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Daisy boss flogs Damovo to investment firm

Posted on July 9, 2018 by - News

DaisyDaisy founder Matt Riley has sold his Damovo stake to investment firm Eli Global, in a move which could see him buy Daisy outright.

Damovo is a provider of enterprise information communication technology services and solutions, with regional businesses in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

In January 2015, Daisy Group completed the acquisition of Damovo Europe in what was the first acquisition since Daisy’s privatisation. Damovo is a market leader in public and enterprise-focused ICT services and solutions. It delivers essential services to more than 250 organisations, including a number of high profile customers in aviation, transportation and government.

Reports earlier this year claimed that Daisy was up for sale, but more recently it has been claimed that Riley will instead buyout the firm’s other investors.

The move means that CEO Glen Williams and CFO Stuart Hall have all cleaned out their desks and exited the company. Current MD for DACH and Poland Carl Mühlner will now take the reins as Damovo’s new CEO. Burkhart Böttcher has been announced as the integrator’s new CFO.

Commenting on his promotion, Mühlner said: “In this technology-driven world of change, it is becoming increasingly important to recognise that the collaboration between people is still one of the most critical factors for success.

“I am very happy that Damovo, as a fast-growing company with a strong culture, has found an investor where culture and trusted relationships are also considered to be at the heart of long-term business success: with our customers, our partners, and our people.”

With a headcount of 500 staff in 13 countries, Damovo holds top-level badges with four of the channel’s leading UCC vendors: Avaya, Cisco, Microsoft and Mitel.

 

Damovo becomes an Extreme diamond

Posted on January 25, 2018 by - News

Marilyn-Monroe-Diamonds--29664Damovo has become a top-level Diamond partner with Extreme Networks.

Chief commercial officer of Damovo, Burkhart Boettcher, told Channelnomics that Extreme’s spate of acquisitions last year, which included Avaya’s networking business and Brocade’s datacentre business, has made the vendor one of the UCC market’s biggest players.

Extreme was boosted by the fact that Avaya divested its data business and became rather important to Damovo.

Boettcher said that Extreme was not a Cisco and was a lot smaller,  but sometimes you just want to do things differently and Extreme is just different in this.

Damovo has worked with Extreme in the past, but only on a local level in Germany and Ireland. The partnership means Damovo can now work with Extreme globally.

Boettcher said he has assigned a vendor alliance manager to work solely with Extreme, marking Damovo’s level of commitment with the vendor.

Despite being a committed Cisco partner, Boettcher said that the new partnership with Extreme does not signal a shift in priorities for Damovo.

“We do not see them competing too much; if a project is a Cisco project, then it is a Cisco project. Extreme are open, it is their openness and their verticals where they really excel, such as healthcare, for example. And that is what distinguishes them from the others.”