Software, saas, Microsoft

groupSPARK, 123Together Join mindSHIFT

Wade Roush 4/1/08

No, my caps-lock key is not stuck. Collaboration Online, a Burlington, MA, software-as-a-service company that hosts Microsoft e-mail, collaboration, and CRM programs for other companies under brands such as groupSPARK and 123Together, is being purchased by Fairfax, VA-based mindSHIFT Technologies, a provider of managed IT and voice-over-Internet telephony services, the two companies said today. “We are delighted to join forces with mindSHIFT, an East Coast powerhouse of managed IT and VoIP services,” Ravi Agarwal, CEO of Collaboration Online, said in an announcement. “Their considerable resources will enable us to more quickly become the market leader in hosted services, reach more customers, and offer additional industry-leading hosted software services.”