DNSint.com in Facts and Figures DNSint.com AG was founded as a public company in 1999, although its roots go back to 1988, when the still unknown German enterprise DNS entered the distribution market. Soon accompanied by its most longstanding and stable partner Sun Microsystems (1989), DNS went through a well-orchestrated growth in the following years: new subsidiaries were founded almost every year, strategic acquisitions in rapidly growing business fields further expanded its comprehensive product portfolio. After selling to Arrow in 2005, DNS successfully continues its growth strategy. General Strategy: Value Added Distribution with focus on non trivial IT infrastructure solutions, on few best-of-breed vendors and high growth opportunities. Drive ECS expansion strategy in Europe. Business Approach: - Teaming with our customers & our vendors – Intimate product/solution know-how – Leverage across DNS group Customers: Resellers and xSPs		DNSint.com: Chronology of an ongoing Success Story 1988 Foundation of DNS in Germany 1999 Foundation of DNSint.com AG consisting of corporations in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Sweden 2000 DNS Norway Start-up, DNS Poland acquisition 2001 Acquisition DNS / Soft-Tronik Czech Republic, Start-up DNS Finland and DNS Hungary 2002 Foundation of sales offices in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 2003 Acquisition Next Nordic 2004 Acquisition Network Technologies A/S 2005 Acquisition by Arrow, Acquisition of Internet Security AG in Austria, Foundation of Soft-Tronik in Slovakia 2006 Acquisition of the distribution arm of InTechnology in UK, Foundation of DNS Slovenia, DNS Croatia, DNS Romania 2007 Acquisition of the UK-based Centia group and the Scandinavian-based AKS group, Foundation of DNS in Serbia and Bulgaria