Buyer for managed services company in Western Europe

• Revenue: EUR 2-20 million
• Employees: not a decisive factor
• Location of the target: Western Europe (the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Germany)
• Reason for acquisition: The company is a managed services provider looking to expand its activity in Western Europe via acquisitions. They are open to speaking to interested sellers
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The company is a provider of managed services solutions and wants to expand the business in Western Europe by acquiring a company that has similar activities and products. The buyer has substantial amounts of funds at their disposal and has a particular interest in countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom and Germany. The target company should demonstrate the synergies that exist with the buyer and should also have a wide network of clients.

The company has extensive experience in the managed services industry and has been an important player for both the public and private sector for more than 20 years. Its employees are specialized in different fields such as unified computing, cloud computing, disaster recovery, penetration testing, storage, and data centers. They use methodologies and practices aligned with the industry standards, and they help clients by implementing and maintaining IT infrastructures. Overall, the company introduces digital and integration into all areas of business. The benefits of this digital transformation are quite substantial and they include improving efficiency, the decision-making process, accessibility from anywhere in the world, customer satisfaction and finally, profitability. The company’s digital transformation elements are data management, data storage, data analysis, data access and share, and data security. These elements are supported by specific technologies such as BaaS, IaaS, datacenters, cloud, big data,  analytics, penetration testing, and risk management tools.

Businesses around the world need managed services to simplify and improve their IT infrastructure management and to reduce operational costs. The company helps organizations to transform their IT, to reduce operating costs, to improve profitability in a secure environment and with mitigated risks. The company delivers services and tailored solutions for data centers, security, managed services practices and solutions that are provided either in a private cloud, hosted environment or hybrid service form. Consultants provide support and guidance and offer technical advice when important strategic decisions are about to be made. The company’s services can be used 24/7 or are available on a tailored contract basis. Clients that use these services are from various industries such as the public sector, finance, retail, and information services, for which the company has developed particular products customized for each industry specifics. To ensure the products have the highest quality, the company works with technological partners that deliver the support technologies. Due to their partnership with Equinix, the company can offer a broad range of data center and co-location choices. Other mentionable partners are Dell, VMware, Cisco, Microsoft, Datadobi, Varonis, etc.

The company is looking to acquire an enterprise that operates in the same activity and has similar services such as:

• Digital transformation
• Workplace productivity solutions
• Big data and analytics solutions
• Infrastructure management
• Managed services
• Cloud services: design, migration, implementation, assessment
• Security
• Data center
• Virtualization

Other services:

• Business critical support
• Service desk and advisory
• Maintenance and support
• Backup

• The buyer is a managed services provider
• The company uses digital transformation to increase efficiency
• The company has decided to enlarge its activities in Western Europe and is looking to buy another company with similar activities and products
• Target companies should have a large number of active contracts