MicroAge
Technology services and solutions provider
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::summary Technology services and solutions provider ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Frontier Technology, LLC |
| logo | MicroAge logo 2024.webp |
| logo_size | 220px |
| predecessor | |
| successor | |
| founded | |
| Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | |
| founder | Jeffrey D. McKeever |
| Alan P. Hald | |
| defunct | |
| hq_location_city | Phoenix, Arizona |
| hq_location_country | United States |
| area_served | |
| key_people | Rob Zack, CEO; Tracey Hayes, VP-Sales; Larry Fulop, VP-Technology & Marketing; Larry Gentry, EVP-Services; Tim McCulloch, CTO |
| products | Technology |
| owner | |
| num_employees_year | |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Frontier Technology, LLC | logo = MicroAge logo 2024.webp | logo_size = 220px | type = | industry = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | founder = Jeffrey D. McKeever Alan P. Hald | defunct = | hq_location_city = Phoenix, Arizona | hq_location_country = United States | area_served = | key_people = Rob Zack, CEO; Tracey Hayes, VP-Sales; Larry Fulop, VP-Technology & Marketing; Larry Gentry, EVP-Services; Tim McCulloch, CTO | products = Technology | owner = | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | parent = | website = Frontier Technology, LLC, doing business as MicroAge, is a privately held American technology products and services company founded in 1976 and based in Phoenix, Arizona.
History
In 1976, founders Jeffrey D. McKeever and Alan Hald opened up a franchise for one of the first hobby computer stores in the United States, The Byte Shop, in Tempe, Arizona. The company grew quickly and, in 1979, opened the first MicroAge Computer Store at Paradise Valley Mall in Phoenix, Arizona. The store sold computers popular in the early home computer age, such as the Apple II, NorthStar Horizon, IMSAI 8080 and Altair 8800.
MicroAge had 33 franchises, the second-most after ComputerLand, and was the third-largest computer store chain after ComputerLand and Sears. After emerging from bankruptcy with $5 million from Docutel/Olivetti, MicroAge developed into a major national distributor as well as having its own chain of stores, becoming the most widely known franchiser in the computer industry with over 1,400 franchises worldwide, including locations in Europe, Japan and the USSR. Its primary competitor at the time was ComputerLand, another well-known franchising operation. The company was listed on the Fortune 500 list from 1995 to 2001. It employed over 6,000 people and generated revenues in excess of $6 billion at its zenith.
By February 2000, the company was composed of four subsidiary parts: MicroAge Teleservices, MicroAge Technology Services, Pinacor, and Quality Integration Services. In November 2000, MicroAge Teleservices was sold to that subsidiary's largest customer, United Parcel Service. In December 2000, MicroAge Technology Services was sold to CompuCom, included MicroAge's network of service and support locations. In May 2001 some assets of Pinacor were sold to ScanSource.
On October 1, 2020, MicroAge announced that it had acquired Semaphore Co., an Atlanta-based cloud services organization.
On July 15, 2022, MicroAge announced that it had acquired cStor, a cybersecurity, infrastructure, and digital transformation organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona, for an undisclosed sum.
References
References
- "Legal Information: Terms & Conditions".
- (February 22, 1983). "Appendix I; Some stories behind the statistics". [[The Rosen Electronics Letter]].
- (February 14, 2000). "MicroAge Inc. Annual Report For Fiscal Year Ending 10-31-99 (Form 10-K)". [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]].
- (November 13, 2000). "UPS would own LV call center under proposal". [[Las Vegas Sun]].
- Walter, Nicholas. (May 11, 2010). "UPS call center to close". [[Santa Maria Sun]].
- (December 22, 2000). "MicroAge sells subsidiary". [[Phoenix Business Journal]].
- Weinstein, Randi. (May 1, 2001). "MicroAge subsidiary sold for $21M". [[Phoenix Business Journal]].
- (October 1, 2020). "Semaphore Co Joins MicroAge in Move to Corner Cloud Technology Services Market". MicroAge.
- Trumbull, Ty. (July 18, 2022). "Microsoft Partner MicroAge Acquires cStor".
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