Forsythe Acquires Storage Integrator More Group

Forsythe Solutions Group Inc., a 37-year-old North American IT infrastructure integrator and wholly-owned subsidiary of Forsythe Technology Inc., announced that it has acquired the storage integration business assets of More Group Inc., a leading data storage management integrator. These include the services of More’s strong team of experienced sales and storage solutions professionals in Massachusetts and a managed services function for information storage. In addition, Forsythe gains its eighth training facility, which is located in Middleboro, Mass. and is focused on training in IBM’s Tivoli Storage Management (TSM) and CommVault. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This acquisition enhances Forsythe’s ability to help its customers store and protect their information and strengthens the company’s presence in New England.

This acquisition is Forsythe’s fourth in the last five years. Previous acquisitions include that of St. Paul, Minnesota-based Information Security Technology (IST), a security solutions provider, in September, 2007; Atlanta-based National Business Group, Inc. (NBG), a leader in networking integration of security solutions in 2004; and the security and consulting services assets and contracts of Telenisus, a Chicago-based Internet security company in 2002.

“We view IT infrastructure holistically. Information storage and management are inextricable from information security, recoverability, availability and usefulness to the business,” comments Forsythe president and CEO William P. Brennan. “The addition of the experienced professionals from More Group further enhances our ability to provide our customers with optimized solutions for storing, protecting and utilizing their invaluable data.”

"Having built More Group and led its team of professionals over the past several years, I am excited to see it added to the strong array of offerings of an industry leading IT infrastructure integrator like Forsythe," stated Thomas M. Gelson, outgoing founder, president and CEO of More Group.

More Group offers a range of data storage management solutions and services, helping customers from a variety of industries design, deploy and support scalable storage solutions. More Group is partner to and integrator for technology manufacturers including IBM, Quantum, Hitachi Data Systems, CommVault, and EqualLogic.

Effective immediately, More Group employees will become part of Forsythe Solutions Group, Inc. Like Forsythe, More Group is an employee-owned company, and the new employee-owners from More Group join a Forsythe workforce that numbers more than 800 people in 50 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Gelson will now focus his energies on his role as president and CEO of recently launched online data backup and disaster recovery solution provider Vault USA, and will bring a core leadership team with him to drive that venture.

"We are also extremely proud that Forsythe has signed a service provider agreement with Vault USA,” says Gelson. Forsythe will now offer the Vault USA service model to customers who have the need to store and protect their information using online backup and disaster recovery.

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