<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
company	O
specialising	O
in	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
focuses	O
on	O
services	O
including	O
IT	O
consulting	O
,	O
technical	O
and	O
support	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
managed	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
the	O
official	O
technology	O
partner	O
of	O
the	O
Tour	B-Application
de	I-Application
France	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Vuelta	O
a	O
España	O
and	O
also	O
sponsored	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
all	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
operations	O
,	O
excluding	O
those	O
in	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
and	O
Africa	O
,	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
NTT	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
Keith	O
McLachlan	O
,	O
Werner	O
Sievers	O
,	O
Jeremy	O
Ord	O
,	O
Peter	O
Neale	O
,	O
and	O
Kevin	O
Hamilton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
purchased	O
a	O
45%	O
stake	O
in	O
the	O
Australian	O
company	O
,	O
ComTech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
would	O
increase	O
their	O
stake	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
July	O
2000	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
was	O
listed	O
on	O
the	O
London	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
raising	O
$1.25	O
billion	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Brett	O
Dawson	O
was	O
appointed	O
as	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
Jeremy	O
Ord	O
was	O
appointed	O
as	O
Group	O
Executive	O
Chairman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Nippon	O
Telegraph	O
and	O
Telephone	O
(	O
NTT	O
)	O
for	O
£2.1	O
billion	O
(	O
$3.2	O
billion	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
NTT	O
announced	O
that	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
would	O
be	O
delisted	O
from	O
both	O
the	O
Johannesburg	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
and	O
the	O
London	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
continued	O
acquiring	O
and	O
integrating	O
businesses	O
like	O
OpSource	B-General_Concept
,	O
NextiraOne	O
,	O
and	O
Oakton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Brett	O
Dawson	O
stepped	O
down	O
as	O
CEO	B-Application
and	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
then	O
COO	O
,	O
Jason	O
Goodall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
maintained	O
31,000	O
staff	O
in	O
58	O
countries	O
across	O
all	O
6	O
inhabited	O
continents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
became	O
part	O
of	O
NTT	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
NTT	O
Security	O
and	O
NTT	O
Communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
brand	O
continues	O
to	O
operate	O
in	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
&	O
Africa	O
with	O
Grant	O
Bodley	O
as	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
Werner	O
Kapp	O
was	O
appointed	O
as	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
as	O
Grant	O
Bodley	O
has	O
resigned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
's	O
current	O
subsidiaries	O
include	O
AccessKenya	O
Group	O
,	O
AlwaysOn	O
,	O
ContinuitySA	O
,	O
e2y	O
Commerce	O
,	O
Earthwave	O
,	O
Euricom	O
,	O
Internet	O
Solutions	O
,	O
JQ	O
Network	O
,	O
Merchants	O
,	O
Nexus	O
IS	O
,	O
Oakton	O
,	O
Plessey	O
,	O
Security	O
Assessment	O
,	O
SQL	O
Services	O
,	O
Training	O
Partners	O
and	O
Viiew	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Nippon	O
Telegraph	O
and	O
Telephone	O
purchased	O
the	O
company	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
began	O
adding	O
more	O
subsidiaries	O
to	O
the	O
fold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
e2y	O
Commerce	O
,	O
an	O
award-winning	O
digital	O
experience	O
,	O
commerce	O
and	O
marketplace	O
consultancy	O
for	O
SAP	O
CX	O
(	O
Hybris	O
)	O
and	O
Mirakl	O
,	O
Earthwave	O
,	O
an	O
information	O
and	O
communications	O
technology	O
specialist	O
based	O
in	O
Australia	O
and	O
cosuses	O
on	O
cybersecurity	O
under	O
the	O
umbrella	O
of	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
in	O
2013	O
,	O
AccessKenya	O
,	O
and	O
Nexus	O
IS	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nexus	O
acquisition	O
nearly	O
doubled	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
's	O
presence	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
subsidiaries	O
,	O
like	O
AlwaysOn	O
and	O
ContinuitySA	O
,	O
were	O
first	O
acquired	O
by	O
fellow	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
Internet	O
Solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
provides	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
products	O
and	O
services	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
for	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
,	O
security	O
,	O
network	O
integration	O
,	O
converged	O
communications	O
or	O
Microsoft	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
offering	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
physical	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
provides	O
operation	O
,	O
management	O
,	O
transformation	O
,	O
and	O
relocation	O
of	O
such	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
also	O
manages	O
and	O
operates	O
servers	O
and	O
storage	O
and	O
provides	O
backup	O
services	O
in	O
case	O
of	O
damage	O
or	O
disaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
the	O
Amaury	O
Sports	O
Organization	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
overhauled	O
the	O
digital	O
infrastructure	O
for	O
the	O
Tour	B-Application
de	I-Application
France	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
added	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
upgrades	O
that	O
allowed	O
for	O
new	O
technologies	O
like	O
data	O
capture	O
,	O
race	O
coordination	O
,	O
improved	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
provides	O
both	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
can	O
be	O
stored	O
on	O
a	O
customer	O
's	O
own	O
servers	O
or	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
's	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
provides	O
cybersecurity	O
for	O
businesses	O
on	O
an	O
enterprise	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
was	O
named	O
as	O
a	O
Leader	O
in	O
the	O
Green	O
Quadrant®	O
Sustainable	O
Technology	O
Services	O
report	O
by	O
Verdantix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
was	O
named	O
along	O
with	O
seven	O
other	O
companies	O
as	O
having	O
a	O
dedicated	O
sustainability	O
practice	O
,	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
capabilities	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
strong	O
track	O
record	O
in	O
corporate	O
sustainability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
was	O
honored	O
with	O
three	O
separate	O
Cisco	O
Partner	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
awards	O
in	O
three	O
different	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Amaury	O
Sports	O
Organisation	O
(	O
ASO	O
)	O
signed	O
a	O
five-year	O
deal	O
with	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
for	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
the	O
official	O
technology	O
partner	O
on	O
cycling	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
deal	O
,	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
provides	O
telemetrics	O
including	O
GPS	O
positioning	O
and	O
speed	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
also	O
became	O
the	O
sponsor	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
MTN-Qhubeka	O
becoming	O
Team	O
Dimension	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
for	O
Qhubeka	O
.	O
</s>
