The acquisition of IT Intellect continues Editure’s Australian expansion plans to increase the national footprint; with an increased presence in the ICT services space in the Victorian market place. Editure will continue to look for organic and acquisitive growth into other markets in Australia.

The addition of IT Intellect will “accelerate Editure’s product and service innovation by bringing together two companies with a common vision of a modern service-oriented ICT infrastructure,” said Editure President Barrie Lambert. “Together, Editure and IT Intellect will provide a complementary set of ICT service solutions, allowing clients to more easily design, build, deploy, operate and manage their ICT assets in a secure environment with end to end support from Editure Technology”.

“This acquisition of IT Intellect is an important step forward in our goal of building an increased presence in the ICT market in Australia. We have been successfully growing our ICT service business outside the South Australian market and have been looking for an opportunity to develop that business at a much faster rate.”

Editure will develop the existing services that IT Intellect already brought to market and will work to bring the full range of Editure’s ICT offering to the Australian market place. The combined organisation offers security and communications expertise, Cisco partnership, VMware, Microsoft and now adding Citrix Gold Partner and EMC capabilities.

Mick Perri, Managing Director of IT Intellect stated, “The new organisation provides an expanded technology portfolio, increases our reach both nationally and internationally, and dramatically increases the resources available to support our clients. Our two companies complement each other; the technologies we offer and the industries where we focus make us a great fit, and the increased financial strength will fund growth, offering greater career opportunities for our staff.”

Notes to Editors:

About Editure:

Editure Australia is a leading provider of education learning software products and services to the global education and training market, and a provider of network ICT services to education, corporate and government clients throughout Australia. Founded in Australia almost thirty years ago, Editure has grown internationally with operations in Australia, United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Editure Technology: with over 30 years of expertise delivering IT infrastructure, communications and network solutions to the Australian market Editure has delivered end-to-end network IT services, network consulting services, and assurance services to our client base. Editure’s key technology partners are Cisco, VMware, Microsoft, HP, McAfee and Sophos.

Editure Education: offers proprietary learning management system software, professional services, infrastructure, communications, networking and managed IT services to the education sector.

Editure Professional Development: is a leader in teacher professional development, offering onsite consulting, blended consulting, a digital content library and a professional learning platform for educators.

To learn more about Editure’s products and services, visit www.editure.com.au

About IT Intellect:

IT Intellect specialises in the provision of network, infrastructure and ICT services, providing Tier 1 products such as Cisco, Microsoft, HP, Citrix, EMC, Red hat, Astaro, Exinda, Trend Micro and IBM. Solution-based, IT Intellect strives for long-lasting client relationships, and it’s solutions offering includes, unified communications, managed services, advanced networking, wireless, application delivery, systems integration, data storage and backup, open source, server and desktop virtualization and migration to cloud.

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Following the transaction, Editure and Kip McGrath plan to work together to capitalize on synergies and grow their businesses in key markets around the world.   Although this strategic alliance will pursue opportunities on a number of fronts, there will be a strong strategic focus on working together to expand in the United States market..

Kip McGrath is a leading international education company that is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Kip McGrath franchises education centres around the world that provide tutoring services to students.  Kip McGarth currently has approximately 600 franchised learning centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Asia. 

 Joe Ewart, Chief Executive Officer of Editure, stated “Kip McGrath has a long track record of success in the education industry and Kip McGrath learning centres have demonstrated their ability to improve student performance in a range of countries around the world.  Similar to Editure, Kip McGrath has successfully been able to expand its business internationally and to work across a number of markets simultaneously.  The business activities of Editure and Kip McGrath are highly complementary and this strategic alliance will allow us to capitalize on opportunities to jointly grow our businesses.   We look forward to working with the team at Kip McGrath.”

Pursuant to the terms of the transaction, the investment company has the right to nominate two directors for election to the board of directors of Kip McGrath.   Richard Ryan, Chairman of Editure, and Joe Ewart have been nominated for election to the Kip McGrath board of directors.

AUSSIE, an Editure Company, was proud to attend the launch of NYC Connected Learning, an online home learning initiative for low-income families. The NYC Connected Learning Initiative is funded by a $22 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act award from the US Department of Commerce. AUSSIE is providing job-embedded support to school leaders and teacher teams. Read more about the initiative.

For schools, being held strictly accountable for student achievement, the adoption of on-line learning is a way to extend learning into the home, effectively lengthening school day into the evenings and weekends. Research shows that a blended model (face-to-face and online) of instruction is proven to increase student achievement and better connect schools and homes. With AUSSIE Digital School Solutions, an Editure Company, and classroom teachers’ support parents can become more active learning partners their children.

The AUSSIE Digital School Solutions consultants serve as Instructional Technology Coaches (ITC). Providing on-site and online support the DSS consultants’ role will be to make sure teachers, administrators, and parent coordinators are comfortable with the technology and to ensure its effective use both in and out of the classroom. DSS will help school staff develop the appropriate skills for digital learning and make it an integral part of their practice by encouraging and supporting technology infused units of study in the classroom and extending instruction through activities that incorporate at-home learning, collaboration and online extensions.

E2BN is one of ten Regional Broadband Consortia (“RBCs”) set up by the UK Government to help raise standards in teaching and learning by the use of broadband technology. Each RBC is formed from a group of Local Authorities who work together with the aim of achieving better provision, value for money and performance for schools. . The Local Authorities within E2BN’s region Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend On Sea, Suffolk and Thurrock.