Computacenter Services acquires leading specialist in managed IT services

Today, Computacenter Services enhances its datacentre, remote services and application management offerings with the acquisition of Digica, a leading specialist in IT infrastructure management and application services for medium sized public and private sector organisations. This complements Computacenter’s historical focus on IT managed services to larger organisations.

Digica provides datacentre managed services and SAP/Oracle application services from purpose built datacentres in Nottingham, Warrington, Leeds and an off-shore centre in Cape Town, South Africa.

The addition of a remote management facility in Cape Town complements Computacenter Services’ purpose-built service desk in Barcelona. This provides the organisation with an even stronger international service delivery model.
The consideration paid for Digica amounts to £15.9 million, in addition to which Computacenter will settle debts of £12.1 million, both of which will be satisfied by cash reserves.

Simon Walsh, Managing Director of Computacenter Services, comments, “I’m excited about the opportunities this creates for our collective clients, of which there is limited overlap. Specifically, the opportunity to bring a broader services portfolio through Digica to their clients, and strengthen our datacentre operations via existing Digica assets and competencies”.

Whilst existing client relationships with Digica will remain largely unchanged, they can look forward to accessing a broader range of service offerings. Digica will continue to operate as an entity and the brand will be retained.
Mark Howling, Chief Executive of Digica, comments, “This is a very exciting development for Digica and supports our objective to become recognised as the leading supplier of IT managed services and outsourcing to medium sized public and private sector organisations. Our clients will benefit from access to the resources and capabilities of Computacenter, whilst continuing to enjoy their position as valued and significant customers of a business dedicated to this segment. We have been looking very carefully for the right opportunity to expand our capacity and capability and I am delighted we have become a part of Computacenter”.

 

About Digica

Digica is a leading provider of transformational outsourcing and managed IT services to the corporate mid-market and to local authorities and NHS trusts. Digica recorded £20 million of revenue in FY06 and employs 248 people. The company has been trading since 1994. Our range of infrastructure hosting, management and applications services is tailored to our customers' demands and includes midrange server management, desktop and network management, SAP managed services, applications management and help desk services.

For further information please go to http://www.digica.com/

About Computacenter Services

Computacenter Services is part of the Computacenter Group, Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. It oversees a range of managed and support services contracts as well as implementing transformation projects for major corporate and government organisations, with service offerings extending from users’ desktops to organisations’ network infrastructure and datacentres. Computacenter Services recorded £267 million of revenue in 2005 and employs over 3,300 staff across the UK, including an international service desk in Barcelona.

For further information please go to http://www.computacenter.com/services