Corporate | 5 July 2013 12:54

All for One Steeb AG Acquires Majority Stake in Microsoft Cloud Technology Company WEBMAXX GmbH

All for One Steeb AG / Key word(s): Acquisition/Strategic Company Decision

05.07.2013 / 12:54

All for One Steeb AG Acquires Majority Stake in Microsoft Cloud Technology Company WEBMAXX GmbH

Specialised technology expertise bought in / E-mail and collaboration software increasingly considered mission critical along with SAP Business Suite / Growth market Microsoft messaging from the Private Cloud / Successful completion of qualification as Microsoft »Gold Hosting« partner / Service expansion to benefit customer base

Filderstadt, 5 July 2013 – As part of measures by Munich-based WEBMAXX GmbH to raise capital, All for One Steeb AG is taking over around 74% of the shareholdings, and in turn a majority stake in this Microsoft cloud technology company. Around 26% of the shareholdings remain with the managing partner Christian Schmidt, who will stay on as a member of the company’s management team. The participation agreement that was signed on 4 July 2013 also includes an option to increase the stake to 100% of the shares, which All for One Steeb can first exercise beginning from 2020. Both companies had previously been working together on a project basis.

All for One Steeb is the Number 1 in the German-speaking SAP midmarket segment with the largest customer base. In addition to SAP Business Suite, enterprises are increasingly considering their messaging software from Microsoft, such as for e-mail (Exchange) or collaboration (Sharepoint, Lync), as being mission critical. This is why we are seeing growing demands on stability, availability and reliability. Along with SAP landscapes, Microsoft solutions such as these are increasingly moving into the private cloud and being run and managed in the All for Steeb high-end data centers. Extensive portal landscapes are being used to scale such services toward many thousands of users, and to provide customers with a high degree of customised and flexible usage, elasticity and combinability with public cloud services. Here is precisely where the technology specialist WEBMAXX has such exceptional expertise.

»Cloud computing is changing the CIO’s role. Application landscapes are increasingly being outsourced, which allows extensions and enhancements to be made more rapidly, flexibly and securely. Our strong customer focus enables us to identify and act on other key issues besides SAP Business Suite and SAP Cloud Solutions. Microsoft Exchange is clearly mission critical. Its operation is complex. Compliance requirements are expanding. Even the latest leaks about global surveillance operations may well reinforce the trend toward outsourcing to our data centers in Germany. This is an area in which we want to use the WEBMAXX technology expertise to more rapidly unlock additional scaling capabilities and growth potential«, said All for One Steeb CEO Lars Landwehrkamp. All for One Steeb was recently named a Microsoft »Gold Hosting« partner after completing an extensive qualification phase and in recognition of its innovative customer solutions and services on the basis of Microsoft technologies.

About All for One Steeb AG
All for One Steeb AG ranks as one of the leading SAP full-service providers for small and medium enterprises in German-speaking countries. The SAP Gold Partner’s portfolio comprises end-to-end solutions along the whole of the IT value chain – from SAP industry solutions to outsourcing services and application management. As a one-stop-shop for all SAP-related services, All for One Steeb is a reliable general contractor for small and mid-sized enterprises. With around 800 employees, it serves over 2,000 clients among machinery and equipment manufacturers, automotive suppliers, consumer goods industry, technical wholesalers and project and engineering service providers. As a founding member of United VARs, the global network of leading SAP partners for small and mid-sized enterprises, All for One Steeb guarantees a comprehensive consulting and service portfolio as well as the best local support in more than 56 countries. All for One Steeb ranks among Germany’s best employers (Great Place to Work 2010) and the best IT consultants for the German midmarket (TOP CONSULTANT 2012/13).

In the financial year 2011/12, All for One Steeb AG achieved a turnover of EUR 153 million. The company is listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE0005110001, WKN 511 000).

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Language:	English
Company:	All for One Steeb AG
	Gottlieb-Manz-Straße 1
	70794 Filderstadt-Bernhausen
	Germany
Phone:	+49 (0)711 78 807-260
Fax:	+49 (0)711 78 807-222
E-mail:	dirk.sonntag@all-for-one.com
Internet:	www.all-for-one.com
ISIN:	DE0005110001
WKN:	511000
Listed:	Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart

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