IT services company Comms-care has reported strong growth driven by acquisitions and growing demand from partners to support emerging technologies.
In its 2013/14 financial year results Comms-care reported £19.6m revenue, up from £15.6m; while operating profit increased by 44% to £3m, up from £2.1m.
Comms-care's network of new IT channel partners grew by 33% to more than 723 in the UK and Ireland, and the company secured a major contract with Kcom to provide all Cisco support for its end user customers.
Comms-care also acquired channel only professional services firm Platform Consultancy.
New technologies such as virtualisation, cloud computing, wireless, remote working and the issues around data storage have driven opportunities to the IT channel community, but technical support for these complex platforms is becoming more difficult to provide from a single team based within a channel partners' business, according to Comms-care MD Ben Davies.
He said: "We have invested heavily in technical expertise over the last 12 months, and with the acquisition of Platform Consultancy in June we are now able to offer a wider portfolio of professional services including additional propositions around Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and NetApp technologies."
Comms-care Chairman Peter Lloyd added: "The great work undertaken by the team in the last financial year laid the foundation for the acquisition of Platform Consultancy and the formation of our strategic partnership with Kcom.
"The technology industry is fast-moving and we know that we cannot stand still. W need to continue investing in our technical expertise and ability."