IT solutions provider Logicalis acquires Newbury-based Q Associates

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Peter Davison

International IT solutions and managed services provider Logicalis has acquired Newbury-based Q Associates, one of the UK's leading providers of IT consultancy and advisory services around data management, data protection, compliance and information security.

The acquisition adds complementary capabilities to Logicalis UKI's core expertise in digital infrastructure, networking and cloud, enabling a broader portfolio of best-in-class solutions and services for customers operating in the digital-enabled World.

Q Associates provides technology solutions to UK universities and research councils, government security services and Home Office departments and commercial clients across major industry sectors, including finance, legal, transportation and energy.

Q Associates holds advanced technical accreditations with many of the World's leading technology vendors, including Microsoft, NetApp, Oracle, IBM and Rubrik.

The company is headquartered in Newbury with regional offices in London, Manchester and Newcastle, as well as a Microsoft technical delivery team in Zimbabwe.

"The acquisition of Q Associates is fantastic news for all our customers and further strengthens our partnership portfolio," said Alex Louth, CEO of Logicalis UKI.

"This announcement shows our commitment to being at the top table in the UKI partner market and customer landscape, especially around the higher education and government secured services sectors.

"In addition, extending the reach and skills of Logicalis UKI shows our commitment to grow and provide increased value to customers across all sectors."

David Cue, founder and managing director of Q Associates, said:

“Since forming Q Associates over 35 years ago, our primary focus has been to drive customer satisfaction through technical excellence.

"This acquisition is a natural next step for Q, providing clear benefits to our customers and an exciting opportunity for our staff.

"With complementary technical skills and strong cultural similarities, the combination of Logicalis and Q Associates will provide a powerful portfolio of specialist services to clients as they navigate the rapidly evolving IT landscape.”

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country. An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts. Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.