TekLinks has acquired Nashville-based Guidant Partners, an IT planning and management firm that provides IT infrastructure service.

TekLinks' Nashville presence will grow nearly 50 percent due to the acquisition. The company now has about 350 team members throughout Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the Gulf Coast.

Based in Birmingham, TekLinks is a national leader in cloud computing, managed services, engineering services, and value-added resale.

"Guidant is our most respected competitor in the Nashville market," says TekLinks CEO Jim Akerhielm. "We're looking forward to a bright future together."