Advance 2000 began in 1989, founded by Brian M. Maouad in his basement shortly after graduating from the SUNY at Buffalo as an Electrical Engineer. The company began as a build-to-order manufacturer of high performance workstations. At that time, Advance2000's main customer was Steve Jobs NeXT Computer. Shortly after, the company shifted its focus to offering end-to-end turnkey IT solutions to the small and medium business segment. Today, Advance2000 continues those same services to companies in many diverse industries throughout North America, clientsrevenues from less than a million dollars to some exceeding 10 billion. Continuous innovation and customer service has been a theme throughout Advance2000's history, Advance2000 is the leading IT firm providing private cloud for business with state-of-the-art datacenters to encompass every business requirement.