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Logicalis Acquires Maple Woods Enterprises For Advanced Cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-13 13:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2018We acquired Maple Woods to immediately deepen our governance, risk, and compliance capabilities across multiple frameworks, and really to accelerate customer demand for continuous compliance. The timing reflects the regulatory pressure and our customers need for a single partner that can align risk, security, and compliance,\u2019 says Jeff Wilms, Logicalis\u2019 chief revenue officer.<\/p>\n

The U.S. operations of U.K.-based global IT solutions and managed solutions provider Logicalis has acquired cybersecurity specialist Maple Woods Enterprises for an undisclosed sum.
\n With the acquisition, Logicalis gains access to Maple Woods\u2019 Overwatch advanced cybersecurity and compliance technology, said Jeff Wilms, Logicalis\u2019 chief revenue officer.
\n \u201cWe acquired Maple Woods to immediately deepen our governance, risk, and compliance capabilities across multiple frameworks, and really to accelerate customer demand for continuous compliance,\u201d Wilms (pictured in above photo on left) told CRN. \u201cThe timing reflects the regulatory pressure and our customers need for a single partner that can align risk, security, and compliance.\u201d
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\n Logicalis U.S. is ranked No. 73 in CRN\u2019s 2025 Solution Provider 500.
\n Rob Edwards, founder of Springfield, Ohio-based Maple Woods, told CRN that his company has been working with Logicalis for many years delivering cybersecurity-related services.
\n \u201cIt just became apparent that we were a great fit for what they were offering to their clients,\u201d said Edwards (pictured in above photo on right). \u201cIt\u2019s exactly the right time when we\u2019re seeing frameworks like CMMC and a lot of AI questions coming around, those types of things. Having a continuous compliance program like Overwatch is the perfect fit for clients at Logicalis. We\u2019ve built this practice. We\u2019ve done all we can to perfect it.\u201d
\n Maple Woods didn\u2019t believe cybersecurity could be solved by accident, Edwards said.
\n \u201cWe think great cybersecurity is the result of disciplined implementation of tried-and-true frameworks,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are the supporting function that allows our customers to innovate. And together with Logicalis, we\u2019ve just done a tremendous job. I think if you talk to customers that we\u2019ve supported together, they would tell you this is the best-in-class partnership, and now a best-in-class acquisition.\u201d
\n Maple Woods\u2019 Overwatch program is a comprehensive, three-phased approach designed to take the guesswork out of compliance and security. The three phases are benchmarking and assessment of a company\u2019s initial security landscape, build the core components to remediate any issues, and continuous compliance.
\n \u201cOverwatch fits really nicely within our portfolio, and strengthens our advisory assessment and program governance layers, which totally complement our managed security cloud and infrastructure services,\u201d Wilms said.
\n When asked why Logicalis decided to acquire Maple Woods instead of continuing their existing partnership, Wilms said his company saw an acquisition as an opportunity to expand its scope with its clients.
\n \u201cWe had more clients looking for this type of service,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the breadth and depth of the possibilities of what Overwatch brings with the multiple frameworks, we realized that we could take it across the majority of our clients and scale it a lot faster than we\u2019re with the partnership as it is today.\u201d
\n Maple Woods is already working on Overwatch 2.0, Edwards said.
\n \u201cThis includes leveraging a carefully vetted, authentic AI approach, making sure that we use the right products to help us increase speed and accuracy of evidence collection, documentation management, those types of things as we\u2019re delivering our compliance services,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking to really make a mark, not just here at Logicalis, but within our customers\u2019 environments.\u201d
\n Maple Woods from the start wanted to make a really positive impact in the world, Edwards said.
\n \u201cThe idea of continuous compliance wasn\u2019t as popular when we first started talking about it and thinking about it as it is now,\u201d he said. \u201cBut as we\u2019ve seen industry become more regulated, there\u2019s a need for continuous compliance programs that are scalable, that are affordable, that get our customers not just through an audit, but instead in the right posture from a cybersecurity perspective. We saw that we were doing some great things as a smaller organization. Alongside Logicalis, we were able to grow a little bit. And we thought if we\u2019re going to make a positive impact in the world, there\u2019s no better place to do it a lot than at Logicalis on a much larger stage. And so it was a mutually advantageous transaction.\u201d
\n Wilms and Edwards declined to discuss the financial terms of the acquisition. They also declined to discuss headcount, but Wilms did say Logicalis is bringing in a very strong, competent team with Maple Woods.
\n Prior to the acquisition, Logicalis did not have an office in the Springfield, Ohio area, but it did have personnel in Columbus, Ohio.
\n Logicalis plans to keep the Overwatch name for that platform, but the Maple Woods moniker will disappear, Wilms said.
\n The name Maple Woods comes from the fact that Edwards was living in an actual maple woods when he founded the company.
\n \u201cSo we just called it Maple Woods Enterprises,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cAnd away we went. Since then, it\u2019s evolved to mean a lot more to the folks that we\u2019ve served and the folks that work for us and with us. But yeah, it\u2019s just humble beginnings in a maple woods where I used to tap the trees for maple syrup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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