Emerging Tech Softchoice buys another American reseller Greg Meckbach @itworldca Published: January 2nd, 2008Softchoice Corp., a Toronto-based reseller and IT consulting firm, has continued its buying spree with the takeover Optimus Solutions LLC of Norcross, Ga.The acquisition, which is expected to close this week, will cost Softchoice US$38.1 million in cash.Optimus, which employs 100, is a value-added reseller of servers and mainframes made by IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc.’s networking equipment.Last October, Softchoice bought the technology solutions and professional services divisions of NexInnovations, and last month the vendor acquired Software Plus, a St. Louis, Mo.-based software reseller. With the acquisition, Softchoice plans to provide hardware and services for internetworking, server consolidation and security.From ITBusiness.caSoftchoice acquires US LAR Software Plus Softchoice has also agreed to pay the owners of privately-held Optimus up to US$9 million this year. The exact amount will dpend on the financial performance of Optimus. The company’s president, Steven Johnson, will become a vice-president at Softchoice.Would you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Emerging Tech networking equipment, security