by Simon Quicke18 September 2008
Microsoft LAR Teksys has acquired Technology Made Simple Ltd
(Tech MS) in a move that will bolster its credentials in the virtualisation
market.
The undisclosed deal for Tech MS, which has a turnover of
£8m and is based in London,
provides Teksys with access to a reseller with established VMware and Citrix
relationships as well as being a Microsoft gold partner and an HP platinum
partner
Alan Watkins, chairman of Teksys, said that it had been
planning to extend the business to develop its areas of core competency, which
include: virtualisation, licensing and SAM, unified communications and
Sharepoint.
“This acquisition represents the most recent investment
decision that we are making to expand and increase our offerings to our
customers, and drive adoption of Microsoft technologies,” he said.
“Tech MS is well respected for its expertise in
virtualisation and has developed a number of support tools that will enhance
our managed services offerings,” he added.
Paul Cook, commercial sales director at Bell Micro, said
that the management team at Teksys were clearly committed to strengthening the
business via acquisition.
“The management have tidied up Teksys in the way they saw
fit but I always felt it was a veichle to make further acquisitions, particularly
in an area that was appealing to Microsoft,” he said.
“You have two choices if you want to stay in the game, you
wither invest in the skills or you acquire them. Acquisition is a quick
solution and is ready baked so they instantly become more appealing to vendors,”
he added.
Entrepeneurs Watkins and Kevin Lewis bought out chairman Shaun Frohlich, managing director Simon
Ognall and other shareholders for an undisclosed sum to acquire Teksys at the end of last year.
Tech MS was unavailable for comment.
