BIRMINGHAM, AL – January 3, 2011 – IT systems integrator, NWN Corporation announced the
acquisition of ComFrame, an international application development firm with offices in Birmingham,
Alabama, and Nashville, Tennessee and Beijing, China.
ComFrame, a 12 year old Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold Certified Partner, has
distinguished itself by providing custom development solutions for more than 300 of the Southeast's
largest, most progressive companies across banking and finance, construction, energy and utilities,
insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, software development and other industries. ComFrame and NWN
are two of only 37 nationally managed Microsoft system integrators.
With the China-based off-shoring capabilities, the deal provides NWN with the expertise to provide the
kind of application development and deployment services that power bigger global systems integrators.
Now NWN has all the pieces from strategic consulting to application development and deployment, and
24x7 support to offer its customers a complete solution to their business problems.
The acquisition makes NWN one of the premier companies providing a full range of solutions, including
application development services, to midmarket commercial and public sector customers. "We believe
that our customer-centric approach is going to have tremendous appeal in those markets," said NWN
CEO Mont Phelps. "We have the capabilities and resources to compete with anybody in those markets.
We can go in and sit down with CEOs and CIOs and talk about where they are going with their business
strategy and then be able to design, implement and support the systems they need."
ComFrame CEO Marc Guthrie commented, “ComFrame has built a model that allows us to provide high
value solutions based services to our clients across the Southeast. We are looking forward to the
opportunity to expand this offering throughout the NWN customer base. NWNs customer first
philosophy matches with ours and that was a major driver for getting this done. After meeting with the
NWN management team it was clear to me that ComFrame’s current customers would continue to
receive excellent service and benefit from the additional corporate offerings.”
The acquisition officially closed at 11:59 p.m. EST on New Year's Eve.
ABOUT NWN CORPORATION
Headquartered in Waltham, MA, NWN Corporation provides clients with a complete range of end-to-end IT services and solutions. The company brings clients the premier products in the industry, tailored
to their specific needs and situations. These include technologies from Cisco, Microsoft, HP, McAfee,
EMC and many others. Clients include private and public sector organizations in almost every line of work including major banks, universities, manufacturers, hospitals, and state and local government
agencies. NWN solutions include Application Development; Data Center and Virtualization; End User
Computing; IT Staffing; nCare® Managed Services; Network Infrastructure; Security; Smart
GovernmentTM; and Unified Communications and Collaboration.
NWN is a woman-owned business with eleven branches throughout the US. The company serves clients
operating locally, nationally and internationally. In addition to corporate headquarters and a branch in
Waltham, MA, NWN serves clients with branches in Farmington, CT; Mt. Laurel, NJ; Raleigh, NC;
Greensboro, NC; Charlotte, NC; Greenville, SC; Houston, TX; Fresno, CA; Sacramento, CA and Salt Lake
City, UT. For more information about NWN, visit www.nwnit.com. |
Since 1997, ComFrame Software Corporation has completed more than 300 elegant, large-scale software projects for clients across the southeastern and central United States, helping them reduce IT complexity and successfully deploy modern architectures and applications that improve business agility and efficiency. From offices in Birmingham, Nashville and Beijing, ComFrame delivers a broad range of custom solutions and packaged business applications. More than 100 architects, software engineers and project managers make up our highly skilled team. Expertise ranges from enterprise application development, integration and global delivery to strategy and program management, business intelligence and enterprise data management, collaboration and knowledge management, usability and user experience engineering, web branding and content management, IT mentoring and training in new information technologies and service-oriented architectures. For more information about ComFrame, visit www.comframe.com.
Trademark information: ComFrame, the ComFrame logo, and the ComFrame products listed in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of ComFrame Software Corporation. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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