Thought.Velocity Acquires Corporate VAR From FrontRange Solutions Inc. to Complete Nationwide Market Coverage.Business Editors COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo., & VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jan. 9, 2001 Thought.Velocity Acquisition of Los Angeles-based Corporate Computer Center (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ) Creates One-Stop Solutions Partner for GoldMine(R), HEAT(R) and Maestro Commerce(TM) Thought.Velocity -- one of the nation's largest resellers and integrators of information systems for small and middle-market businesses -- and FrontRange Solutions This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. -- a world leader in the development of e-business, customer relationship management and customer support software -- today announced the acquisition of Corporate Computer Center (CCC) by Thought.Velocity. The acquisition of FrontRange's corporately-held value-added reseller 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. (VAR) greatly expands Thought.Velocity's market reach into 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, and offers small to medium-sized businesses GoldMine, HEAT and Maestro Commerce solutions from coast-to-coast. Thought.Velocity's acquisition of CCC creates one of the largest nationwide VARs focused on customer relationship management serving the small and medium-sized business market. With branch offices in eight major markets and access to more than 80 percent of small and medium-sized businesses in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the merger positions Thought.Velocity to better serve multi-location and rapidly expanding businesses with full-service networking, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , customer support, e-business, accounting and other information systems. In addition, Thought.Velocity can now meet the rising demand for GoldMine and HEAT end-user training in the rapidly expanding Southern California market. "The profile of the businesses we serve has changed dramatically over the last decade -- information technology and the Internet have helped smaller businesses grow faster than ever before," said Ric Miles, vice president of marketing and corporate development at FrontRange Solutions. "This means our customers are more widely distributed Adj. 1. widely distributed - growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" cosmopolitan bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms geographically, but they still want a trusted local company to serve their IT needs. Thought.Velocity's acquisition of CCC further allows us to meet those needs by providing a national point of presence for all of our product lines." "Our acquisition of CCC from FrontRange has jump started our expansion in California and puts our market development efforts two years ahead of schedule," Tom Crafton, 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. and founder of Thought.Velocity, said. "CCC's existing staff and operations in Los Angeles will continue under the Thought.Velocity name, and additional staff and a training center will be added in the near term." The Los Angeles-branch office also serves as a base of operations Noun 1. base of operations - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" base air base, air station - a base for military aircraft army base - a large base of operations for an army for expansion into additional southern California population and business centers including San Diego and Orange County. With this acquisition, Thought.Velocity will have branch offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, Ore., San Francisco and Los Angeles, offering sales, service and training in all locations. They are authorized resellers of the full line of GoldMine and HEAT products, and will add Maestro Commerce e-business solutions early in 2001. Thought.Velocity also earned the prestigious "GoldMine Solution Partner of the Year Award" for 2000. About Thought.Velocity Thought.Velocity is a national firm that provides continuous business process improvements by using its core expertise in customer management systems, accounting systems and telephony systems to help its clients improve their processes and become more profitable. Thought.Velocity's product focus centers on GoldMine CRM Software, HEAT Help Desk Products, ACCPAC ACCPAC Accounts Package ACCPAC Accounting Package Accounting Systems and Altigen Communications Telephone Systems. Technical services range from basic system configuration, customization and installation to data conversion, consulting, system design, development and integration, training, maintenance and hot line support. Business services include marketing program development, e-commerce and Web site development programs, and sales/marketing process improvement. Thought.Velocity also offers ASP (Application Service Provider) and BPO BPO Business Process Outsourcing BPO Benevolent & Protective Order (of Elks of the USA) BPO Benzoyl Peroxide BPO Business Process Optimization BPO Broker Price Opinions BPO Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Business Process Outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in ) services. Thought.Velocity's commitment to providing the very best in customer service has led to being ranked as the No. 1 GoldMine reseller worldwide and a top-tier reseller for ACCPAC. Founded in 1979, Thought.Velocity is headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., with a professional staff of more than 80 in offices in Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. About FrontRange Solutions Inc. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., FrontRange Solutions is a leading provider of customer relationship management, internal service and support and e-business solutions that allow small to medium-sized organizations to compete with enterprise-sized corporations. The company sells its products and services through a direct sales force, value-added resellers and other distribution partners. For more information on FrontRange Solutions' CRM products, contact the GoldMine Division at 800/654-3526, or fax 310/454-4848. Information about the HEAT(R) family of products can be found by calling the HEAT Division at 800/776-7889, or fax 719/536-0620. If you are interested in the Maestro Division, call 773/693-8000, or fax 773/693-8148. Note: "GoldMine, GoldSync, HEAT, Maestro Commerce and other FrontRange products and brands are registered trademarks or trademarks of FrontRange Solutions Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other products and brands are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners/companies." |
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