Novacoast Announces Acquisition of The XCEND Group

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - May 5, 2014 - PRLog -- SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Novacoast, Inc., an IT professional services and product development firm, is proud to announce the acquisition of The XCEND Group - a privately held company that has served the Midwest market since 2004. This is a marriage of two Platinum Symantec Partners, and Novacoast looks forward to the further expansion of Symantec expertise this move represents.

The XCEND Group has built a sterling reputation for the quality of its engineering talent, particularly in infrastructure and information security. “At the end of the day, we’re problem solvers,” says XCEND CEO and founder Ron Schoenherr. “And we’re going to be able to solve more problems together than we ever could before.”

Schoenherr has called this a wonderful opportunity for each company to benefit from the expertise of the other. “Together we’re able to offer an even stronger security perspective,” says Schoenherr, adding that since both companies were Symantec top 10 security partners before the merger, that’s really saying something.

“It’s exciting to see two of our most experienced and dependable services partners come together,” says Brett Shirk, Senior Vice President of Symantec North America. “This acquisition positions Novacoast to be uniquely comprehensive in its offerings, both to us as a partner and to our shared customer base.”

Novacoast CEO Paul Anderson emphasizes how well the two company’s perspectives align. “We believe our customers count on us for the quality of our engineers,” says Anderson, “and that’s what we see with XCEND. These are talented and creative experts that expand what we’re able to offer.”

About The XCEND Group

XCEND was founded in 2004 on the passion of three IT industry veterans who were committed to helping companies run better, smarter, faster, and more profitably. XCEND has since worked with hundreds of customers across the country to create and deliver award-winning, multi-vendor strategies and solutions that help companies better manage and secure their IT environments.

About Novacoast

Novacoast is an IT professional services and product development company built on a foundation of engineering expertise, a fearless perspective and a culture of creative problem solving. We offer organizations our technological experience so they can make informed decisions and avoid costly IT mistakes.