Daisy Group acquires Damovo to boost enterprise offering

Daisy Group has announced the acquisition of Damovo UK, a provider of voice-critical unified communications to the public and private sector.

Daisy’s Matthew Riley

Damovo UK delivers essential services to more than 250 organisations, including a number of high profile customers in aviation, transportation and government.

As a strategic technology partner of Cisco, Mitel and Microsoft, its portfolio includes unified communications and collaboration, enterprise networks and contact centres, as well as cloud services and global managed services.

With growth in its enterprise base a key target, Daisy reckons it is positioned to develop Damovo’s Horsham-based operation through its specialist managed services business.

Daisy Group founder and executive chairman Matthew Riley said: “This is the first acquisition we have undertaken since Daisy’s privatisation and enhances our capability in the enterprise space. With strong vendor relationships and an expert team in place, the business is well positioned for growth under our ownership.”

He said: “The converging world of traditional telecoms and IT continues to present exciting opportunities, and with a rapidly expanding cloud and managed services division the acquisition of this highly scalable UK business is a clear strategic fit for the group.”

The value of the deal has not been disclosed.

Antony Savvas

York, UK-based Antony Savvas has been a technology journalist for 25 years and has expertise in all major areas of enterprise and consumer IT. He has worked for a number of leading technology magazines and websites and his work is syndicated across the internet. He also undertakes corporate work for some of the world's leading technology companies.