EarthLink, Inc, a leading IT services and communications provider, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the IT Solution Center and hosted application business from Synergy Global Solutions.

The IT Solution Center is comprised of a Help Desk, Network Operations Center, and remote technical management and support across a wide range of networking and operating system platforms. EarthLink has also acquired Synergy's cloud-based application service, which provides end-to-end hosted IT capabilities for the environmental services vertical market. Under the terms of this agreement, EarthLink acquires relationships with approximately 120 Value Added Resellers (VARs) that currently sell the Solution Center and hosted application services.

"With the close of this strategic acquisition, we intend to leverage the Solution Center's competency providing leading-edge IT support services and rapidly expand these nationwide in combination with our cloud, security and network connectivity solution to our customers," commented Brian Fink , EarthLink Executive Vice President of Managed Services. "Adding such a skilled and seasoned team, with years of IT services expertise, will be a major benefit as we integrate this offering into our managed services portfolio."