Dimension Data

Dimension Data was founded in 1983 by Keith McLachlan, Werner Sievers, Jeremy Ord, Peter Neale, and Kevin Hamilton. The company was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on 15 July 1987. Jeremy Ord was appointed as the company's executive chairman in that same year (a position he continued to hold as of 2016). In 1991, the company became the official South African distributor for Cisco Systems. NextiraOne, and Oakton. In June 2016, Brett Dawson stepped down as CEO and was replaced by then COO, Jason Goodall. At the time, Dimension Data maintained 31,000 staff in 58 countries across all 6 inhabited continents. The annual revenue of the company was $7.5 billion. On 1 April 2021, Werner Kapp was appointed as CEO of the company, as Grant Bodley has resigned. In June 2022, NTT announced the appointment of Alan Turnley-Jones to succeed Kapp as CEO. In October 2023, it was announced that Dimension Data will become NTT Data, Inc. with effect from 1 April 2024. Alan Turnley-Jones will continue to lead the business in Africa and the Middle East. ==Acquisitions and subsidiaries==

Dimension Data's current subsidiaries include AccessKenya Group, AlwaysOn, ContinuitySA, e2y Commerce, Earthwave, Euricom, Internet Solutions, JQ Network, Merchants, Nexus IS, Oakton, Training Partners and Viiew. Some of its early acquisitions included Australian companies, ComTech and Internet Solutions, in 1996. Merchants and Datacraft were acquired a year later. In 2000, the company purchased Plessey in a joint venture with WorldWide African Investment Holdings. ==Products and services==

Dimension Data provides information technology products and services, such as those for data centers, security, network integration and management and Microsoft support. The company is placing its primary focus on four service areas. These include: digital infrastructure, hybrid cloud, workspaces for tomorrow, and cybersecurity. In addition to offering the sale of physical data centers, it provides operation, management, transformation, and relocation of such data centers. Dimension Data also manages and operates servers and storage and provides backup services in case of damage or disaster. ==Recognition==

In March 2013, Dimension Data was named as a Leader in the Green Quadrant Sustainable Technology Services report by Verdantix. Dimension Data was named along with seven other companies as having a dedicated sustainability practice, a wide range of capabilities, and a strong track record in corporate sustainability. In April 2015, Dimension Data was honored with three separate Cisco Partner of the Year awards in three different regions. The following year, the company won the 2016 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Rwanda and Tanzania regions along with the Communications Partner of the Year and Cloud Productivity Partner of the Year in the Global arena. ==Cycling==

On 3 May 2015, the Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) signed a five-year deal with Dimension Data for Dimension Data to be the official technology partner on cycling events. As part of this deal, Dimension Data provides telemetrics including GPS positioning and speed in real time. ==References==