3. Zones

Company acquired: nfrastructure

Head count: 300 employees

Annual revenue: Not disclosed

Purchase price: Not disclosed

Date of announcement: Oct. 21

Auburn, Wash.-based solution provider Zones bought Clifton Park, N.Y.-based managed services provider nfrastructure to help clients manage their IT infrastructures as the complexity of enterprise networks continues to increase due to the increase in mobile devices and connected endpoints.

With this acquisition, Zones, No. 31 on the 2016 CRN Solution Provider 500, is utilizing nfrastructure's strong technical and managed services background to assist large-enterprise clients, focusing specifically on those with multilocation, branch and campus infrastructures.

Nfrastructure, No. 188 on the 2016 CRN Solution Provider 500, is now a wholly owned subsidy of Zones, which took on all 300 nfrastructure employees following the close of the deal.