Systems integrators Andataco and R Squared are merging (CI No 1,829). Their marriage promises to create the largest Unix value-added reseller in the US. The new entity, to be called Andataco Squared, anticipates revenues for the 1992 financial year in excess of $100m with a combined customer base of over 10,000. The merger of the two privately-held companies will blend Andataco’s strengths in the Sun Microsystems Inc market with R Squared’s expertise in mass storage subsystems. It will focus on selling add-on and add-in products to users and other resellers of Sun, Silicon Graphics, Hewlett-Packard Apollo, DEC and IBM as well as integrating complete systems. R Squared president Joe Campana will be chief operating officer, overseeing operation and administration and Andataco president David Sykes will be president of the new company, responsible for sales, marketing and engineering. The new company has 130 employees, including 60 sales people working out of 13 sales offices. Six-year-old Andataco posted sales of $40m in its last financial year ending November 1. R Squared, which dates back to 1983, had sales of $30m in the year to October 1. The merger could have consequences for San Diego, California-based Sparc laptop house RDI Computer Corp, which has lost its marketing department, including manager Steve McAllister, to the new company.
