SoConnect's bolt on acquisition of Edinburgh-based MSP Netopa creates a combined £4m revenue business.
Newtown Saint Boswells HQ'd SoConnect's merger with Netopa's 10-strong team takes the headcount to 30 and adds an established IT managed service offering.
SoConnect was founded by CEO Campbell Fraser in 2011 and supports the SME market in Scotland and across the UK through a nationwide network of over 200 engineers. Fraser continues as CEO of the enlarged business.
Netopa began its commercial life in 2011, set up by CEO Bob Bazley, a British Army veteran who brings over 25 years IT experience including a stint as CTO of Noble Group and a spell as VP at Merrill Lynch. Following the SoConnect deal Bazley takes the role of COO.
Fraser said: “Bringing Bob and the Netopa team on board strengthens our offering and gives us a footprint in Edinburgh.
“For the SMEs we work alongside, simplifying and improving the efficiency of IT and comms infrastructure through the use of cloud technology is at the core of everything we do.
"Increasingly, we are also becoming a strategic virtual CTO for many SMEs that don’t have the resources to have a dedicated CTO in place.”
Pictured (l-r): Campbell Fraser and Bob Bazley