Reading: DediPower acquired by Lumison
Reading-based DediPower, the managed hosting and IT services provider, has been acquired by Lumison for an undisclosed sum.
The deal is part of a bid by Edinburgh-based Lumison BlueSquare Group to grow its managed cloud in the small-to-mid-sized business (SMB) space.
Lumison said the deal would enable it to expand its SMB capacity and focus.
The acquisition brings Lumison’s combined turnover to £27.5 million, and continues its business expansion strategy, which has seen the company’s revenues grow from £6.4m to £27.5m over the past three years.
The acquisition will see the Lumison BlueSquare Group employ 130 staff across the UK and provide managed IT services to several thousand British businesses.
Lumison offers colocation, managed hosting and cloud services to UK ‘mid market’ companies hosting their online operations, business applications and development environments. DediPower brings Lumison additional strengths in colocation and managed hosting services with 70% of revenue coming from managed services. This complements Lumison’s existing capabilities and the combined business will provide customers with enhanced managed IT services (dedicated and shared), managed network and colocation services across eight UK datacentres.
DediPower has grown successfully since it was formed in 1998 and is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, receiving a number 41 position in the 2010 Sunday Times Tech Track 100.
Lumison Group CEO Mark Howling said: “The addition of DediPower to the business is a strong strategic and cultural fit and will consolidate our position as a leading player in the IT Managed Services sector. The Group will remain focused on providing practical, cost-effective solutions to customer business IT issues. Customers increasingly demand reliable IT infrastructure-as-a-service as the need for a scalable and flexible way of working grows; with DediPower’s expertise, Lumison is even better placed to deliver this.”
Lumison is a leading Managed IT Services provider, supporting mid-market and enterprise customers throughout the UK. Founded in 1995, Lumison is one of the few business-class IT service providers to own and manage its own Tier III datacentre facilities, providing reliable, high quality IP network, colocation and managed application hosting services.
Innovation and investment is key to the Lumison service model. The past five years of investment in the latest technology and service has yielded the 2007 ISPAs Best IP Telephony Provider, Nomination in three ISPA categories for best broadband, email and VoIP, and becoming a finalist at the 2010 BCS IT Excellence Awards for its Private Cloud services.
Founded in 1998, DediPower is a managed hosting and co-location provider with three Tier 3 data centres covering 30,000 square foot in Reading, Berkshire. It also has secure data centre capacity in Hong Kong and New York and 70% of its revenue comes from managed services.
