Sylogist Acquires pavliks.com and The Portal Connector

This week my company Sylogist announced the acquisition of pavliks.com and The Portal Connector. I'm excited about this news, because I have known about pavliks.com for a long time and InfoStrat is a partner for The Portal Connector.

Yes, you are reading correctly that Sylogist has closed two new acquisitions in the space of a week.

pavliks.com has been in business for 52 years. You can learn more from their company timeline. As you might expect, their offering has changed over time. Today the three principal offerings are managed infrastructure services, professional services for implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365, and their unique product offering called The Portal Connector.

It's The Portal Connector (TPC) that made me aware of pavliks.com in the first place. The Portal Connector provides a full content management system for portals which integrate with Microsoft Dynamics 365 / Power Apps. We are using TPC for our clients and were always impressed with the product and the technical support offered by pavliks.com.

This acquisition, along with InfoStrat and Mission CRM, increases the Dynamics 365 / Power Apps capabilities of Sylogist.

I now have the opportunity to work even more closely with the team at pavliks.com.

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