Press Release
Insight EMEA, a division of Insight (“the Company”s) (NASDAQ:NSIT), a Fortune 500-ranked global provider of Intelligent Technology Solutions™, has announced expansion of its European Managed Services operation into Madrid, Spain. The opening comes as part of the company’s strategic focus on growing its services business to help clients run their IT operations more efficiently, allowing them to channel other resources towards innovation.
The new centre in Madrid will employ in excess of 100 engineers providing clients with 24/7 multi-lingual technical support. Among the services offered by the team are standard help desk support as well as modern software and hardware lifecycle management. The highly experienced team of engineers will be able to provide level 1, 2 and 3 support across platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Windows 10 and Autopilot, to name a few.
Wolfgang Ebermann President, EMEA, Insight, commented: “The unveiling of our European Managed Services Centre in Madrid reflects Insight’s commitment to helping clients optimise their IT investments and increase business agility to stay ahead of their competition. While we already have a facility in the United Kingdom, our centre in Spain is staffed by engineers native to Europe’s largest economies. This allows us to continue to deliver our IT services with the highest standards, across our European client base.”
Strong financial growth to close 2018
Coinciding with the opening of the new Madrid centre, Insight’s financial performance for 2018 demonstrates the success of the company’s growth strategy. In 2018, the Company reported record results with consolidated net sales of $7.1 billion, an increase of 6% over 2017, while gross profit increased 8% and earnings from operations grew 30% compared to the full year of 2017. These results reflect strong growth in services, including an increase in sales of cloud offerings and software maintenance.
