| Azaleos Corporation | |
| Type: | Private |
| Location City: | Seattle, Washington |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Key People: | Phil Van Etten, CEO; Keith Mcall, founder; Roger Gerdes, founder; Patrick Naughton, engineering; Joseph Consolini, director; Ronald Woan, research |
| Industry: | Remote managed services |
| Num Employees: | 216 (September 2012) |
Azaleos Corporation was a Seattle-based American corporation. Founded in 2004 by Roger Gerdes and Keith McCall, Azaleos provided remote management for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Lync.
Azaleos was founded and incorporated as a Delaware corporation in May 2004 by Roger Gerdes and Keith McCall. The company's early funding was provided by Second Avenue Partners and Ignition Partners.
Azaleos provided remote managed services for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync.
In 2009, the company merged with M3 Technology Group, an email migration and managed services company focused on Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Active Directory based in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]
As a National Systems Integrator (NSI), Azaleos was one of Microsoft's top 34 partners in the United States, a "Microsoft Gold Partner" in messaging, communications and portals & collaboration competencies,[2] and a member of Microsoft's Exchange, SharePoint and Data Protection Manager Technology Adoption Programs.[3]
The company had reseller agreements with IBM, Verizon Business, CDW, and Savvis (a CenturyLink company) all of whom resold Azaleos managed services under their brand.
Azaleos was US-based with network operations centers in Seattle, Washington and Charlotte, North Carolina.
On December 18, 2012, Avanade announced its acquisition of Azaleos.[6] Approximately 200 Azaleos employees joined Avanade as part of the acquisition, most of them located in Seattle, Washington, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.