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The Datacom Group history
The Datacom Group company history timeline
The company hired its first systems analysts and programmers in August 1965 and installed the first computer for a client in September of the following year.
Datacom was founded as Computer Bureau Ltd in 1965 by two Christchurch accountants, Dr Bernard Battersby and Paul Hargreaves.
In 1970, Hargreaves quit his family's accounting firm to run CBL full-time, and the business expanded to Auckland via the acquisition of the Fletcher Computer Bureau.
In 1971, the Datacom Group holding company was established.
CBL began offering remote on-line services through onsite terminals beginning in 1976.
CBL expanded its software development arm, introducing User-11, the first 4GL (Fourth-generation programming language) seen in New Zealand in 1981.
In 1983, CBL was the first to bring Oracle database technology to New Zealand for the New Zealand Dairy Company (now Fonterra).
In 1984, CBL changed its name to Datacom.
Datacom merged with computer-services company CCL (not to be confused with Computer Concepts Limited) in 1989, added facilities management and payroll divisions.
In 1991, Datacom signed its first large outsourcing contract in Auckland with Telecom Directories.
1996 saw the company open its first office in Asia, in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur.
In 2003 Datacom merged with Connect Interactive Business Services to create Datacom Connect, which largely expanded their call centre offerings.
In 2004, it purchased GlobalCenter for $7.15 million, its second data centre, and the following year, the company purchased NetOptions to establish a presence in Queensland.
By the end of 2007, the company had acquired a third data centre in Sydney through Hansen Professional Services.
In 2009 Datacom opened its Auckland data centre, Orbit.
By the end of 2007, the company had acquired a third data centre in Sydney through Hansen Professional Services. Its fourth data centre came in 2011 in Western Australia.
In 2013 Datacom also sold the contact centre arm of its Asia business, but continued to serve the market with IT services.
September 18, 2014, Datacom acquired a 20% stake in health informatics company, Smartward
In July 2015, Datacom was announced as Australia's first company to join Amazon Web Services Managed Service Program, one of only 20 worldwide.
Datacom opened its third office in Melbourne in April 2016, bring 100 new jobs to the region.
Datacom completed Australia's first migration of SAP HANA into AWS, by taking $800 million-turnover resources company Oz Minerals into the cloud in early 2017.
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The Datacom Group competitors
| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN-TEL Communications | 1992 | $19.0M | 50 | - |
| Arrival Communications | 1998 | $820,000 | 8 | - |
| Team TSI | 1991 | $21.6M | 63 | - |
| Tech One IT | 1999 | $1.6M | 30 | 10 |
| Cc&n | - | $500,000 | 6 | 1 |
| Mission Critical Solutions | - | $120.9M | 200 | 12 |
| NetPlanner Systems | 1987 | $32.0M | 375 | 42 |
| CompuVision | 1995 | $1.6M | 30 | - |
| Wachter, Inc. | 1930 | $250.0M | 1,210 | 171 |
| AVI Systems | 1974 | $219.6M | 200 | - |
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