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Barnhill Associates Announces Col-Ins-Co Acquisition
Two well seasoned market leaders merge.
Englewood, CO, September 23, 1999– Barnhill Associates, a recognized leader among America's System Integrators and Value-Added-Resellers (VARs), announced today their acquisition of Col-Ins-Co, Inc., one of the leading Manufacturers’ Representatives in the network and help desk markets. Col-Ins-Co CEO Ron Badgley is particularly excited about the merger of these “two well seasoned, long standing and dynamic marketing and consulting firms” that will provide coast to coast coverage for help desk, network, and infrastructure management solutions.Barnhill CEO Mike Whitt is equally excited about the strengths the new combined company will bring to market. According to Whitt, “Our companies share uncommonly high standards in terms of business and technical expertise as well as a commitment to serve the business interests of our customers. Both have been in business over forty years building strong customer relationships centered around their ability to provide complex network and infrastructure management solutions.”
The new company has already joined forces to elevate their individual strengths to a higher level then they could obtain as separate companies. “There is an uncanny level of co-operation and teamwork, even in these early stages of the merger that makes this a win-win situation for our customers” says Badgley. “ Each company brings their strengths, common customer relationship orientation, consultive and training activities all aimed at providing best of breed practices and solutions in corporate infrastructure management.”
About Barnhill Associates
Barnhill has established an enviable track record and reputation as a leader among America's System Integrators and Value-Added-Resellers (VARs). A player in the high-tech consulting market since 1956, Barnhill Associates provides a unique “single source” for both product and service solutions for complex infrastructure management problems.
Many companies are surprised to learn that they can get a fixed price on a total package for several of their infrastructure elements. Barnhill is unique in that regard. They set a price for product, installation services, integration with other systems and training that allows companies to accurately budget time and resources for specified projects with a guarantee of no upside financial exposure. “It is our commitment to accurately asses the needs of our customers and stand by that assessment” according to Barnhill CEO, Mike Whitt.
Well over 100 Fortune 1000 companies have initiated new systems or built upon existing ones using Barnhill's cost-effective service packages. These fixed-fee packages include needs analysis, requirements definition, third-party systems integration, project management, network planning and implementation. Discover more about Barnhill at www.barnhill.com.
About Col-Ins-Co
Col-Ins-Co, Inc. was founded in 1957 to provide quality network solutions using their represented products and services in an efficient and cost effective manner. Col-Ins-Co believes in offering comprehensive customer support as an extension of their basic sales efforts.
They are focused on Local Area and Wide Area Networking products, Network Management, and Network Diagnostic Systems. Customers include OEM’s, Distributors, VARs and end users. Twice a year, Col-Ins-Co management collaborates with its sales engineers to develop or update detailed sales and marketing plans for each product line. They realize that as needs and requirements of customers change, so must product categories. Badgley reports, “Our marketing goal is not to limit the number of represented lines, but to maximize sales efficiency by offering a broad range of synergistic products to the customer base.” Learn more about Col-Ins-Co at www.colinsco.com
Editorial Contact:
Wendy Leslie
Barnhill Associates, Inc.
(303) 792-9500
wleslie@barnhill.com
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