Hand Technologies

Hand Technologies, Inc was a full-service computer and web services company. The company provided free delivery and set-up and customers get a one-stop shop for Internet services, training and support on all of Hand's products. Services were provided in Winchester and the company sold products from IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark International.

History

The company was founded as Habitech in 1996 by Andrew Harris, Martin Slagter two former executives from Dell Computer and CompUSA.
Before founding the company the two tested the door-to-door selling concept for computers in Britain. Previously, Harris spent five years building the international operations of Dell. He left Dell in 1992 after losing a bid for a more senior position, and Slagter, who was leading Dell's business in Europe, followed him to Austin, which is also Dell's headquarters.
In May 1997, the company raised $6.75 million through a private securities offering and added seven board members, one of whom was Doug Martin, a former president of Tupperware North America.
In July 2001, the company went out of business, blaming an inability to raise money.