PBT Group acquires three IT solution companies

"To this end, the PBT Group has acquired BI Blue, CyberPro and TBIS to further our BI offerings to the market. This strategy forms part of our recent expansion and growth plans within South Africa, broader EMEA and the Australian markets, aimed at further entrenching the critical component of BI into these growing economies," says Ken Wood, executive director at PBT Group.

Increase in revenues

Earlier this year, Gartner found that the worldwide BI platform, along with analytic applications and performance management software revenues reached $12.2 billion in 2011, which was a significant 16.4% increase from the revenues generated the previous year. "As a local BI vendor who understands the significant role BI has and will play within the African business space, these international trends not only contextualise the business opportunity but reinforces our business decisions to expand our offerings as BI continues to grow in relevance globally and in the continents where we have a presence, namely Africa and Australia," continues Wood.

"We feel that these acquisitions will enable us to maintain similar success rates. Each business provides the PBT Group with a unique set of services that we will look to continuously develop and refine, as industry needs change and the relevance of a unique BI solution set increases," he says.

Overview of companies

BI Blue Consulting have the expertise and experience to deliver challenging reporting, query and analysis solutions using SAP Business Objects integration in SAP BW/BI and SAP Business Objects in non-SAP environments.
CyberPro Consulting is a leading Microsoft Certified Partner software services company in the South African market with a strong focus on system integration, software, Web, database, collaboration, business process management, and BI.

Technique Business Intelligence Software (TBIS) is an Advanced IBM Business Partner that provides IBM software solutions and consulting services specialising in information integration, data warehousing and analytics, data warehouse appliances and big data analytics.

Service offering is broadened

"Standing out from competitors is something that all businesses want to accomplish. We have realised that this is a necessity in the BI field, as the industry is one that continues to evolve and is characterised by constant change. Therefore having unique, relevant and future looking BI offerings is a critical objective for our success. Undertaking these acquisitions has therefore not only allowed us to broaden our service offering to our customer base locally and internationally, but ensures we are highly competitive and relevant in our operational markets," concludes Wood.