nasdaq nsit industry it solutions business to business commercial & public sector it solutions provider founded 1988 by eric crown & tim crown headquarters tempe arizona united states area served worldwide key people ken lamneck ceo glynis bryan cfo michael guggemos cio steve dodenhoff president u.s. wolfgang ebermann president emea products data center devices servers software licensing power storage it services revenue 5.4 billion 2015 number of employees 5 700 2016 website www.insight.com insight enterprises inc. is an arizona based publicly traded global technology company that focuses on business to business and information technology it capabilities for enterprises . 1 the company is listed on the fortune 500 2 and has offices in 22 countries with operations in 200 countries and territories . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 early years 1.2 2000 2010 1.3 2011 present 2 awards 3 references history edit early years edit hard drives international was founded in 1988 by eric and tim crown and roel blommers . initially a mail order business selling computer storage the company expanded into a storefront when credit card companies wouldn t service startup mail order firms . in 1991 the company changed its name to insight enterprises and distribution included a full line of computers and accessories . 4 the company held its initial public offering in january 1995 . 5 6 insight became an international company when it acquired tc computers based in montreal canada in 1997 . in april 1998 insight signed an agreement to acquire choice peripherals ltd. and plusnet technologies ltd. an internet service provider and website hosting and development company operating as force 9 . 7 the acquisition expanded insight s operations to europe . 4 2000 2010 edit insight acquired action computer supplies holdings plc a u.k. based direct marketer in october 2001 for approximately 150 million in stock . 8 9 in april 2002 the company acquired comark for 150 million increasing insight s ability to work with clients of all sizes including the public sector . 8 in july 2006 insight entered an agreement to purchase software spectrum a company that focused on software and mobility products for medium and large companies from level 3 communications for 287 million . 10 calence llc a technology company that focused on cisco networking and advanced communications was acquired by insight in april 2008 for 125 million . 11 insight acquired u.k. based minx ltd. a european network integrator with cisco gold partner accreditation in july 2008 for 1.5 million and the assumption of 4.6 million of existing debt . 12 13 2011 present edit ensynch an information technology company founded in 2000 was acquired by insight in september 2011 . 14 15 insight acquired inmac gmbh a business to business hardware reseller based in germany in february 2012 . 16 in june 2015 insight underwent a corporate rebranding which aimed to emphasize the company focus on customer relations and interaction . 1 17 the company launched a new website in july 2015 as part of the shift in company focus . 17 in october 2015 insight acquired bluemetal an interactive design and technology architecture firm based in boston . 18 also in 2015 insight raised 200 000 in its annual campaign for its noble cause division . through noble cause insight gives to local charities including the make a wish foundation the boys & girls clubs of america and the ronald mcdonald house . 19 in 2016 bluemetal partnered with indycar the indianapolis motor speedway and microsoft to produce an analytics focused app during the indianapolis 500 . 20 insight opened an additional sales center at the meadows office and technological park in conway arkansas in august 2016 . 21 insight announced the acquisition of ignia an australian based business technology consulting company in september 2016 . 22 awards edit in 2013 insight received the transformational licensing solution partner of the year award from microsoft . 23 company founders eric and tim crown were awarded the oneneck it services people s choice lifetime achievement award from avnet inc. at the november 2013 arizona governor s celebration of innovation awards . 24 the company was featured on the informationweek 500 list in 2013 25 and received the cisco global architectural excellence enterprise networks award in 2014 . insight was featured on the fortune 500 list for its seventh year in 2015 . 2 that year it was also recognized as dell s national solution providers of the year . 26 references edit a b michael cusanelli 2 june 2015 . insight enterprises rebrand reflects emphasis on intelligent technology . the var guy . retrieved 18 april 2016 . a b insight enterprises . fortune . retrieved 18 april 2016 . insight enterprises inc. nsit upgraded to buy at zacks investment research . american banking and market news . january 31 2016 . access date requires url help a b william p. barrett 24 august 1998 . the internet doesn t know borders . 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august 18 2016 . kieran steven 1 september 2016 . insight acquires ignia in major microsoft merger . crn . sales pr . microsoft.com . 2013 07 27 . retrieved 2015 08 06 . tishin donkersley 6 november 2013 . crown brothers co founders of insight enterprises to receive lifetime achievement award at 2013 governor s celebration of innovation . az tech beat . retrieved 18 april 2016 . informationweek 500 . informationweek . retrieved 18 april 2016 . wining with dell partnerdirect . dell . retrieved 18 april 2016 . arizona portal companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title insight enterprises & oldid 740721540 categories companies based in tempe arizonasoftware companies based in arizonamultinational companies headquartered in the united stateshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlpages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article 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