Perth company Zella DC has tapped in to a network of experienced commercial advisers to help it pursue growth in the data centre market, against competition from listed companies and global heavyweights.
Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications has posted a 16 per cent slide in half-year profit to $9.3 million on the back of a fall in revenue from its IT services business.
Vocus Communications has been successful in its bid to take over Amcom Telecommunications with the pair agreeing to a deal valuing Amcom at $652.7 million.
Amcom Telecommunications is preparing for a busy end to the year as negotiations with Vocus Communications continue and TPG Telecom waits on the sidelines.
Shares in Amcom Telecommunications have fallen more than 5 per cent on the back of a significant decrease in profit growth for the 2013-14 financial year.
Western Australian information technology and communications companies are continuing to spread their national influence, with Empired the latest to announce an east coast deal.
Amcom Telecommunications has inked a deal which opens the door to it selling cloud-based services to the potentially lucrative higher education market.
FEATURE: It has been a difficult year for many of WA's listed entities, but investors are backing the performance of most of the state's top executives.
Amcom chairman Tony Grist told the company's annual meeting today it was well placed to deliver another year of double digit percentage growth in underlying net profit after tax.
Managing risk and implementing methodical strategies have helped three local companies hit their targets, guests at a recent Business News Success & Leadership breakfast heard.
Leaders of three top performing businesses in vastly different sectors say growing organically has been key to successfully expanding their businesses, rather than mergers and acquisitions, which come at a higher cost and with more risk.
Amcom Telecommunications has snapped up data centre operator aCure Technology for $14.3 million as demand for new information technology services grows.
RECENT acquisitions across the ICT sector have boosted local companies' revenue, but the challenge ahead is whether continued growth can be achieved organically.
Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications has reported a 20 per cent lift in interim operational net profit, on the back of a strong performance from its fibre-based communications services business.
Amcom Telecommunications says it has fast-tracked its entry into the growing cloud computing sector after entering into a strategic partnership with data backup firm BlueFire Corporation.
Telco networks provider Amcom has signed a $20 million deal with the Northern Territory state government to provide high-speed fibre based telecommunications services.
