ComputerCORP goes after Kaz customers

ComputerCORP said acquisitions of Synergy Plus and S Central will bolster its product and service portfolio and help it to focus on East Coast growth and expansion.

With the near completion of ComputerCORP's acquisitions, the local IT service provider is already eyeing off emerging growth opportunities in the mid-tier market.

It also wants to seize enterprise infrastructure market opportunities in the void created by Fujitsu's acquisition of Kaz Group.

On completion of the acquisitions, the majority of ComputerCORP's revenue will be earned and its full time personnel will be located outside of Western Australia. 

Its Board of Directors unanimously agreed that the position of chief executive officer should be located on the east coast.

Peter Mavridis, currently managing director of Melbourne-based S Central, will step into the CEO role on 1 July 2009.

Current ComputerCORP CEO, Robin Rindel will continue to work with Mavridis to ensure a smooth transition.

Mavridis said it has studied the Australian IT sector in great detail and detected some trends.

"One of them is the hollowing out of the infrastructure solutions market," he said.

"Mid-sized companies don't have many options when looking for a solutions partner.

"They either have to approach a company the size of Fujitsu and pay a premium, or try to assemble a panel of smaller providers and coordinate their support activities."

Mavridis said it was positioning ComputerCORP to address this void in the market, by combining the capabilities and resources of all three businesses.

"The logic behind the acquisitions is clear," he said.

"We will also bring ComputerCORP's customer-centric culture to our offerings in the enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions and managed services markets."

ComputerCORP's current products and services portfolio encompasses infrastructure procurement, break fix services, platform deployment, service desk and managed services.

Mavridis said the restructured ComputerCORP business will have approximately 300 staff (including 160 engineers) operating from 12 locations across Australia.

The three service providers will have a combined revenue of approximately $250 million and relationships with vendors including Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Dell, Cisco, Citrix, EMC and VMWare.