On September 17, 2014, distributor giant Anixter (Glenview, IL) acquired Tri-Ed Distribution (Woodbury, NY) for $420 million. As the one-year anniversary of the acquisition approaches, Bill Galvin, executive vice president at Anixter, and Pat Comunale, president of Global Security Solutions at Tri-Ed, discuss with SDM how the integration between the merged businesses has progressed, what are their strategic plans for growth, and how systems integrators are better served by the combined entity with all of its resources and services.