ICS acquires information-technology firm J.B. Kane

DeWITT, N.Y. — ICS — an information-technology (IT) support firm with offices in DeWitt, Endicott, and Ithaca — has announced the recent acquisition of J.B. Kane, a Liverpool IT firm.

The acquisition closed June 1, says Kevin Blake, ICS president and CEO, declining to provide any financial terms of the acquisition agreement.

J.B. Kane specializes in computer networking, network-consulting services, and small-business IT consulting, according to its website.

“They were a smaller IT company, [making] it harder for them to keep up with the ever-changing IT landscape … with all these cloud solutions and security requirements [in the] industry, it’s hard for a small company to keep up,” says Blake, who spoke with BJNN on Monday.

Launched in June 1978, J.B. Kane became one of the first IBM-authorized typewriter dealers in Central New York, its website says.

J.B. Kane’s seven employees are now working in the DeWitt office of ICS located at 6007 Fair Lakes Road in the town of DeWitt. With the additional workers, ICS now has about 85 employees, says Blake.

J.B. Kane had previously operated at 1105 Vine St. in Liverpool, its website says. The company had leased that space, according to Blake.

“This integration has been gradually taking place over the past two months. It’s already clear that this was the best move for all parties,” Jason Griffin, former owner of J.B. Kane, said in the ICS release. “It’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the dynamics in the ever-changing IT field and ICS has provided us with the tools we need to make this a seamless transition for employees and clients alike. The satisfaction of our customers is and always has been our number one priority and the partnership with ICS enables us to better serve their diverse needs going forward.”

Griffin will be a senior VP in the ICS organization, according to Blake.

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