Wellington, New Zealand – Cello Group, New Zealand’s premium network services company, has acquired GKC Consulting, the country’s leading observability and digital resilience organisation.

Andrew Allan, Managing Director of Cello, said:

“Connectivity, security, visibility and resilience are increasingly part of the same conversation, but often delivered by multiple parties. Bringing GKC into the fold means customers can engage with a single provider to address all these needs.”

“The coming together of our two organisations gives us the opportunity to close the gap between ‘knowing and doing’.

“Together we provide deep observation and data expertise, combined with specialist network operations. For our customers this shortens the time between incident and resolution, root cause identification, and remediation that helps ensure non-reoccurrence.

"We’re excited to meld GKC Consulting’s expertise with Cello’s deep network expertise. This acquisition gives us more capability around the critical environments our customers trust us to support."

"The immediate focus is continuity for our customers and to bring our teams together. Over time, we also see the opportunity to create new propositions that help customers manage complexity and change with more confidence."

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Glen Patrick, CEO and Founder of GKC Consulting, said:

"GKC Consulting has been built around specialist expertise, practical delivery and strong customer relationships. Those things remain central to the business.

"Cello is a strong fit because it is New Zealand owned, customer focused and works with many of the same types of enterprise, corporate and government organisations.

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“Coming together gives GKC Consulting a broader portfolio of capability while continuing to focus on the specialist work our customers value.

“We help organisations understand what’s happening across their complex environments and their customer experiences, and the combination with Cello’s offerings gives us an opportunity to provide an all-encompassing proposition."

Cello and GKC Consulting will continue to support existing customer commitments while working through where the combined capability can create new opportunities for customers over time.

Commercial terms are not being disclosed.