TBX (formerly known as Telcobuy) is a technology and supply chain management company founded by
David Steward and
Jim Kavanaugh
James P. Kavanaugh (born 1963) is an American businessman, and the CEO and co-founder of World Wide Technology.
Early life
Kavanaugh received his Bsc. in Business administration from Saint Louis University in 1986.
Sports
Kavanaugh played s ...
in 1999. The company provides enterprise networking services and data center security. It is also a reseller of information technology hardware.
Headquartered in
St. Louis, Missouri
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, the company operates more than 2 million square feet of warehousing, distribution, and integration space throughout the United States. It is a privately held
Minority Business Enterprise
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(MBE).
History
In 1999,
World Wide Technology spun off its telecommunications division to form Telcobuy.com (now known as TBX). During its first year of business, the company sold 94 percent of its equipment inventory to
SBC Communications
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Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp. and
GTE
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Corp.
Operations
TBX has included
supplier diversity
Supplier diversity refers to the use of minority-owned businesses as suppliers, and a supplier diversity program is a proactive business program which encourages such use within an organisation's supply chain. Minority-owned includes black and mi ...
in its supply chain — spending more than $57 million with minorities, women, and
Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOB) since 2001.
In October 2009, the company partnered with
IBM
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for
Cisco systems
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as a Cisco Certified Gold Partner. The company ships in-stock Cisco equipment directly from its inventory, while non-stocked items are processed and drop-shipped from Cisco.
References
External links
Official website
Information technology companies of the United States
Companies based in St. Louis
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