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Clearlake Capital-Backed ConvergeOne Announces Strategic Acquisition of New York-based Annese & Associates, Inc.EAGAN, Minn., July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvergeOne, a leading IT services provider of collaboration and technology solutions, today announced that it has acquired Annese & Associates, Inc., a Cisco Gold Certified Partner and IT thought leader based in New York. Effective immediately, Annese is now Annese, a ConvergeOne Company. This acquisition solidifies ConvergeOne's position as a leading provider of Collaboration and IT enabled Solutions in the market today. "This acquisition is an ideal addition to ConvergeOne and represents a natural progression in our ongoing strategy to develop and grow customer relationships by providing comprehensive solutions, services, and support," said John A. McKenna Jr., chairman and CEO, ConvergeOne. "ConvergeOne shares Annese's focus and commitment to deliver outcomes-based solutions for our customers. As a Cisco Gold Partner, the Annese team brings additional Cisco solutions and service capabilities in enterprise networking, security, collaboration, and cloud, backed by four decades of experience and expertise. This acquisition enables us to increase our presence in the northeastern United States and advance our leadership position as a single-source provider of multivendor technologies, support, and services." ConvergeOne serves as a trusted advisor to more than 5,700 customers, including 52 percent of the Fortune 100 and 40 percent of the Fortune 500 customers across the healthcare, finance, manufacturing, education, and energy industries. ConvergeOne's deep technical expertise and end-to-end service capabilities differentiate the company from other IT service providers. Through existing relationships with more than 200 leading and next generation technology partners, ConvergeOne provides leading, multivendor solutions and services that solve customers' business challenges regardless of their existing infrastructure. Growth through acquisition is an integral part of ConvergeOne's long-term business strategy to develop a comprehensive portfolio that provides one of the brodest and deepest solution offerings in the industry. Since 2005, ConvergeOne has successfully acquired and integrated 12 companies. With the acquisition, Ray Apy will continue to lead Annese as senior vice president of Annese, a ConvergeOne Company, reporting to Paul Maier, president and CEO, Solutions, ConvergeOne. "At Annese, our focus has always been on the longevity of our business and doing right by our employees," Apy said. "As part of a much larger company, this acquisition will provide our employees with unparalleled professional growth and development opportunities. Through ConvergeOne's broad reach and manufacturer portfolio, our customers will gain more flexibility coupled with the same great customer service approach they've come to expect from Annese." About Annese & Associates, Inc. About ConvergeOne About Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. Media Contact: For Clearlake: Jennifer Hurson
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