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Month: February 2021

Calligo acquires US-based Decisive Data

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Calligo’s tenth acquisition is its first in the US and rapidly expands its data science and data insights capabilities.

Today, Calligo announces the acquisition of Decisive Data, a pioneer in data analytics, data science and visualization.This is a significant acquisition for Calligo as it not only increases the resources and capabilities of our Data Insights team, but it also creates the most capable, accessible and compliant data insights service for modern businesses.Who is Decisive Data?Decisive Data was established in 2008 in Redmond, Washington, and now helps some of the largest global brands in technology, retail, telecoms, healthcare and other verticals to use deep data insights to make critical decisions and realize better outcomes in efficiency, growth and profitability.

What does the combination of Calligo and Decisive Data mean?

Firstly, combining Decisive Data’s longstanding track record in data science with our own accelerates the development and broadens the skillsets of our established Data Insights Services team. But what makes this offering special in the market is the combination of the two businesses’ complementary heritages: data science and data safety. Customers will receive not only powerful insights from which to make commercially-impactful decisions, but those insights will now come with the crucial reassurance that the data they are based on is secure, observes data privacy laws and is treated according to any industry governance requirements. All this combined makes Calligo the natural choice for organizations of all sizes seeking innovative and strategic understanding of their data.

“I’m very pleased to welcome Decisive Data team members, customers and partners to Calligo, and am extremely excited about the capabilities being added to the Calligo portfolio. Businesses today are under tremendous pressure to maximize their capabilities and efficiencies as budgets tighten and markets become tougher. Data and its intelligent exploitation is the well-known solution, but only if done so responsibly, safely and compliantly. With today’s addition of Decisive Data’s talented team members and its technology to Calligo, we will accelerate businesses’ ability to cost-effectively ramp up their data insight efforts – all while ensuring that their data remains secure, private and observes all applicable data regulations.” Julian Box, Founder and CEO of Calligo

“We are thrilled to be joining a like-minded company that has already established itself as a global voice for the centrality of data privacy and data governance in business. As the use of data becomes more complex, especially in a fragmented regulatory environment, data-first thinking must sit at the foundation of every business decision. Julian and his team totally understand this, and I cannot wait to see what’s next. The incorporation of Decisive Data into Calligo is a win for both our companies and a win for all of our customers.” Alissa Seiple, CEO of Decisive Data

How does Data Insights fit alongside Calligo’s other services?

Calligo’s longstanding mission has always been to deliver a unique portfolio of services that supports a business’ more productive, more profitable and safer use of data throughout its entire lifecycle. Data Insights Services is arguably the most crucial part of this – and the most differentiating for Calligo as a service provider. While Calligo’s Managed Cloud Services and IT Managed Services ensure that data is made reliably available to every user, within a full framework of security and governance, Data Insights Services then allow that data to be put to best commercial use through machine learning. This allows businesses to pursue the maximum benefits in productivity and profitability.

Meanwhile, Calligo’s longstanding expertise in Data Privacy Services means that businesses have the confidence that from the point of creation and with every interaction, data is processed in full observance of data privacy requirements.

It is a focus and a combination of services that sets Calligo apart from any other managed services provider – and this acquisition accelerates that leadership of the market.

Calligo wins twice at the Digital Jersey Tech Awards

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Calligo wins Digital Growth Business of the Year and CEO Julian Box is named Digital Leader of the Year

2021 is off to a stellar start for Calligo.

At the Digital Jersey Tech Awards 2020 virtual awards evening, Calligo was announced as the Digital Growth Business of the Year for its achievements throughout last year, while Julian Box was named the Digital Leader of the Year.

Calligo was named Digital Growth Business of the Year because of its growth in five key areas:

Geographic growth
In only 10 months of 2020, Calligo completed three acquisitions in Ireland, integrating them all together and with the wider global organisation to create one of the largest providers of managed services in Ireland.
UK expansion   A fourth acquisition was also completed in 2020, this time in the UK. Network Integrity Services was added to expand Calligo’s local UK presence, while also growing the skills and capabilities that can be made available to customers throughout Europe and North America.
Service additions   2020 saw the addition of Calligo’s Machine Learning as a Service to the portfolio. This is the first and only managed service to simultaneously address all six of the key barriers to businesses adopting machine learning: data quality, complexity, security, accuracy, data privacy and of course, cost.
Reputational growth   In 2020 alone, Calligo has been ranked 18th on the MSP 501, the global annual rankings of the strongest managed service providers, plus joined the Top 100 of The Growth List (the official ranking of the fastest growing businesses operating in Canada), joined the Top 100 of the Public Cloud MSPs listing and was shortlisted for three awards for our data services in the European IT & Software Excellence Awards (results in 2021).
Financial growth   All this activity has translated into strong commercial success, with Calligo able to show the judges a consistent trend of strong annual financial growth over the last three years, which is predicted to continue into 2021.

Meanwhile, the Digital Jersey judges were also impressed by Julian Box’s personal leadership of the company throughout 2020, awarding him the Digital Leader of the Year prize.

Arthur Mainja from KPMG, the category sponsors, added during the awards presentation:

“With Digital leader of the Year, we are looking for someone putting clear water between themselves and the competition. The three things we were looking for were:

  • Strategic leadership
  • Using data as an asset
  • Someone who is modernising how services are delivered

There is no longer business strategy and technology strategy – there is just strategy.

Data can be a very powerful asset. We wanted to see a leader who has managed to unlock the power of data, empowering insights for their customers’ needs, achieving operational efficiencies and managing risks effectively. We wanted the Digital Leader of the Year to have demonstrated that they have modernised how they deliver digital services to organisations.”

“I am very humbled by these awards – two in one night! We have a clear strategy of ambitious growth supported by acquisition, and to have achieved what we did in 2020 – double figure organic growth and four acquisitions – is testament to the determination and focus of every individual in the team. Not only because of the hard work that is clearly evident from what we have accomplished, but also the manner in which we did it: supporting each other across borders and through 2020’s difficulties, while keeping the customer at the front of our minds. I am of course very proud of the part I had to play in it, but I am far prouder of the efforts of the team.”

Julian Box, Founder & CEO, Calligo