Fusion5 acquires IntegrationWorks

ICT service provider Fusion5 has acquired Wellington-headquartered systems integrator (SI) IntegrationWorks to boost its presence in Australia and the UK.

IntegrationWorks has seven offices across the world, with three offices in New Zealand – Auckland and Christchurch, in addition to its Wellington base. It also has three offices in Australia – Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and one in Bath in the UK.

According to Fusion5, the SI works in the public sector and enterprise space, with the service provider’s CEO, Sven Martin, claiming the acquired company has “has significant skills, expertise and referenceability over a wide range of integration solutions and technologies”.

“By merging IntegrationWorks into Fusion5, we see huge potential to extend our business reach across Australia and, in the long term, make further inroads into the UK market,” he said.

Under the deal, 80 integration consultants will be added to Fusion5’s existing Integration and Innovation pillar, with IntegrationWorks officially becoming part of the service provider on 1 August.

ARN understands that the 80 consultants represent the vast majority of IntegrationWorks’ employee base. Fusion5 has been contacted for clarity regarding the details about the rest of the SI’s employees.

IntegrationWorks will be rebranded and placed under the Fusion5 name at a later date. Until that point, there will be some interim rebranding to IntegrationWorks – a Fusion5 company, as well as the pair taking on potential co-branding opportunities when required.

The SI’s founder and CTO, Grant McKeen, said IntegrationWorks will be an independent pillar within Fusion5 and its customers will have access to Fusion5’s project management office, support team and a range of business solutions.

Additionally, IntegrationWorks Australian managing director Ian Richards said the deal would also mean IntegrationWorks’ team would have wider exposure to other technologies and larger projects.

Fusion5’s acquisition of IntegrationWorks comes a month after it picked up another Wellington-based managed service provider GoCloud Systems in June.

As a result of that deal, the service provider added 15 staff to its Wellington office and claimed it would be able to offer a 12-hour business day support model with the extra resources.