 Dick Levi developed the company’s first product in 1981, VTAM Printer Support (VPS), which enabled mainframe computers to send print jobs from the JES Spool to devices outside the data center.The LRS consulting division also grew by acquiring smaller consulting firms.LRS acquired Pennington & Schurter Information Services, Inc. of Morton, Illinois, and Springfield-based Integrated Business Systems, Inc. (IBSI) in 1995; and MacKenzie & Roth, Inc. of St. Louis in 1999.