Westcon Group, Inc. - Introduction

Introduction

520 White Plains Road, Suite 100
Tarrytown, New York 10591-5167
U.S.A.
Telephone: (914) 829-7000
Fax: (914) 829-7137
Web site: http://www.westcongroup.com

Private Company Incorporated: 1985
Employees: 1,000
Sales: $1.85 billion (2004)
NAIC: 541512 Computer Systems Design Services

Majority owned by South Africa-based Datatec Ltd., Westcon Group, Inc. is a global channel provider of networking technology. Through its divisions, Westcon, Comstor, and Voda One, the company offers products and services for convergence technology, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing, wireless connectivity, and network security. With its headquarters located in Tarrytown, New York, the company does business through three divisions: Comstor, Westcon, and Voda One, specialty distributors for major manufacturers. The largest is Comstor, devoted primarily to selling Cisco products to some 45 countries around the world. Other vendors include Adtran, Inc., Proxim Corporation, RSA Security, Inc., and Symbol Technologies. The Westcon division focuses on the sale of Nortel Networks and security products, and its portfolio includes Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Extreme Networks, Inc., Nokia Networks, Symantec Corporation, 3Com Corporation, and many others. The division serves some 65 countries. Westcon Group's Voda One division is primarily focused on distributing products manufactured by Avaya; the division also handles vendors such as MCK Communications, Inc., NICE systems, Plantronics, Inc., and Spectralink Corporation, among others, selling to customers in the United States.