[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“Talk about a worst-case, wrong-choice scenario: The vendor of
an IT services company’s mission-critical software is acquired, and
support gets lost in the shuffle. Then the acquiring vendor goes
belly up.“That’s what happened to Brunswick, Maine-based Nexus Management
Inc.–and it’s just the beginning of its story.“A few years ago, Nexus, which specializes in VPN technology,
remote network, systems and desktop management, and help desk and
on-site support, decided to consolidate its expertise, according to
chief technology officer John A. Sullivan III. Nexus wanted to
build a powerful VPN that would strengthen internal connectivity
and which the company would be able to sell as a service to
customers…”