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houses its cutting-edge data center, administration of-
fices, the ACT Service Center, and an enterprise ACT
store focusing on peripherals, networking, and other
enterprise products. In addition to its own computer
store in the heart of St. John’s, where it offers a com-
plete line of brand name computers and accessories,
along with a wide range of repair and support services,
the company is also a RadioShack distributor. ACT op-
erates two RadioShack stores with the flexibility of of-
fering its own products in addition to the RadioShack
brand. “We bring technology to Antigua,” Doumith
proudly professes.
Doumith says that his company’s current goals are to
expand its IT services throughout the Caribbean re-
gion, grow the server capacity of Antigua’s online gam-
ing industry, and offer cloud computing for its clients.
“We have already looked at Hewlett-Packard’s design
for cloud computing in Antigua, whether for disaster
recovery or for backups,” he reports. “The infrastruc-
ture is in place, so you will not need to go outside of
the region or outside of Antigua to have your content
stored. This is a market that we’re going towards.”
With over 30 staff members and decades of expertise
in the technology field, in 25 years, ACT has grown to
become the country’s largest, single source technol-
ogy provider, and Salomon Doumith is convinced that
the best is yet to come with the next generation of
Doumiths. Salomon has three motivated, intelligent
sons who share a common drive to bring the compa-
ny another 25 plus years of success, and expand the
presence of innovative technology in Antigua. His old-
est son, Aziz, has recently departed IBM in the U.S.
to leverage his skills in the family business after com-
pleting his Master’s Degree in Computer Science. His
second son, Andrew, has recently completed his Bach-
elor’s Degree in Management Information Systems
and is in the process of pursuing a Master’s Degree
in Engineering in Technical Entrepreneurship. Alex, is
