Dimension data

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Dimension data
legal form
ISIN GB0008435405
founding 1983
resolution 2019
Reason for dissolution Renaming by the owner NTT Ltd.
Seat London , UK
management Jason Goodall (CEO)
Number of employees 40,000
sales US $ 8 billion (FY 2017)
Branch Network and communication technology and IT services
Website hello.global.ntt

Dimension Data was a global IT service provider headquartered in South Africa until he was transferred to NTT Ltd. in 2019. was renamed.

history

Dimension Data was founded in South Africa in 1983 and was one of the world's leading providers of network and communication technology and IT services, particularly in the areas of network and data center, cloud services, IT security, voice and video communication and application integration. Dimension Data was one of the largest Cisco gold partners worldwide .

Dimension Data was 100% acquired by NTT , one of the world's largest telecommunications providers, for US $ 3.2 billion in 2010 and (as of November 2017) was directly represented worldwide with 28,000 employees in 49 countries. The company's annual sales in 2017 were around US $ 8 billion.

With the establishment of the new NTT Global Operating Company NTT Ltd. On July 1, 2019, Dimension Data, NTT Communications and NTT Security and their affiliated companies were merged into a new company to create a leading global technology service provider. The new company NTT Ltd. can be found on the website hello.global.ntt. In the Middle East and Africa (MEA), the Dimension Data brand will remain with CEO Grant Bodley as it has been in existence there for a long time.

On October 8, 2019, Dimension Data's German branch was renamed and has been operating in Germany as NTT Germany AG & Co. KG ever since. In Germany, NTT Germany AG & Co. KG employs around 1,400 people (as of January 2019) with its headquarters in Bad Homburg (further branches are located in Teltow near Berlin, Düsseldorf , Hamburg , Hanover , Munich and Stuttgart , among others ).

Business areas

Dimension Data was mainly active in the following business areas:

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NTT press release from November 2017
  2. NTT press release from November 2017
  3. ^ Dimension Data is now NTT Inc - TechCentral. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  4. Mark Haranas: Here Are The 5 Cisco Global Gold Certified Partners. May 30, 2017, accessed February 20, 2020 .
  5. CRN: NTT combines NTT Security, Dimension Data and Co. , accessed on November 22, 2019
  6. ^ Grant Bodley appointed new CEO of Dimension Data MEA. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .