Financial & Economic Blog

September 7, 2006 In the year 2000, MidAtlantic Farm Credit, which provides financing for agribusinesses and rural homeowners in the mid-Atlantic region, underwent a five-company merger. When the merger was complete, the company had inherited 18 sites, many with fewer than 10 people, and a jumble of disparate phone systems and networking equipment. "We needed to make our whole networking system more manageable and improve communication between our branches. We promised ...