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We’re proud to announce today that BoatyardX has become part of Ergo, a large Irish IT services company.
This is an important step for BoatyardX which will allow us to continue on our high growth trajectory. Having grown to 120 people in just over 3 years, joining Ergo will underpin this expansion and permit the company to expand our offerings across new markets and services. With a wealth of experience in delivering cloud solutions, managed services and IT resourcing, Ergo is a key supplier to hundreds of large organisations across Ireland, the UK and USA. The combination of Ergo and BoatyardX will enable an enhanced market offering, including bespoke software development and best-in-class management and support services. Read more about the announcement here.
BoatyardX joins forces with Ergo to accelerate growth
BoatyardX’s international experience and strength in custom cloud-based product development will build on, and enhance, Ergo’s extensive digital, cloud and customer technology capabilities
Dublin, 18th November 2022: BoatyardX has today announced that is has been acquired by Ergo, Ireland’s largest privately-owned Irish IT services company. The acquisition will accelerate BoatyardX’s rapid growth as it continues to help organisations build or re-build products and deliver enhanced experiences and products for its customers in North and South America, Europe, Northern Africa and South-East Asia. While BoatyardX will join as an Ergo company, it will retain its autonomy and continue to operate under the BoatyardX brand at its office locations in Dublin, Romania and Colombia.
Today’s acquisition also aligns with Ergo’s plans to further deepen its software development competencies, enabling it to meet a growing demand for bespoke business critical applications and to build new products that address emerging market opportunities.
Originally developed as part of Shipyard Technology Ventures, BoatyardX was founded in 2019 and quickly established a reputation for future-proofing businesses with robust open-source software and world-class UI/UX design. BoatyardX has developed significant expertise building cloud based custom software for clients in FinTech, Payments, e-Commerce and IoT sectors.
An international venture, BoatyardX uses leading-edge cloud-native technology to design, build and launch secure and scalable software solutions for customers in North and South America, Europe, Northern Africa and South-East Asia. BoatyardX’s 120-strong multidisciplinary team will see Ergo grow to 700 IT professionals across the globe.
“The BoatyardX team are really excited to be joining Ergo, a company of similar values, focused on building great teams to deliver client’s objectives with the right technology. BoatyardX’s international experience and strength in custom cloud based product development will build on, and enhance Ergo’s extensive digital, cloud and customer technology capabilities. In our first 3 years we have built real strength in the financial service, e-commerce and payments sectors and look forward to deepening these and continuing our growth into new areas."
"By joining forces with Ergo, we will accelerate our rapid growth and help organisations build or re-build products that are at the core of their businesses, delivering great experiences for their end customers. Our teams in Romania, Colombia and Ireland are the foundation, providing access to great talent and delivering real value to clients"
Brian Barter, BoatyardX Managing Director
“I am delighted to announce the acquisition of BoatyardX as we continue to grow our Irish and global footprint, and deepen our expertise across the business. BoatyardX has a global reputation for leading-edge software development across all hyperscale environments which is the perfect alignment for our business.”
“This acquisition will give Ergo the critical mass we were looking for in our software practice and a brilliant offshore development team that will open many new doors for us. It will also further strengthen our ability to fully support CIOs in a tech advisory capacity, and find new ways to make their applications fit for purpose in fast-changing business environments.”
Paul McCann, Ergo CEO
About BoatyardX
BoatyardX partners with its customers to develop bespoke cloud products. In little over 3 years, the company has worked with over 20 clients, expanded to a team of over 120 in Ireland, Romania and Colombia, and has established leading-edge processes to support remote solution building. Clients range from large enterprise looking to build new products or re-build existing offerings for the cloud, as well as larger start-ups. Services provided range from initial solution discovery and design through development and longer term support.
BoatyardX will become an Ergo company but retain its autonomy and continue to be run out of its Dublin headquarters.
For further information visit: boatyardx.com
About Ergo
Ergo is the largest privately-owned IT services company in Ireland, headquartered in Dublin, with offices in Cork and Limerick as well as the UK, US, Romania and Colombia. We excel at the intersection of business and technology with market-leading multi-cloud solutions, managed services and IT resourcing. For nearly 30 years, CIOs and IT leaders have relied on Ergo for a powerful combination of agility and resilience – agility to grow and continually improve; resilience to withstand whatever disruption comes next.
For further information visit: ergogroup.ie