Edge Tech is headquartered in Ada, Oklahoma and maintains sales, marketing and eCommerce facilities in Addison, Texas.

Peripheral Outlet was formed in 1986 by 14-year-old Jeff Thompson, with $2,500 he had saved from his paper route in Ada, Oklahoma.

Thompson was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 1994 by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and profiled in Fortune magazine.

[2] Other family members were employed in the business, including brother Ryan Thompson who later founded another company.

[citation needed] In 1998 PECO acquired the NewerRam division of Newer Technology and opened offices in Dallas, Texas.