HiQ announces the next step on the company’s expansion journey today. The tech consulting firm is growing in the German market as Scandio, that HiQ acquired in 2021, welcomes the consulting unit of Atlassian experts K15t. With the transaction, HiQ and Scandio establish its first presence in Stuttgart, Germany. "I’m happy to welcome the teams from K15t to HiQ and Scandio! Adding to the digitization powerhouse that Scandio is strengthens not only Scandio but also HiQ as a group. To see us expand our expertise within the Atlassian ecosystem and boost our positioning in the local market is great,” says Samuel Skott, CEO of HiQ.

It was only in May 2021 that HiQ acquired German digital transformation consultancy Scandio. With the headquarters in Munich, the company focuseson IT consulting, agile software development, and cloud technology. Scandio is an Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner, a partner to Amazon Web Services and has been appointed partner of the year several times. In addition, the company has a strong track record in growth, driven by digitization, its employees and unique culture.

Today, HiQ announces the next step on the tech consulting group’s growth journey in Germany. Scandio is acquiring part of Atlassian expert K15t. The unit includes specialists in customization of Atlassian Software and offers consulting services covering rollouts, custom app development, app and operations support, integration, and consolidation services. K15t will continue to build and deliver their successful apps for the Atlassian Marketplace, focusing on the company’s platform and the app business.

“We are happy for this unit of K15t to become part of Scandio and HiQ. It is a great opportunity for our employees to become part of a larger group with a presence in more countries and a broader business area. It enhances their opportunities to get better assignments. We will continue our great relationship with Scandio, as we always have. As a company, K15t will now be able to focus entirely on building apps for the Atlassian platform to help our customers unleash the potential of their products,” says Stefan Kleineikenscheidt, founder of K15t.

The unit of K15t being acquired has an office in Stuttgart, thus being the first Scandio office in the city. The department, consisting of 12 employees, will be fully integrated into Scandio, which grows to nearly 150 employees through the acquisition. In addition, culture-wise the companies are a great match. K15t strives to work better together by embracing a value-driven culture of openness, innovation, and empowered teams, something very aligned with HiQ Group’s value-driven culture. 

“We aim to become leading within Atlassian in the German market. This acquisition is an integral part of that goal. We are super excited to welcome these teams to Scandio today and keep our great relationship with K15t flourishing, now with a Scandio team that’s more geographically close than ever!,” say Christoph Köberle and Christian Koch, founders of Scandio.

HiQ enters into a framework agreement with the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet) to provide consultancy services in IT security and projects. The framework agreement covers one of five areas in which the agency procures IT consultancy services. HiQ submitted successful tenders in four of the five areas in the procurement process. “Great that we are entering into this framework agreement with the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency! IT and cybersecurity are increasingly important growth areas within digitization. HiQ has a wealth of expertise and experience in this field, and I am proud that we can use this to benefit the continued development of the public sector in Sweden,” says Samuel Skott, CEO of HiQ.

The framework agreement with the National Procurement Services at the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency covers the provision of resource consulting services in IT security and projects. The task of the National Procurement Services is to efficiently procure and provide coordinated framework agreements for goods and services that government agencies regularly procure on a large scale or of high value. As procurement is coordinated nationally, the signing of the framework agreement means that HiQ will be able to deliver to a large proportion of Sweden’s central government agencies. 

The new IT security framework agreement is an essential element of HiQ’s investment in cybersecurity. The major threats facing our digital systems in an increasingly digitized world are undeniable. HiQ is therefore building a comprehensive cybersecurity division to assist existing and new customers in dealing with the threat scenarios they face in the cyber landscape. With the objective to make society, businesses, and organizations more dynamic in meeting the cyber threat, thereby making their continued digitization journey more secure. The Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency has entered into the framework agreement with HiQ and several other stakeholders in the field. 

The agreement extends to 09.03.2024 with an option to extend to 09.03.2026.

HiQ has its sights on becoming the leading technology consulting firm in Northern Europe. Today, the group announces that it is acquiring the integration specialist Abizko Consulting, with offices in Stockholm, Örebro and Malmö. The company will eventually become part of HiQ's Frends. "I am pleased to welcome Abizko Consulting to the HiQ family today, during my first week on the job. We are extremely impressed by how Abizko Consulting has managed to grow in terms of skills and the quality of their services over a relatively short period of time. I'm particularly pleased that our company cultures are such a good match, with employees enjoying time together both at work and outside working hours. We see that different interests connect people at both organizations,” says Samuel Skott, CEO of HiQ.

Abizko Consulting was founded in Stockholm in 2018. The company’s expertise lies in system development, integration and infrastructure based on Microsoft technologies. The idea behind the company is that recruitment and the daily interplay between sales and delivery often can be made more efficient and improved. From the start, Abizko Consulting has succeeded in winning exciting contracts with customers such as Sandvik, KPA Pension, The Swedish Tax Agency, Lantmännen and many more. 

I am extremely proud and pleased to announce today that we are becoming part of HiQ and the fantastic family that it entails. When we were considering which companies we could imagine joining, HiQ topped the list. It is a perfect match. It is also an incredible opportunity for us and allows us to take the next step as a company. It equals even more opportunities for our employees. The value that HiQ provides to them is something that we would not have been able to offer ourselves”, says Krister Skoog, Co-founder of Abizko Consulting.

Since its start in 2018, Abizko Consulting has shown strong growth. The company’s primary focus has been to recruit the best consultants on the market to provide the best quality of service and to enable the company to grow at the speed it has achieved. Abizko Consulting has offices in Stockholm, Örebro and Malmö, and has 18 employees. Initially, it will continue to operate under its own brand, but over time it will become part of HiQ’s Frends.

Frends iPaaS is an integration and automation platform built for the hybrid IT landscape. Frends connects systems and applications that are otherwise separate to ensure that all parts of the business process always have access to the correct information at the right time. The Frends software is supplied as a subscription service, known as an Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). Abizko Consulting and HiQ’s Frends are a good technical match as Abizko Consulting’s primary focus is Microsoft Azure. In addition, the company is the start of a development team for HiQ’s Frends within the borders of Sweden. 

“I’m very pleased that Abizko Consulting is joining HiQ and Frends. We have been rapidly expanding our business in Sweden. So, adding another 18 great employees to the team, which will complement our development work in Finland, is fantastic. Abizko Consulting’s journey over the past few years has been a success story, and we are looking forward to continuing it together. They excel at integration, so we are delighted to welcome them to the team today,” says Jukka Rautio, Head of Frends & Country Manager at HiQ Finland.

HiQ announces today that the company and Women in Tech Sweden are entering a partnership that extends throughout 2022. The acclaimed organization and tech consulting company will, apart from the yearly Women in Tech conference, organize two events together during 2022. “I am incredibly proud to be able to announce today that we are teaming up with Women in Tech Sweden! For HiQ, it is important that everyone feels welcome in the tech industry. Together with Women in Tech Sweden, we will aim to develop our own work at HiQ and hope to contribute to a more inclusive industry with greater diversity,” says Samuel Skott, CEO of HiQ.

What started as an event on International Women’s Day 2014 has grown into a community, platform, and movement over the years. Women in Tech Sweden is an organization that aims to inspire women to choose a career in media and technology – and get those who are already in the industry to stay. In addition, the organization provides role models, networks, and experience from successful, interesting, and pioneering people from the tech industry. This is executed through an annual conference as well as other events for the network. Women in Tech Sweden is a non-profit organization, and behind the initiative are some of Sweden’s largest and most influential tech companies. Today, the organization has over 14,000 members and welcomes all genders; together is the only way to create a change.

That everyone feels welcome in the tech industry is essential to HiQ. Therefore, HiQ announces today that the company and Women in Tech Sweden are entering a partnership that extends throughout 2022, with the aim to work together with the organization for a more inclusive and diverse tech industry.

“It is extremely gratifying to be able to contribute to a better, smarter and more sustainable society together with HiQ. It is also great to introduce HiQ to our 14,000 members. We look forward to an exciting 2022 and a partnership with one of Sweden’s leading technology consulting companies,” says Elin Eriksson, Director Women in Tech.

The Women in Tech Sweden conference is usually organized around International Women’s Day on March 8 but has been postponed to May 13th, 2022, due to Covid-19. The conference is held at the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre and is the largest within its segment. The conference #WITswe2022 has the theme Level Up!, and focuses on how we all can take our own and joint responsibility for a better future – something that is in line with HiQ’s vision of simplifying the world with tech.