Bailey bullish after s2s integration push

Firm issues challenge to bigger rivals as it looks to become an end to end system integrator

By Sam Trendall

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10 Jul 2009

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Bailey Teswaine is looking to rival the UK’s top resellers after appointing Scott Nursten as systems integration director.

Nursten will continue as managing director of Crawley-based VAR s2s, which was bought by Bailey Teswaine last year.

He indicated that combining Bailey Teswaine’s cabling and tele-phony expertise with s2s’ networking and security nous could create “an end-to-end systems integrator”.

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He added that, in several years’ time, his firm could compete with 2e2, Logicalis and other big name integrators. Bailey Teswaine posted 2008 revenue of £65.8m, up 14 per cent on the previous year, though the company suffered an operating loss of £3.2m.

“We feel our delivery mechanisms suit any type of IT deployment,” he said. “But we want to provide intelligent infrastructure and building platforms, and fit out entire buildings ­ not just the technology.”

Nursten indicated that extending the company’s reach into servers, storage and virtualisation would be a priority.

Dave Millett, director of channel consultancy Equinox Business Consulting, endorsed Bailey Teswaine’s strategy.

“This is the right direction for it to go in,” said Millett.

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