Azaleos Corporation was a Seattle-based American corporation. Founded in 2004 by Roger Gerdes and Keith McCall, Azaleos provided remote management for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Lync.

Azaleos Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryRemote managed services
Founded2004 (2004)
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Phil Van Etten, CEO; Keith Mcall, founder; Roger Gerdes, founder; Patrick Naughton, engineering; Joseph Consolini, director; Ronald Woan, research
Number of employees
216 (September 2012)
Websitewww.azaleos.com

Company background

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Azaleos was founded and incorporated as a Delaware corporation in May 2004 by Roger Gerdes and Keith McCall. The company's early funding was provided by Second Avenue Partners and Ignition Partners.[citation needed]

Services and technology

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Azaleos provided remote managed services for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync.

In 2009, the company merged with M3 Technology Group, an email migration and managed services company focused on Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Active Directory based in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

As a National Systems Integrator (NSI), Azaleos was one of Microsoft's top 34 partners in the United States, a "Microsoft Gold Partner" in messaging, communications and portals & collaboration competencies,[2] and a member of Microsoft's Exchange, SharePoint and Data Protection Manager Technology Adoption Programs.[3]

The company had reseller agreements with IBM, Verizon Business, CDW, and Savvis (a CenturyLink company) all of whom resold Azaleos managed services under their brand.[citation needed]

Azaleos was US-based with network operations centers in Seattle, Washington and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Awards

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Acquisition

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On December 18, 2012, Avanade announced its acquisition of Azaleos.[6] Approximately 200 Azaleos employees joined Avanade as part of the acquisition, most of them located in Seattle, Washington, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

References

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  1. ^ "Business Wire" (Press release).
  2. ^ "Microsoft PinPoint".
  3. ^ Inc, Avanade (2012-11-13). "Avanade Announces Intent to Acquire Azaleos Corporation". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved 2023-05-08. {{cite press release}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Deloitte FAST 500 in North America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-18.
  5. ^ "Azaleos Wins Two Prestigious Industry Awards for Hybrid Managed Messaging Service". Reuters. 16 June 2008.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Avanade Completes Acquisition of Azaleos".[dead link]

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