Orange Business Services is acquiring Alsy, one of the leading integrators of Microsoft communications solutions in France
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Paris, August 25, 2010 
By acquiring the company Alsy, Orange Business Services confirms its ambitions regarding collaborative services and strengthens its position as the leading Microsoft communications solutions integrator in France.
Alsy is one of the leading Microsoft solutions integrators in France, with revenues of more than 14 million euros in 2009 and a staff of 140 employees. Being one of Microsoft’s main French partners, it has the highest levels of certification on the full range of Microsoft solutions. Alsy’s customer base consists mainly of large French and France-based international companies.
Alsy’s expertise will allow Orange Business Services to position itself as one of the leading integrators of Microsoft solutions on the French market. This acquisition further enhances the offering of Orange Business Services in the full range of Microsoft technologies, by rounding out the agreement signed with Microsoft in 2009 to distribute the standard Microsoft Online Services offer in 21 countries*. Orange Business Services, 6th SSII in France according to 01 Informatique, aims to meet all the needs of large corporations in terms of unified communications services.
« This acquisition is part of our strategy to develop our service activities around Microsoft solutions both in France and internationally. It also confirms our position as the leading player in the market for unified communications and collaborative applications. The excellent quality of the services offered by Alsy brings genuine added value to our offer. We are very pleased to welcome the Alsy team aboard Orange Business Services » announced Paul Molinier, Senior Vice President Integrated Services at Orange Business Services.
« By combining with Orange Business Services, we will have the necessary size for future development and can address the future with boosted ambitions. The role given to Alsy in the development of Orange Business Services in the full range of Microsoft technologies is critical and particularly exciting for all our colleagues. It confirms a shared objective to consolidate Alsy’s position as leader in prevalent technological environments which are increasing in companies » declared Michel Dauvillier, President of Alsy.
Eric Boustouler, President of Microsoft France, added: “We are very pleased with this acquisition by Orange Business Services, that reinforces the existing partership between our two companies on the unified communications services market”.
*Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New-Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
By acquiring the company Alsy, Orange Business Services confirms its ambitions regarding collaborative services and strengthens its position as the leading Microsoft communications solutions integrator in France.Alsy is one of the leading Microsoft solutions integrators in France, with revenues of more than 14 million euros in 2009 and a staff of 140 employees. Being one of Microsoft’s main French partners, it has the highest levels of certification on the full range of Microsoft solutions. Alsy’s customer base consists mainly of large French and France-based international companies.
Alsy’s expertise will allow Orange Business Services to position itself as one of the leading integrators of Microsoft solutions on the French market. This acquisition further enhances the offering of Orange Business Services in the full range of Microsoft technologies, by rounding out the agreement signed with Microsoft in 2009 to distribute the standard Microsoft Online Services offer in 21 countries*. Orange Business Services, 6th SSII in France according to 01 Informatique, aims to meet all the needs of large corporations in terms of unified communications services.
« This acquisition is part of our strategy to develop our service activities around Microsoft solutions both in France and internationally. It also confirms our position as the leading player in the market for unified communications and collaborative applications. The excellent quality of the services offered by Alsy brings genuine added value to our offer. We are very pleased to welcome the Alsy team aboard Orange Business Services » announced Paul Molinier, Senior Vice President Integrated Services at Orange Business Services.
« By combining with Orange Business Services, we will have the necessary size for future development and can address the future with boosted ambitions. The role given to Alsy in the development of Orange Business Services in the full range of Microsoft technologies is critical and particularly exciting for all our colleagues. It confirms a shared objective to consolidate Alsy’s position as leader in prevalent technological environments which are increasing in companies » declared Michel Dauvillier, President of Alsy.
Eric Boustouler, President of Microsoft France, added: “We are very pleased with this acquisition by Orange Business Services, that reinforces the existing partership between our two companies on the unified communications services market”.
*Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New-Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
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