Jersey with approximately $8 million in sales for the year ended November 1994. The move is another example of CompuCom's strategy to expand its enterprise network integration services through both internal growth and the acquisition of regional service companies. In December 1994, the Company acquired International Micronet Systems, Inc., a microcomputer network services and training company, based in San Francisco. Allerion specializes in remote network management and local area/wide area network projects. It provides expertise to customers running UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Novell Netware and OS/2 supporting HP Openview, 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) Netview 6000 and Sun Netmanager. The Company has installed numerous network management consoles for large multinational companies. "The purchase of Allerion complements our remote network management strategy," said Edward R. Anderson, CompuCom's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "It gives us greater support for OS/2 and by adding Netview and Sun Netmanager, it also extends the network management platforms we support. The acquisition also increases our SE resources by 70% in the greater New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. metropolitan area, which enables us to provide expanded service to our large customer base there." CompuCom has agreed to offer employment to all systems engineers and key supporting personnel. "We intend to continue to support Allerion's customers and their technical directions," said James W. Dixon, chairman of CompuCom. "After the integration of Allerion into CompuCom, we will assess the rollout of network management hubs serving key U.S. markets to add to those we currently have in Dallas and northern New Jersey. CompuCom Systems, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, is a leading provider of product procurement, advanced configuration, network integration and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for corporate customers nationwide. CONTACT: CompuCom, Dallas Edward R. Anderson or Robert J. Boutin, 214/265-3600 |
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