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Comdisco Milestones 1969 to 2001  

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2001
  • Comdisco successfully supported 46 customers with a total of 91 declarations in response to the World Trade Center attacks, the most declarations submitted at any given time in Comdisco history        
  • Comdisco files voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois; targets emergence for the first half of 2002 
  • Comdisco sells Availability Solutions to SunGard Data Systems for $825 million
2000
  • Introduces Suite of High Availability Web Hosting Solutions for E-Commerce       
  • Comdisco named #380 on Fortune 500 list.  Fortune, March 2000        
  • Comdisco ranked number 46 on InformationWeek's list of top 500 IT innovators.  InformationWeek, September 11, 2000
1999
  • Sells mainframe leasing business        
  • Introduces Web-enabled IT Control and Predictability Solutions (IT CAP)   
  • Comdisco Telecom Solutions forms        
  • Comdisco designated a Gold Certified Channel Partner by Cisco Systems
1998
  • Supports 300th disaster        
  • Third quarter marks 25th consecutive quarter of earnings-per-share growth        
  • Comdisco inducted into Contingency Planning & Management's Hall of Fame.  Contingency Planning & Management, March 1998   
1997
  • Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services re-named Comdisco Continuity Services        
  • Comdisco Continuity Services offers new Mobile Recovery Solutions, Trading Floor Continuity        
  • Second quarter marks 20th consecutive quarter of earnings-per-share growth        
  • Comdisco Electronics Groups forms ComIto, a joint venture with Itochu Corporation to service the Japanese market 
1996 
  • Offers Year 2000 testing services        
  • Comdisco Medical Group changes name to Comdisco Healthcare Group Inc.        
  • Comdisco Technical Services receives ISO 9002 certification        
  • Distributed Systems has record lease volume up 59% to $819 million        
  • Record international revenue of $595 million up 15%        
  • Annual revenue: $2.4 billion   
1995 
  • Forms Comdisco Laboratory and Scientific Group        
  • Annual revenue: $2.2 billion  
1994
  • Acquires Promodata S.A. in France          
  • Record disaster recovery revenue of $242 million        
  • CMX receives ISO 9002 certification  
1993 
  • CEG builds 35,000 square foot refurbishment facility        
  • Receives $50 million GSA disaster recovery contract        
  • PC portfolio exceeds 250,000 units   
1992 
  • Comdisco Electronics Group (CEG) forms        
  • Introduces WorkArea Recovery Services        
  • 46 disasters supported   
1991
  • New lease financings equal $2.4 billion        
  • Assets exceed $5 billion        
  • Annual revenue tops $2 billion  
1990 
  • Introduces CLASS¨ asset management software        
  • Introduces Global Master Rental Agreement   
1989 
  • CDRS opens operations in Canada and Europe        
  • Comdisco Medical Exchange (CMX) opens        
  • Inside sales and telemarketing function starts        
  • Annual revenue: $1.67 billion   
1988 
  • Comdisco Healthcare Group, Inc. (formerly Comdisco Medical Equipment Group) forms        
  • Active in midrange computers and point-of-sale arena  
1987 
  • Supports disaster recovery for DEC and Tandem systems        
  • Venture Lease Division started          
  • Revenue tops $1 billion          
  • CDRS supports first multiple disaster (3 customers)  

1986 

  • 3,000 customers worldwide          
  • Office opens in Japan          
  • Disaster recovery revenue: $29 million          
  • Annual revenue: $902 million  
1985 
  • Begins actively leasing and remarketing PBX equipment        
  • Assets top $1 billion
1983
  • Annual lease financings top $1 billion        
  • Begins leasing and remarketing non-IBM equipment          
  • 504 employees worldwide  
1980 
  • Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services (CDRS) forms (now Comdisco Continuity Services)          
  • Stock trades on New York Stock Exchange          
  • Office opens in U.K.  
1979
  • Offices open in West Germany and Switzerland          
  • Comdisco Technical Services opens          
  • Annual revenue: $225 million  
1977 
  • Remarkets 1000th CPU        
  • 41% of revenue from Fortune 500 companies        
  • Annual revenue: $113 million   
1976 
  • Sales force doubles to 14 reps          
  • Six offices in the U.S.          
  • Half of revenues from IBM 370 sales        
  • Leasing accounts for 12% of revenue   
1972 
  • Publicly owned          
  • Becomes largest U.S. dealer of used IBM computer equipment          
  • Begins leasing IBM equipment        
  • Annual revenue: $14.9 million   
1971
  • Reincorporates as Comdisco Inc.  
1969 
  • Ken Pontikes incorporates as Computer Discount Corporation          
  • Annual revenue: $1 million



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