
Sysix to Acquire Helix Solutions
Chicago, IL – February 26, 2007
Sysix Solutions a leading international
provider of IT business solutions spanning computer hardware and software,
consulting and financial services, is pleased to announce that its leasing
subsidiary, Sysix Financial has acquired 100% ownership of Helix Solutions, Inc.
Helix is an eight-year-old US-based company that focuses on selling solutions
around used, remarketed and brokered technology equipment.
As
Sysix Financial leasing business has grown, it recognizes the need to add used
equipment management capabilities to expand its business as well as allow Sysix
Financial to more adequately manage technology assets as they come off of lease.
With Helix used-market knowledge combined with all of the technology services
available from the Sysix subsidiaries, Sysix as a whole can now effectively
market new and used equipment based on client needs and budgets.
Helix, which will continue business operations under its own name, is expected
to boost Sysix Financial´s revenue by USD $6 million for 2007 and to become a
major contributing factor to the growth of Sysix Solutions through its ability
to offer additional alternative IT solutions.
About Sysix Solutions, Inc.:
Sysix provides mission-critical business technology solutions including hardware
and software, consulting and financial services. Sysix Solutions, Inc. is
a partner of IBM (NYSE:IBM); HP (NYSE:HPQ); Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), EMC˛
(NYSE:EMC); Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO); Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL); F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV);
Hitachi Data Systems and others. Headquartered in
Chicago, Sysix Solutions also has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Los
Angeles, Philadelphia, New York, Milwaukee, Phoenix and San Francisco. Sysix
International GmbH is the international subsidiary and is headquartered in
Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
For more information, visit the Sysix website:
www.sysix.com.
About Helix Solutions, Inc.:
Founded in 1999, Helix Solutions specializes
in delivering business and Web-enabled solutions to our clients. Helix is a
provider of comprehensive Information Technology (IT) solutions that include
pre-owned, used, and remarketed computer hardware combined with new software
applications, and consulting services.
For more information, visit the Helix website:
www.helixsolutions.biz
Contact:
John Sheaffer or Lisa Kapka (Investor Relations)
630-230-9644
lisa.kapka@sysix.com
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