This document provides an introduction to the healthcare IT company CPSI and its origins. It discusses that CPSI was founded in 1979 by childhood friends Denny Wilkins and Kenny Muscat in Mobile, Alabama to create financial software for hospitals using NCR minicomputers. The company found early success by recruiting a former NCR sales representative to head their sales efforts and signing their first clients in Alabama. The document sets up further exploration of CPSI's history and growth to become a leading vendor for small hospitals.