IT Solutions Consulting Inc.(ITSC) of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania has acquired SecurElement Infrastructure Solutions, a managed IT services provider (MSP) of Malvern, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1994, IT Solutions is an employee-owned business and one of the largest MSPs based in the region.

Cogent buy-side client Professional Computer Support (PCS), is a Northern California leader in protecting data & identity for businesses and non-profits. In early June 2019, PCS acquired FixSwift IT, a fellow Bay Area based IT services provider. The transaction, advised by Cogent Growth Partners as the buy-side intermediary for PCS, will give PCS new capabilities and help PCS to double its business capacity.

Boca Raton, Florida-based Champion Solutions Group has acquired DirecLogix Corp, a fellow Florida-based IT organization that has Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure cloud and HP Enterprise partner expertise. The transaction, sourced and advised by Cogent Growth Partners as the buy-side intermediary for Champion, expands Champions reach through DirectLogix additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Santa Clara, California

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Orlando, FL based CompuTech City was acquired by Atlanta, GA based Medicus IT on April 11, 2019. The combination of these two MSPs further establishes Medicus IT's position as one the largest healthcare-focused MSPs nationwide. Cogent Growth Partners provided advisory services to CompuTech City for this transaction.

Our friends at Connect Booster host a great Podcast to help leaders in the IT industry learn from their peers.  Rick Murphy, CEO of Cogent Growth Partners recently sat down with Ryan Goodman to talk about what is important for an owner to focus upon if they were looking to exit the business within the next five years.

With a large variety of clients in 2018 including MSPs, CSPs, security providers, and other IT service providers all ranging in size from SMB to enterprise to Private Equity (PE), Cogent Growth Partners advised on 14 closed transactions for the year.

WorkSmart has acquired CDI Managed Services’ small and midsize business (SMB) clientele — which includes customers in Atlanta, Georgia and the New York Metro area with the guidance of their buyside intermediary Cogent Growth Partners. Read further here on CHANNELe2e.

Hilltop Consultants, a Top 100 Vertical Market MSP in the legal services sector, has acquired LANsultants — which also focuses on the legal vertical. The deal was led by buy-side M&A firm Cogent Growth Partners. This deal is part of Hilltop Consultants’ larger plan to build the country’s best legal MSP, according to President Jim Turner.

Data Systems Technology Solutions has acquired Unicom Technologies Inc., a regional IT-provider for banks and credit unions, with Cogent Growth Partners leading the way. Both companies are located in Texas. Together, Data Systems Technology Solutions and Unicom plan to support credit unions, local and regional banks in Texas and the Southwest United States.

This panel is moderated by Joe Panettieri of CHANNELe2e. They will be discussing what every IT business owner wants to know regarding what their company is really worth and how to make it more valuable to a potential buyer. Also covered is the state of the market today as well as teaching you how you can determine what your company is actually worth, on your own, now and in the future.