Merger and Acquisition
Softline acquires digital transformation company Value Point Systems
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ByStartupStory | October 12, 2022
Softline, an IT solutions and services provider, has been reported to have signed an agreement to acquire Indian digital infrastructure and cybersecurity solutions and services company, Value Point Systems. Value Point System which has 2,000 local customers will now have access to Softline’s full portfolio of solutions and services.
Value Point Systems with technology partners such as AWS, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Microsoft, VMWare, and Zscaler, among others is an end-to-end next-generation digital infrastructure and cybersecurity solutions provider in India, Its portfolio includes six end-to-end solutions and services: cybersecurity, data centre modernisation, network transformation, cloud transformation, digital workplace, and IT-managed services.
“Value Point Systems constitutes the fourth acquisition made by our company in 2022, accelerating the three-dimensional growth strategy that we announced at our last year’s IPO.” said Hervé Tessler, CEO of Softline International.
RS Shanbhag, Founder, Chairman and CEO at Value Point Systems stated- “Thanks to this new step in our company’s journey, we will now be able to grow beyond our highest expectations, and will also have access to the world’s top vendors solutions and services and to Softline’s own portfolio which will enable our teams to offer an even better and wider range to our customers.”
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