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Media Release on Bytes Technology Group
ALLIED ELECTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1947/024583/06)
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Bytes Technology Group
MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
Bytes acquires Alliance Business Solutions to augment existing Oracle
capabilities
And move to a position of market leadership in Oracle’s cloud-based offerings
Bytes Technology Group, wholly owned by the JSE-listed Altron Group, today announced the
acquisition (subject to fulfillment of certain conditions precedent) of Alliance Business Solutions
(Alliance) through Bytes Systems Integration (Bytes SI) for an undisclosed amount. The rationale for
the transaction is to significantly leverage synergistic Oracle capabilities and position the company as
the Partner of choice for Oracle end-to-end offerings and cloud-based solutions to customers.
Subsequent to this acquisition, Bytes SI will become one of the very select few Platinum partners
within the Oracle PartnerNetwork Ecosystem in South Africa, that are able to sell and deliver
specialised services across the entire Application, Middleware, Database Technology and Hardware
layers of the world class Oracle “Red Stack”, securing its goal of becoming a R1 billion plus revenue
business.
Alliance has a staff compliment of 50 highly qualified business and IT specialists. It has been a leader
in the South African ERP space for the past 12 years and an Oracle Platinum Partner for the past 4
years. Its extensive local client list, consisting of large corporations and its vast experience in the
ERP and Primavera space, makes Alliance a highly complementary addition to the Bytes SI stable.
Pieter Bensch, Managing Director and Vice President of Oracle South Africa, said: “We are very
excited about the acquisition and regard this as one of the key announcements of the year in the
local IT industry. As one of the top Oracle partners in the local market, the merger between Bytes
SI and Alliance places Bytes ahead of its competitors in terms of cloud offerings and will
significantly strengthen the relationship between Oracle and Bytes.”
The acquisition of Alliance is a logical next step for Bytes SI in terms of completing its already strong
Oracle portfolio, by adding the experience and track record in ERP and Primavera capital project
implementation, which Alliance brings to the table. According to Rob Griggs, Managing Director of
Bytes SI, the acquisition will extend their offering comprehensively, grow their customer base and
enable Bytes SI to bring more value to their existing customers.
“With Alliance, as Oracle’s major SA Primavera partner becoming part of Bytes Technology Group,
our cohesive strategy will include the launch of various cloud-based initiatives in areas such as
Capital Projects, Human Resources and other complementary SaaS (Software as a service) offerings
for the Southern African market. This strategy will also enhance our capabilities in Africa and the
Middle-East and open further expansion opportunities on the continent” said Griggs.
The Managing Director of Alliance, Brian Edy, believes the transaction will enable Alliance to
compete on a wider platform with other large Oracle partners and particularly into Africa. He said
that as a key player in the local IT market and business arena, Bytes SI offers the advantages of a
strong balance sheet, Data Centre capacity, training facilities as well as the huge benefit of being a
Level 2 broad-based black economic empowered contributor.
“In a highly competitive industry where IT technology is becoming more and more commoditised,
this acquisition is in line with our group’s strategic focus to continually seek and develop our
products and services base in order to add value to our clients,” says Rob Abraham, Chief Executive
Officer of the Bytes Group.
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Editor’s notes:
About Bytes Technology Group
Bytes Technology Group www.bytes.co.za, a principal subsidiary of JSE-listed Altron, is a federation of leading
IT companies. It operates in South Africa with operations in several other African countries, the United
Kingdom and the Middle East. Its South African operations are part owned by leading empowerment group,
Kagiso-Tiso Holdings.
Sustainable and constant growth through strategic acquisitions has enabled the group to provide unlimited
solutions to customers and become a leader in the IT field. It has a multitude of products and solutions,
technical skills and specialised services that support enterprise-wide IT infrastructure and telecommunications
in a wide range of industries.
Led by IT veteran Rob Abraham, the group constantly strives to provide its customers with best-of-breed
technology solutions to help them do better work.
About Bytes Systems Integration
Bytes Systems Integration www.bytessi.co.za, designs, implements and manages customised IT solutions
through the integration of hardware and software systems from global technology leaders. It has four distinct
business units; Advanced Technology Services, Business Solutions, Labour Force Management and Software
Design, all providing clients with world-class ICT products and services. Increasingly, Bytes SI have become
leaders in innovative cloud-based solutions to local and regional IT customers.
About Altron
Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron) www.altron.com, through its principal subsidiaries, Allied
Technologies Limited (Altech), Bytes Technology Group (Pty) Limited (Bytes) and Power Technologies (Pty)
Limited (Powertech), is invested in telecommunications, power electronics, multi-media and information
technology. Altron, through its subsidiary groups, employs more than 13 000 employees globally in over 150
companies and associates, varying from manufacturing operations to service providers.
About Oracle and Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your Data Centre. For more
information about Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), visit www.oracle.com. Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialised, is
the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and
implement Oracle solutions. www.oracle.com/partners.
For more information
Contact Rob Griggs on (011) 205 7000
Rob.Griggs@Bytes.co.za
or
Claire Alexander, Oracle South Africa on (082) 3526173
claire.alexander@oracle.com
Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited
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