Aldridge Acquires Dallas-Based Managed Services Provider TWIST Solutions
Combined entity among the largest IT providers for growing businesses throughout Texas
DALLAS and HOUSTON, January 20, 2015 – Aldridge (www.aldridge.com), a leading provider of information technology (IT) outsourcing with elite first-response support, and TWIST Solutions, a managed services provider for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, are joining forces to become one of the largest IT providers for growing businesses throughout Texas. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Established in 2002, TWIST has specialized in providing SMEs with personalized, cost-effective IT support, network management and cloud services. Its clients include professional services firms as well as manufacturing and distribution companies, among other verticals.
"In the current IT environment, we determined it was necessary for TWIST to team with a larger and more mature managed services company to satisfy the increasingly complex demands of our customers, and Aldridge was the perfect match," said TWIST CEO Kevin Trottier. "Aldridge describes the concept of trust as its backbone, which is very much how we approach business. Everything we do builds trust or we won't do it."
Over time, the operations of TWIST Solutions will be integrated into Aldridge's Dallas operation, which is led by Senior Vice President Bryan Gregory. TWIST's leadership, Mr. Trottier and CTO H. Alex Famili, will remain temporarily for the transition process. The combined entity offers nearly 100 IT professionals who serve clients from offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin.
"Similar to Aldridge, TWIST narrowly focuses on serving small and growing companies with personalized service, and we look forward to building on that legacy with the TWIST team," said Aldridge President and COO Patrick Wiley. "This is our biggest acquisition to date and we expect integrating the TWIST team will help us scale up our business in Dallas rapidly and capture more opportunities in the underserved SME market."
Aldridge offers a broad range of outsourced custom IT services, such as:
• Managed Services
• Professional Services
• Cloud Services
This is Aldridge's fourth acquisition during the past 12 months. The company established a beachhead in Dallas with its 2013 acquisition of the IT services division of The Harding Group. Aldridge is among a handful of Texas companies to make the Inc. 500/5000 list for the past five consecutive years and was recently listed among the fastest growing Houston technology firms.
Outsourcing IT management provides peace of mind and access to the latest technology. Companies that completely outsource IT management are significantly more satisfied with their IT support than companies that rely solely on in-house IT management (according to an Aldridge survey of 600 Houston businesses with 25 to 250 desktop users).
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About Aldridge
Aldridge is a technology management, consulting, and outsourcing company that specializes in providing best-fit IT and cloud computing solutions to SMBs that are growing. Founded in 1984, Aldridge has offices in Houston and Dallas. The company's unwavering dedication, superior technical expertise, and keen understanding of business processes have transformed it into a trusted partner of clients across the nation. In 2014, Inc. magazine ranked Aldridge among the fastest-growing private companies in America for the fifth consecutive year.
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