Datatec’s Logicalis acquires Mars Technologies

8th July 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal - Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

JSE-listed Datatec on Monday announced that its subsidiary Logicalis South Africa had acquired managed information technology (IT) services business Mars Technologies.

This will enhance Logicalis’ managed services business in intellectual property telephony, call centre, cloud, managed desktop, networks and IT solutions to its local and international customers over the combined portfolio.

“With the acquisition, the Logicalis South African operation strengthens and expands its managed services offering to better serve our corporate customers and deliver new services to existing customers from both companies,” Datatec CEO Jens Montanana said in an update to shareholders.

With offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London, Mars Technologies’ 76 staff deliver services such as remote monitoring of networks and servers, managed desktop, antivirus, cloud backup and printers, to full outsourcing, targeting small and mid-market enterprises.