Founded 1999 | ||
Headquarters Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States Parent organization World Wide Technology Holding Co., Inc. | ||
Telcobuy.com (commonly known as Telcobuy) is a technology and supply chain solutions company founded by David Steward and Jim Kavanaugh in 1999. Telcobuy provides technology and supply chain solutions. The company mitigates and manages security risks for large public and private organizations, enterprise networking solutions for the data center, and is a reseller of information technology.
Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Telcobuy operates more than 2 million square feet of warehousing, distribution, and integration space located throughout the United States. Telcobuy touts itself as a Minority-Owned Enterprise that is Privately Held. In 1999 World Wide Technology spun off its telecommunications division to form Telcobuy.com. Telcobuy sells gear from more than 1,000 makers. SBC Communications Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. bought 94 percent of the equipment Telcobuy sold in its first full year, 1999.
Business
Telcobuy has also included Supplier diversity in their supply chain — spending more than $57 million with minority-, women- and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOB) since 2001.
IBM for Cisco systems, partnered with Telcobuy, a certified minority owned business enterprise and Cisco Certified Gold Partner in October 2009.
In-stock Cisco equipment ships directly from Telcobuy’s inventory, while non-stocked items are processed and drop shipped from Cisco.