Spark acquires CCL and boosts its Cloud services

Monday, 7 December 2015, 9:04 am
Press Release: Spark NZ

Spark acquires CCL and boosts its Cloud services capabilities

CCL to continue with its growth plans, now supported by Spark New Zealand resources and capability

Spark New Zealand has today announced it has signed a conditional agreement to acquire privately-owned South Island based IT infrastructure and professional services company Computer Concepts Limited (CCL) for $50 million.

The acquisition will add further momentum to the growth strategies of Spark Digital and CCL, improving their capabilities, expanding their market reach and deepening the Spark New Zealand group’s Cloud and platform IT services offer.

Tim Miles, CEO Spark Digital, said, “We’re pleased to have a Cloud services company with the track-record and reputation of CCL joining our team and strengthening our market-leading capabilities.

“Our strategy is to better enable our customers to succeed in a digital world, and Cloud is an integral part of that. This acquisition builds on the earlier purchases of Revera and Appserv, and with CCL now in our group we are better positioned to assist New Zealand business needs in the areas of platform IT services and Cloud computing.

“CCL is complementary to Spark Digital. Its acquisition also reinforces Spark Digital’s commitment to business in the South Island, following significant investment in a new data centre in Christchurch (Perimeter Road), and a recent expansion of Spark’s Dunedin data centre.”

CCL Chief Executive Andrew Allan said, “This is a big move for us. With Spark New Zealand’s backing, CCL will gain the benefits of Spark Digital’s resources to help us accelerate our growth. And importantly for our customers, CCL will retain its own unique way of working. Our customers should expect the same total commitment to their future success, with the added power of Spark New Zealand behind us.”

Mr Miles said, “CCL is a respected and admired business that we want to strengthen and grow, not change. The CCL brand will be retained and CCL will continue to run as a standalone business, in the same way that Revera does - which has proven to be a very successful model for Revera staff and customers. Ultimately, this is a good move for Spark Digital and for CCL, and more importantly, for the clients of both companies. Spark New Zealand’s acquisition of CCL supports our ambition to unleash the potential of all New Zealand businesses.”

The acquisition will take the Spark New Zealand group’s employee numbers in the South Island to approximately 1200 people.

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