These three new acquisitions give Claranet greater service capacity in the areas of security, DevOps and systems integration.
 
Charles Nasser, founder and CEO of the Claranet Group, commented: “Claranet’s organic growth, combined with acquisitions, has led us to what we believe is a competitive advantage over many of our competitors in the European IT services market. These latest acquisitions represent a significant step forward for us, as they strengthen our leading position in France and Portugal and consolidate our security and application management portfolio for the benefit of our customers in all the countries where we operate.”
 
Sec-1, a commitment to cybersecurity
Based in Leeds, UK, Sec-1 is an IT security solutions provider. Founded in 2001, it offers penetration and vulnerability testing services for applications and infrastructure, malware protection, firewalls, and security training.
 
Oxalide, experts in public cloud
A specialist in DevOps and cloud services based in Paris, Oxalide comes to consolidate Claranet's ability to deploy and manage critical web applications.

ITEN Solutions, systems integration
Founded in Portugal in 2013 following the merger of two of the largest companies in the Portuguese ICT sector.
 
Regarding the recent acquisitions and the aforementioned financial news, Nasser added: “We are delighted that investment management firm Tikehau Capital has acquired a minority stake in Claranet, which, together with our refinancing, provides exceptional support for our strategy. Both the refinancing and the three acquisitions put us in a better position to meet the challenges of such a rapidly changing sector as technology services. In fact, we expect to see continued consolidation in the European managed services market over the next 24 months, and we are certainly well-positioned in key Western European markets to capitalize on the opportunity to continue helping our clients achieve amazing things.”

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