Original URL: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/04/21/pc-ware_buys_datacontract/
PC-WARE buys Austrian reseller
Microsoft specialist adds another country to its bow
Posted in IT Channel, 21st April 2005 10:53 GMT
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PC-WARE, the German-owned reseller which specialises in flogging Microsoft licences, is buying an Austrian reseller for an undisclosed sum.
Datacontract (Vienna) is a corporate dealer employing 20 people and has sales of €30m a year. Currently it focuses on selling hardware and services - it is a reseller for IBM and Fujitsu Siemens. Under the new ownership, it will start building up its software revenues.
The deal closes on 1 June - press release is here (http://www.pc-ware.de/en/pc-ware/unternehmen/ir/files/ad__hoc_datacontact_190405_engl.pdf) (pdf).
PC-WARE operates in 12 European countries, including the UK, and in South Africa. It is one of five European large account resellers for Microsoft. You can find its most up-to-date financials here (http://www.pc-ware.de/en/pc-ware/unternehmen/ir/news_events/files/pcw_qb3_englisch_internet.pdf) (pdf). ®