FAIRFAX, VA—Managed services companies mindSHIFT and New York-based Invision have merged. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

The merger expands mindSHIFT’s portfolio of data and voice services, which includes managed IT services, software-as-a-service (SaaS), managed VoIP, compliance and professional services, with two additional value-added services. managed hosting and e-business applications.

Invision will operate as the mindSHIFT Managed Hosting and e-Business Applications Division. This is mindSHIFT’s third such transaction in 2007.

Founded in 1999, mindSHIFT sells email management and administration, electronic backup for servers and desktops, virus and spam protection, desktop support and server management — either at the customers’ premises or completely off-site.

It has operations in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., mindSHIFT manages more than 14,000 desktops and servers and counts more than 400 associations, non-profits, law firms, professional services firms and financial services firms as customers.

Invision, a New York-based firm founded in 1995, offers managed services for hosting and Web and e-business development and integration to over 700 customers.

Invision’s e-business capabilities include application development and integration disciplines such as .NET and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The company has been especially successful in securing application development engagements for e-business.

“Invision’s value-added services are crucial in this Web 2.0 era, which emphasizes collaboration and sharing between users,” said Paul Chisholm, mindSHIFT Chairman and CEO.

On the Web: www.mindshift.com

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