Acquisition adds small and mid-sized business IT offerings to Best Buy global services portfolio

#1 MSP to SMBs anticipates acceleration of growth under Best Buy ownership

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 7, 2011 – Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) said today that it has reached an agreement to acquire mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc., the nation’s leading managed service provider (MSP) for small and mid-sized businesses, for $167 million. The transaction will help accelerate Best Buy’s growth in the small and mid-sized business IT services category.  mindSHIFT provides cloud services, data center services and professional services to more than 5,400 clients and 25,000 managed desktops in key markets throughout the United States.

September 28, 2011 – Leading Microsoft Exchange Server resource site, MSExchange.org, announced today that 123Together.com Exchange Hosting 2010/2007 was selected the second runner-up in the Hosted Exchange category of the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Awards.

– Small And Mid-Size Organizations Can Immediately Eliminate Data Storage Constraints And Meet Legal And Regulatory Obligations Without The Need To Purchase A New Email Infrastructure. –

WALTHAM, Massachusetts – April 7, 2011

– 123Together.com  – a division of mindSHIFT Technologies and the leading provider of hosted, cloud-based email  and business collaboration services to small and mid-size organizations – today announced the immediate availability of its email archiving solution as a standalone cloud-based service.

– Hosted SharePoint Foundation 2010 Helps Small And Mid-Size Organizations Increase Collaboration And Efficiency To Better Compete And Grow Their Businesses. –

WALTHAM, Massachusetts – February 10, 2011 – 123Together.com – a division of mindSHIFT Technologies and the leading provider of hosted, cloud-based email and business collaboration services to small and mid-size organizations – today announced the immediate availability of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 as a hosted service.