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Sysix Acquires Diamond Micro
San Francisco Bay area firm strengthens Sysix's Sun business
By Craig Zarley, CRN, Westmont, IL – October 1, 2002
Sysix Companies, a Westmont, Ill. solution provider, on Monday reached an agreement to acquire Diamond Micro Solutions, a San Leandro, Calif.-based infrastructure firm with a focus on disaster recovery.
The acquisition is expected to more than double Sysix's Sun Microsystems business, according to Sysix CEO John Sheaffer.
"We did about $4 million to $5 million in Sun business this year, and this will double it," he said. "And it gets us into the [San Francisco] Bay area."
Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
Sheaffer said the acquisition would help Sysix grow its revenue in 2003 by about 40 percent to nearly $40 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Diamond Micro's sales and consulting operations will be integrated with Sysix infrastructure and consulting practices.
Sysix said it will use the acquisition to open up a West Coast headquarters in San Leandro that will be the base of operations in California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and the Pacific Northwest.
About Sysix:
The Sysix Companies: Sysix Technologies, LLC; Sysix Consulting, LLC; and Sysix Financial, LLC provide mission-critical business technology solutions including infrastructure, consulting and financial solutions. Headquartered outside of Chicago, Sysix also maintains a strong local presence in Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and Minneapolis, with a new West Coast Sales Office in the Bay Area. For more information, visit the Sysix Web site: http://www.sysix.com/.
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