As part of the transaction Foresight Group VCT Funds is making a significant investment to accelerate product development and to strengthen the balance sheet of the combined Company, and is looking to support further acquisitions for the Group. Foresight is a significant investor in both Companies and facilitated the merger to produce a Group with increased scale but also with the capability of investing further in service and product developments.
Martin Peck will take on the role of Chairman of the combined Group and the executive team at DCG, Alan Back (Managing Director), Neil Hewer (Services Director) & Charlotte Histed (Financial Controller), will be appointed to the Board of the Group Holding Company.
alwaysON provides a full range of data communications, voice and unified communications applications and has its own managed MPLS network and telecommunications backbone. DCG provides a new range of data management and protection services, including storage management; data backup and archiving, replication and virtual disaster recovery.
Martin Peck, Executive Chairman, commented “We have no doubt that the combined value offered by DCG and alwaysON will enable our customers to realise significant benefits across the board. Uniting the two organisations means we can provide best of breed solutions that can improve business performance and efficiency today and the opportunity for innovation tomorrow. It’s a very exciting proposition”