Go On 1 April Agile Software and Infrastructure Control under the name Comparex Netherlands. The software license management group took over two companies in early 2013, but they were still operate under their own name in the Dutch market. A possible takeover of Comparex itself will not affect the merger process. Parent Raiffeisen Bank Austria is seeking a buyer for the Comparex Group.
In March 2013 announced Comparex the Solimas- Companies Agile Software and Infrastructure Control from Alphen aan den Rijn to take over. Agile Software focused on controlling and managing software licenses and Infra Control on software asset management. Businesses continued to operate under its own name.
After the acquisition, however, there was confusion on the regulated market, especially in public tenders for software licenses (million contracts). In some cases it appeared both Comparex and Agile Software are selected for a license mantle. They would then into a mini league must go together decide who should regulate and manage software licenses for the relevant public authority.
Police and justice
For the Ministry of Security & amp; Justice formed this undesirable situation (two hands on the belly) – after asking Computable – reason to launch a new tender for software license management (Comparex and then won Protinus IT). Strangely enough, the police, who was in a similar quandary, the situation is not reversed.
In mid-2012 the police closed following a tender an umbrella contract with Comparex and Agile Software. They had like V & amp; J can use a break clause after its acquisition, but took the undesirable situation for granted and must contract with both software from resellers. About the reason came to questions of Computable only evasive answers. Meanwhile, the National Police has begun a new tender for software licenses.
According to a spokeswoman of Comparex Comparex Netherlands and Agile Software are now clearly operating in different market segments. “Because of the strong focus on the public sector Comparex writes mostly in tenders. Agile Software has a strong focus on the healthcare sector. ” Since last year, Michel van Teijlingen both commercial director of Comparex as Agile.
Sales
Parent Raiffeisen Bank, the Comparex Group (turnover 2014: 1.7 billion euros) last May put in the shop window. The Austrian bank will release money to cope under more disappointing investments in Russia and Ukraine, according to the British ICT trade magazine The Register, in an article last year. There would be two candidates from the investment world over. It would also be great competitor EdutainmentOne (where investor KKR in August 2015 boarded) have been convinced a takeover of Comparex.
The spokeswoman could not comment on the current state of affairs regarding the takeover talks. “From the Netherlands, we make no representations about the sale of the Comparex Group by the Raiffeisen Bank. The legal merger of Agile Software and Comparex will by April 1, 2016 as usual, “the spokeswoman informs
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This article is derived of Computable.nl (https://www.computable.nl/artikel/5683374). © Jaarbeurs IT Media.
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