Growth and acquisitions
In early 1995, the company expanded its catalog to include PC Wintel products as well. To support the growth, the company moved its distribution center to a 212000 sqft facility next to the FedEx hub in Memphis, Tennessee, in the third quarter of 1995. In addition to the millions of catalogs mailed monthly, the company launched its first web sites macmall.com and pcmall.com in 1996. Ray Joseph became an employee of OC Mall and came up the Win 95 launch promotion to sell 2% of Microsoft's launch putting PC Mall is a strong relationship with Microsoft.
In 1996–1997, the company acquired Computability, a Milwaukee-based company,[5] and Elek-Tek, a Chicago-based company, both dealing primarily with PC Wintel products.
In 2001, the company acquired Wareforce, a southern California-based company. In 2002, the company acquired Club Mac, another southern California-based operation.[6]
In 2011, the company launched its website onSale.com, which focuses on daily deals and electronic products, via the Internet.
In third quarter 2006, PC Mall Gov, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PC Mall, Inc., acquired the product business of GMRI, a Virginia-based company. GMRI provides IT consulting and technology for Federal agencies.[7]
Then in the third quarter of 2007, the company acquired SARCOM, which was based in Lewis Center, Ohio, into which Wareforce's operations were subsequently folded. Focusing on enterprise-level businesses, SARCOM offers technology products and services. Abreon Inc, a division of SARCOM that provides consulting and training operation for mid-market and enterprise businesses, continues to operate as Abreon.
In December 2009, the company acquired the assets of Data Systems Worldwide (DSW), a converged networking company, and in June 2010, they acquired NSPI, a managed services company. Both DSW and NSPI's operations are now secured under the SARCOM subsidiary.
Venturing into the realm of social networking for the first time, the company launched its Small Business Network, or SBN, in 2009. SBN is an online meeting place catering to the needs of small businesses and small business owners.
The company started HealthDynamix, based in Manassas, Virginia, in early 2010. This division provides information technologies and services for healthcare and medical industries.
In December 2012, the company changed its corporate name to PCM, Inc. from PC Mall, Inc. in connection with the rebranding, effective January 2, 2013, PCM Common Stock commenced trading on NASDAQ under the ticker PCMI and no longer trades under the prior ticker of MALL.[8]
In December 2012, PCM completed the purchase of 7.9 acres of land towards the construction of a new cloud data center that it opened in late June 2014.[9] The Tier III facility is strategically located in a data center-centric development in New Albany, Ohio. The new facility is said to complement its two existing data centers and a 24/7 Integrated Operations Center (IOC) located in Atlanta, Georgia, enhancing PCM managed service offerings, including cloud services, data center hosting and management, remote monitoring and disaster recovery.
In April 2015, PCM completed its acquisition of IT solutions provider En Pointe Technologies Sales, Inc. based in Gardena, California. The assets were acquired by an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of PCM, which now operates under the En Pointe brand.[10]
In November 2015, PCM acquired the North American business-to-business operations of Systemax, including TigerDirect, for $14 million.[11]
In January 2017, PCM acquired Canadian Microsoft Cloud solutions company Stratiform Inc[12] for C$2.1 million.[13]
In April, 2017, PCM announced its entry into the United Kingdom and Europe through a wholly owned subsidiary, PCM Technology Solutions UK, LTD, (“PCM UK”).[14]
In September 2017, PCM UK acquired Stack Technology Holdings, Ltd (The Stack Group), a leading provider of technologies and services across the UK. [15]
As of August 30, 2019, PCM has been acquired by Insight Enterprises. [16]
