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Pineland Cogentes offers expert support and service S ince 2007, Tom Glover and the team of computer technicians at Cogentes have worked diligently to provide IT support and technology solutions to business clients throughout the southeast and abroad, managing more than 4,000 machines with employees stationed throughout the state of Georgia. The company recently merged with Pineland Computer Services, significantly expanding the Pineland service territory. In mid-year 2018, Cogentes began discussions with Pineland Tele- phone Cooperative, Inc., and its subsidiary Pineland Cogentes Ser- vices. Pineland purchased Cogentes in late 2018, forming Pineland Cogentes. With the merger, Pineland Cogentes serves the needs of business- es across Georgia and the southeast United States offering managed technology solutions, support, and maintenance; managed, cloud and hybrid backup solutions, data recovery and transfer; cyber secu- rity analysis and repair. As a premier Microsoft Office 365 partner, the new team can perform installations and migration to all Micro- soft Office 365 products. The Pineland Cogentes family of companies includes Pineland Telephone Corporative, Inc., Southeast Fire & Burglar Arm Compa- ny, and the newly formed Pineland Cogentes. Commercial offices are located in Metter, Swainsboro, and Milled- geville, with an additional work center in Vidalia. Pineland Cogentes serves more than 1,300 square miles with its tradition- al Phone and Internet services in all or parts of nine-counties in South- east Georgia. In its 67th year, 100% of Pineland Cogentes’ Phone and Internet customers receive their services via a dedicated Fiber-to-the-Home network offering Gigabit-enabled Broadband connections. Southeast Fire & Burglar Alarm Company and Pineland Cogen- tes can provide technology and securi- ty solutions across the entire southeast United States. Community involvement is a primary focus for Pineland Cogentes. Employees are encouraged to participate in various leadership roles, ranging from serving on boards for local organizations, to supporting the improvement og area schools, and volunteerism for charitable functions. Employees are involved with organi- zations such as the Milledgeville-Bald- win Chamber of Commerce, Bike Walk Baldwin, Café Central Soup Kitchen, the Oconee River Greenway Foundation, Live Healthy Baldwin, Keep Milled- geville-Baldwin Beautiful, Georgia Can- cer Support, Partners in Education, Georgia’s Old Capital Museum, and the Milledgeville Film Festival. AS a company, Pineland Cogentes is committed to a fostering a healthy en- vironment and encouraging physical fitness among their team. To further the mission, Pineland Cogentes created community involvement by hosting bike rides as well as sponsoring local events. Pineland Cogentes and its team mem- bers are committed to giving back to and supporting improvement within the community. “We are passionate about our custom- ers, employees and community,” says Glover. Pineland Cogentes is located at 286 Jones Drive in Milledgeville. 200th l 69