[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/datatec-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/datatec-wikipedia\/","headline":"Datatec – Wikipedia","name":"Datatec – Wikipedia","description":"before-content-x4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia after-content-x4 Datatec Limited, also known as Datatec Group, is a Johannesburg, South Africa-based multinational","datePublished":"2020-02-25","dateModified":"2020-02-25","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:CentralAutoLogin\/start?type=1x1","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:CentralAutoLogin\/start?type=1x1","height":"1","width":"1"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/datatec-wikipedia\/","about":["Wiki"],"wordCount":958,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Datatec Limited, also known as Datatec Group, is a Johannesburg, South Africa-based multinational information and communications technology (ICT) services group.  The group’s main divisions are: Westcon International, dba Westcon-Comstor, a technology distributor; Logicalis, an IT managed services provider; and the companies Datatec Financial Services and Analysys Mason, which provide financing; and telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) consulting services, respectively.It is listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange, and operates in more than 50 countries across six continents.[3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Companies[edit]Technology distribution[edit]IT managed services[edit]Consulting and financial services[edit]References[edit]History[edit]Datatec was founded in 1986 by Jens Montanana, who became the company’s first CEO.[4]  The company’s shares started trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in December 1994, with share code DTC.[4]In 1996, Datatec launched a joint venture with UUNET to form UUNET Africa, an internet service provider.[5]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4In 1997, the company began its international expansion and acquired UK-based IT firm Logical Networks,[6] which later changed its name to Logicalis.[7]In June 1998, Datatec acquired a 92.5% stake in US distributor Westcon, for $160 million. The company then consolidated its five continent distribution business under the Westcon brand.[8]In 1999, Datatec acquired communications consultancy Mason Communications.[9]In November 2000, the company announced it was selling its stake in UUNET Africa to WorldCom.[10]In 2004, Datatec acquired UK-based telecommunications research and consultancy firm Analysys for \u00a312.8 million. Analysys was merged with Mason Communications and the new company was renamed Analysys Mason Group (AMG).[11]In October 2006, the company was listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.[4]In May 2014, the company spun off Mason Advisory from Analysys Mason, to focus on IT, cloud, security and mobile technology consulting.[12]In June 2017, Datatec announced it was selling the North and Latin American operations of Westcon-Comstor, along with 10% of the remaining part of Westcon (Westcon International) to Fremont, CA-based IT supply chain services company Synnex, for a reported consideration of up to $830 million.[13]In October 2017, Datatec announced they were planning to delist their secondary listing on the London AIM market on December 8 of that year, due to limited liquidity of the shares on AIM.[14]In May 2018, Logicalis Group, a subsidiary of Datatec, has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the issued share capital of Coasin, a Chilean ICT services provider that also operates in Peru.[15]In August 2020, Datatec has announced that its subsidiary Logicalis Latin America has acquired a 30% stake in Brazilian Kumulus.[16]In June 2021, Logicalis Group acquired Siticom, a 5G integrator based in Germany.[17]Companies[edit]Datatec’s companies are in three divisions:Technology distribution[edit]Westcon International \u2013 a value-added distributor of security, collaboration, networking and datacentre.IT managed services[edit]Logicalis \u2013 an information and communications technology infrastructure and service provider.Consulting and financial services[edit]Analysys Mason  \u2013 a global consultancy and research firm specializing in the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) sector.Datatec Financial Services \u2013 a financial services provider for customers and suppliers of Logicalis and Westcon-Comstor.[18]References[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/datatec-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Datatec – Wikipedia"}}]}]