SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 27 April 2020
- Ireland headquartered IT company,
Arkphire, has today announced its acquisition of Generic Technologies, a
leading Singapore based IT Solutions and Services company. This is a landmark
acquisition for Arkphire following the opening of its regional office in 2019
and will support the Group's expansion in the Asia Pacific market.
Generic Technologies is a specialist Apple
Authorised Reseller and an Adobe Gold partner with annual turnover of $9
million (Singapore dollars). The company
supports a growing network of partners and customers across South East
Asia. With the combined resources of
both companies, Arkphire can scale their unique service delivery model to meet
the needs of the Singapore and Asia Pacific markets with a stronger and more
comprehensive IT solution offering to existing and new clients.
Commenting on the latest acquisition, Chris
Ambler, Head of Arkphire's Asia Pacific business said, "We're very excited about how we can
further support our clients with the expansion of our business in Singapore. Generic
Technologies business is a natural fit for our ambition in the Asia Pacific
region. This latest development will
allow us to better support the global requirements of our customers and will
enable us to leverage Generic's existing customer and partner
relationships."
He
added "The current global pandemic has regrettably
created unprecedented business disruption and challenges for all of us. Arkphire is working hard to play our part in
supporting our customers in this difficult time by using our expertise to
provide secure and effective technology solutions and services to enable and
empower their workforces to work remotely as required."
Generic Technologies was founded in 1992 on
the back of growing demand from businesses requiring Apple and Adobe technology
and support services. The business has an established base of customers
covering a number of multinational firms, businesses in the digital and
creative sector and local SMEs.
About Arkphire
Arkphire is
a leading IT product procurement and IT services company, serving customers
internationally across more than 90 countries. Arkphire provides integrated
technology solutions that span desktops, networking, cyber security, cloud and
data centre, enabling the digital workspace and supporting businesses on their
digital transformation journey.
Following
its acquisition of Trilogy Technologies in 2020, Arkphire is now positioned as
the largest and fastest growing Irish headquartered IT procurement and IT
managed services business.
Arkphire
Group has an unrivalled network of partnership accreditations with leading
global IT vendors and is a Check Point 3-Star, Cisco Gold, Citrix Platinum,
Dell Technologies Titanium, HP Platinum, IBM Gold, Lenovo Platinum and
Microsoft Gold Partner. Arkphire is also the only Apple Authorised
Enterprise Reseller (AAER) in Ireland.
Arkphire
group employs over 240 people and generates revenues of over €150m.
Web: www.arkphire.com