Bestoutcome Limited, a U.K.-based consultancy specializing in IT project and program management, announced today that it’s acquired the whole of the issued share capital of ISA Limited, a supplier of business applications built on Microsoft (News - Alert) technology platforms.

 

ISA’s customer relationship management products are based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM and its software development capability is to Microsoft Gold Certified Partner standards, ISA officials say.

With a forecast this year of annual revenue in excess of nearly $10 million, “a combined IT services enterprise has been created” from the agreement signed on July 18, according to Bestoutcome officials.

 

Barry Jackson and David Walton, respectively chairman and managing director of Bestoutcome, will join the ISA board, and Thomas Payne, managing director of ISA, will join the consultancy’s board.

The acquisition will pool both companies’ resources, including “strategic consultancy, execution, and ongoing support,” officials of both firms say: “Marketing and sales will be aimed at the retail, finance, media, healthcare, distribution, and construction industries, and other vertical markets.”

 

Earlier this week XON officials said the firm has become the first user in Africa of Microsoft’s new Dynamics AX 2009 business management product and enterprise suite.

Microsoft released the suite, which offers capabilities for multisite organizations to streamline processes, reduce operational costs and other functions, in June.

“We have 40 people across eight companies and three national offices using Microsoft’s ERP system,” says Bart van Buynder, chief financial officer of the XON Group of companies. “We are using a total of six modules that our business partner, XON, deployed first in a test environment before going live.”

XON sells information and communication technology products, and operates networking and security, ERP and CRM business products, infrastructure, maintenance and other services throughout South Africa.

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