Northwest Computer Support announces merger with original Portland office to provide IT services to the entire Northwest region.
Seattle, WA-May 18th, 2010-James Watson, CEO of Northwest Computer Support announced today that the merger of the two companies was complete. Ross Blair, former owner of the Oregon NWCS will stay on board as the region's primary network engineer and will assist in leading and growing the Portland engineering practice. Kevin Hunter will join Ross in the consulting practice and David Morris will oversee service and repair operations in the area. Blair, Hunter and Morris will be joined by Jeannene Peden (outside sales) and other key members of the Seattle NWCS team. The merger will allow Northwest Computer Support to maintain the same local expertise in Portland, while providing a larger number of solution and service options to choose from.
Mr. Watson and Mr. Blair are both pleased with the merger. "We're excited to be one of the few IT services companies that spans the entire Northwest with offices in Seattle, Portland and Boise," said Mr. Watson. Mr. Blair, who loves living in the Pacific Northwest, looks forward to meeting and working with all of his new colleagues.
Portland Skyline at Night
The newly merged Northwest Computer Support will provide a full range of Managed IT Services, including: network management, server management, helpdesk, virtual CIO services, business continuity, managed print services, and Microsoft BPOS (Business Productivity Suite).
IT consulting services will include: IT infrastructure, business intelligence, database services, SharePoint, Green IT, Exchange, and virtualization.
In addition, NWCS will continue to offer printer and plotter repair to the region.
The Portland office was the very first Northwest Computer Support. It began as the Beaverton Byte Shop in 1977. After demand swelled in the area for computer services, a Seattle store was opened in 1980. In 1990, the Seattle store was sold. Current owners, James and Lesleigh Watson (former Microsoft employees) purchased the Seattle store in 2005. Also in 2005, the Oregon location was sold to Ross Blair and Leslie Bernekoff. Ross had previously been a network engineer for Northwest Computer Support since 2000.