Bechtle acquires IT consulting company, sastema

• Bechtle bolsters presence in Rhine-Main region
• Specialist in Identity & Access Management incorporated into Bechtle IT System House Frankfurt
• New IAM Competence Centre at Bechtle Frankfurt

Neckarsulm, 07 August 2023 – In sastema GmbH, Bechtle has acquired a specialist in Identity & Access Management (IAM), governance, risk and compliance management and information security. Founded in 2018, the IT company based in Hünfelden near Frankfurt/Main employs 21 staff and achieved revenues of 2.2 million euros in the last fiscal year. It will be fully integrated into the Bechtle IT System House Frankfurt and a new IAM Competence Centre established headed up by sastema managing director, Sven Almoril. In doing so, Bechtle Frankfurt is expanding its security portfolio to better serve its customers in the finance and insurance sectors. The Competence Centre’s services will be available to all Bechtle Group companies.

“Welcoming sastema’s team of outstandingly trained specialists on board will significantly strengthen our IT security offering, which is an area of growing importance for businesses in light of increasing cybersecurity and regulatory pressures,” says Martin Schmidl, Managing Director, Bechtle IT System House Frankfurt. Bechtle already has an IAM Competence Centre in Switzerland, which will collaborate closely with the new one, plus IAM as a Service products will be marketed in collaboration with Bechtle Managed Services.

“Against the backdrop of sastema’s impressive growth over the last few years, we were on the lookout for a strategic partner to support us in the next stage of our development and perfectly complement our expertise. In Bechtle, we found the ideal environment, the perfect customer structure and excellent opportunities for growth, which ticked every box,” says Sven Almoril, Founder, Shareholder and Managing Director of sastema.

The Bechtle IT System House Frankfurt opened its doors 20 years ago and has since established itself in the Rhine-Main region employing 140 staff in highly-modern offices in the suburb, Gateway Gardens.