MASSACHUSETTS, USA – Cybersecurity, cloud, and IT services provider Thrive has acquired the Longleaf Network, a North Carolina–based technology outsourcing provider, in a move to strengthen its cybersecurity offerings.
Enhancing customer experience and expanding footprint
Thrive aims to enhance customer experience and provide additional technology ROI by integrating Longleaf’s local expertise with Thrive’s global security operations center (SOC) and cloud capabilities.
The combination of Longleaf’s local team with Thrive’s 24x7x365 service delivery is expected to offer advanced solutions to clients in North Carolina.
Rob Stephenson, CEO of Thrive, expressed enthusiasm about the acquisition, stating, “The Longleaf Network has a proven track record of bringing customer-first IT strategy and services to clients across North Carolina—a culture that resonated with us from the beginning.”
“The Longleaf partnership will provide us with a strong market presence in a very desirable North Carolina footprint to expand our client base via our NextGen platform.”
Continuous growth and expanded offerings
This acquisition is part of Thrive’s ongoing growth strategy, which has included 10 previous acquisitions over the past two years, such as IT Freedom, Storagepipe, Custard, Edge Technology Group, and DSM.
Thrive’s services also include Thrive Incident Response & Remediation and Dark Web Monitoring, ensuring the delivery of advanced solutions to their customers.
Trey Miller, CEO at The Longleaf Network, highlighted the benefits of the partnership, saying, “Thrive’s POD approach to matching each client with subject matter experts aligns with our mission of delivering localized and customized service to every client.”
“With Thrive’s partnership, we can deliver even better support in our local market while expanding our offerings to increase ROI for our clients.”
Details of the acquisition deal were not disclosed.
