Calligo acquires Irish managed services firm Itomic Voice & Data

On Tuesday (16 June), Calligo announced that it has acquired Itomic Voice & Data, an IT managed services provider based between Dublin and Cork. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Calligo’s acquisition of Itomic Voice & Data follows its acquisition of Dublin-based DC Networks earlier this year. The two deals make Calligo one of the largest IT managed service providers in Ireland and strengthen its ability to offer data privacy support in its services.

Calligo said that Itomic Voice & Data’s services and skillset in managed IT support and Azure services “perfectly complement” those of the acquiring company.

Julian Box, founder and CEO of the acquiring company said that the acquisition gives Calligo a “sizeable presence in both Cork and Dublin” and improves its capability to serve businesses throughout the country.

The acquisition

Headquartered in Jersey, the acquiring company has offices in Canada, the US, Ireland, the UK and Luxembourg. Since 2017, the company has successfully completed seven international acquisitions.

Box said: “We focused our current expansion strategy on Ireland because of its growing number of innovative businesses developing new data-reliant tools and services. We believe Irish businesses stand to gain enormously from our services and expertise, particularly in data privacy.”

“Calligo’s core value is to be ‘customer first’, and so any acquisition target has to match this,” Box said.

“Just as DC Networks did, Itomic Voice & Data certainly fits this profile and has built a large customer base on a foundation of excellent service and support, leading to many customers staying loyal year after year. This strength was particularly evidenced by its impressive stability through the turbulence of the recent weeks and months, which reinforced our conviction that Itomic Voice & Data was the right choice for us.”

Paul Condon, director of Itomic Voice & Data said that there are “remarkable” similarities between the two companies, not least in their two key areas of focus which are helping clients to make the most of their data and determination to deliver a high quality of service.

Condon added: “We are confident that as our customers become Calligo customers, they will benefit from the support and more varied services of a larger, more experienced organisation, meaning any challenge to the availability, access, security or safe intelligent use of their data can be met.”