General Microsystems Strengthens Customer Value with RockFish Tek Acquisition

General Microsystems (GMI) has acquired in Santa Clara, California based RockFish Tek.

RockFish Tek, is an emerging infrastructure technology integration company, that designs and implements complete technology solutions for enterprise computing clients.

"Evolving customer needs combined with emerging technologies have IT infrastructures poised for the most dramatic changes since the advent of the PC," said Earl W. Overstreet II, president and CEO of the new combined company, in a statement.

"Consolidation, convergence, and virtualization coupled with public, private, and hybrid options give customers unprecedented choices to deliver IT solutions faster, more reliably, and at lower cost,” said Overstreet.

He said that the RockFish Tek acquisition accelerates the ability to help customers architect and implement the best solutions for their environments by expanding technical and sales expertise and providing a more comprehensive product offering.

"I'm very excited about joining the GMI team. Earl Overstreet and GMI have a reputation that is second to none. GMI has steady growth plans and a vision for the future, and this partnership provides us with immediate scalability for our area of expertise throughout the region," says Daniel Miller, VP Southwest region.

"In addition, we saw a lot of synergies between the two companies. They're a proven expert at implementation, integration and migration services, and we're actively building our front-end consulting practice,” said Miller.

He said that GMI is clearly a leader in the marketplace at infrastructure-based solutions which is a great fit for the company.

GMI was founded in 1983, as an integrator of enterprise IT datacenter and desktop infrastructure solutions including systems, storage, and network products from industry leading vendors.