K-Businesscom founds new subsidiary
Vienna, June 29, 2020 - The new subsidiary K-Businesscom Converged Services GmbH was founded following a 100% takeover of Liberty Global Services GmbH Austria. This makes K-Businesscom the service partner of the most important telecommunications providers in Austria, DACH and CEE.
Further information can be found in the press release of the Liberty Global Group:
Liberty Global announces strategic partnership with K-Businesscom
Denver, Colorado - June, 2020
Liberty Global announces its strategic partnership with K-Businesscom involving a transfer of the Austrian IT services unit to K-Businesscom and the future provision of IT services to Liberty Global by K-Businesscom.
As part of the new agreement, around 70 employees from Global Liberty Services Austria will transfer to K-Businesscom, the leading regional provider of technology services. This partnership will create new opportunities for employees, provide K-Businesscom with access to highly skilled professionals and ensure Liberty Global's business continuity through key IT services, network management and service delivery.
Over the past two years, Liberty Global has realigned its presence in five European markets - including the sale of its subsidiary UPC Austria GmbH - and optimized its operations.
Enrique Rodriguez, Chief Technology Officer of Liberty Global, said: "We are delighted to be working with such an established engineering and technology leader as K-Businesscom. With this new partnership, Liberty Global has found a strong strategic partner in the region. Our Austrian team will become part of a local leading player that promotes talent and opportunities, while we improve the flexibility of our operating companies and partner markets."
Jochen Borenich, CEO at K-Businesscom, explains: "K-Businesscom is an innovative technology company with more than 125 years of experience. We are particularly strong in the area of digital transformation and have a long tradition of working with the most successful companies in Austria. We look forward to this exciting partnership and to supporting Liberty Global with our world-class technology capabilities and services."
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As a leading digitalization partner,K-Businesscom supports companies in improving their business performance and developing new business models. K-Businesscom is a consultant, system supplier and service provider. The portfolio includes intelligent IT technology, network and security solutions as well as media technology, artificial intelligence, IoT and software development. K-Businesscom operates independently of manufacturers and with leading global partners such as HPE, Cisco and Microsoft.
K-Businesscom serves over 17,000 customers, including Allianz, Erste Bank, ÖBB, OMV, ORF and Vodafone, both locally and globally. The 1,460 employees generated revenue of EUR 410 million in the 2019/20 financial year.