Cornerstone IT of Mentor acquired by company from Maine

An organization referred to as Logically has acquired an data know-how managed providers supplier from Mentor.

Logically, which is predicated in Portland, Maine, not too long ago introduced its buy of Cornerstone IT. Since 2019, Logically has acquired 11 firms inside its discipline, counting the Cornerstone IT deal.

Logically said in a information launch that the acquisitions are geared toward enlarging the corporate’s footprint all through the USA and persevering with its custom of customized buyer assist.

Logically CEO Michelle Accardi stated the precise buy of Cornerstone IT will assist her firm to stay on the reducing fringe of safety, cloud and Microsoft providers that guarantee its clients get pleasure from all the advantages of its skilled groups.

“Clients within the industries that Cornerstone IT serves will profit tremendously from the added information and expertise our new group members convey to the desk, and we’re wanting ahead to having the Cornerstone group thrive inside our group,” she stated.

Cornerstone IT, which is predicated at 7333 Company Blvd. in Mentor, serves clients within the skilled providers, manufacturing, insurance coverage and building/growth industries.

A number of the firm’s areas of experience embody information backup and restoration, technical help heart and discipline service, anti-virus malware and adware safety, firewall safety and design, cloud providers, community infrastructure safety and consulting/networking/venture administration.

As well as, Cornerstone IT is a Microsoft Gold Cloud Accomplice, bringing best-in-class cloud capabilities to the Logically group, the information launch launch said.

“Logically shares the identical mission and constantly outperforms rivals in service of this purpose, and we couldn’t be extra excited to be a part of this stellar group and accomplice in its development,” stated Cornerstone IT CEO Ray Paganini. “I’m wanting ahead to remaining on board and becoming a member of the Logically household, together with many different valued Cornerstone IT staff.”

In a July 1 phone interview with The Information-Herald, Paganini stated Cornerstone IT’s workers has continued working from their identical Mentor workplace after the acquisition was accomplished. Logically already has added to the gross sales workers in Mentor, and it’s doubtless that the corporate will improve the variety of technical positions as effectively, he stated.

Within the close to future, the acquired enterprise most likely will begin calling itself one thing like “Cornerstone IT, a Logically firm,” Paganini stated. However finally, the Mentor workplace will turn out to be recognized strictly as Logically.

Cornerstone IT traces its historical past again to 1994, when Paganini launched the Paganini Growth Workforce. In 2003, it was rebranded into Cornerstone IT.

The corporate’s success additionally has been acknowledged frequently via the years within the Lake-Geauga Quick Observe 50 business-awards competitors.

Quick Observe 50 is an annual occasion that selects and pays tribute to the area’s fastest-growing companies. The 50 winners are chosen based mostly on a weighted common of 80 % gross sales development and 20 % employment development over the earlier five-year interval.

Cornerstone IT has captured 12 Quick Observe 50 awards all through its historical past. Its most up-to-date look on the Quick Observe 50 winners record occurred in 2020.