2/1/2007 - TekLinks Increases SMB Focus With Southern Network Services
TekLinks Increases SMB Focus With Southern Network Services February 1, 2007 TekLinks is pleased to announce that it has expanded the firm through an agreement to purchase selected assets of Southern Network Services, an IT services companyheadquartered in Birmingham, AL. "By joining TekLinks, we are able to offer our clients a broader range of systemsengineering skills and managed services" said Clay Evans, CEO of SNS. "I believe it is a perfect match for our staff and clients. TekLinks shares the same core tenets with SNS of honesty, integrity and placing the needs of our clients first." TekLinks specifically benefits from the agreement by adding high-level Citrix engineers, additional Microsoft engineers and structured cabling services to their product offering. Chris Adcock, a Registered Communications Distribution Designer, will manage the fiber optic and network cabling division under the SNS name. "By working with each other over the past couple of years, we developed a healthy respect and ideal partnership so taking this next step was easy." said Stuart Raburn,President of TekLinks. "Clay developed a hard working and honest culture at SNS. Their team is talented and client focused - a perfect fit for our business model." About TekLinks TekLinks, with offices in Birmingham, AL; Daphne, AL; Montgomery, AL; Hattiesburg, MS; and Destin, FL; offers IT consulting, professional services, and hosted services to SMB Accounts and Enterprise Accounts. Founded by a group of local industry veterans, TekLinks has attained highly regarded industry certifications including Cisco Gold, Microsoft Gold, Novell Gold, Citrix, Red Hat Linux, among others. With over seventy percent of employees in engineering roles, TekLinks is uniquely positioned to provide a company or assist an IT staff with LAN/WAN infrastructure design, VOIP implementation, security solutions, email systems, voice consulting, or general network support needed to keep a business running smoothly and reliably. In addition, TekLinks maintains a datacenter and offers a variety of hosted services including business continuity, off-site back up, hosted email, hosted fax, spam blocking, and managed servers. www.teklinks.com ### Media Contact: Ken Machuta, kmachuta@teklinks.com 850-654-8899 Office