“We are delighted to have secured an experienced colleague from within our own ranks to take on this challenging role,” says Michael Guschlbauer, COO, IT System House & Managed Services, Bechtle AG. For Bechtle and our position as a future-first IT partner, installing a CTO is a logical step to take, and one that will help us optimally leverage the opportunities of the digital transformation, not only for the benefit of our customers, but also for our own organisation.”
Dirk Müller-Niessner has been Managing Director of Bechtle Hosting & Operations GmbH since the start of 2021 and previously supported the IT company as an external consultant. The 52-year-old has extensive experience, especially in managing change projects and has overseen the opening of the Bechtle Service Factory, in which Managed Cloud Services in particular are bundled. Bechtle plans to significantly expand its services portfolio to position itself as a leader in outsourcing, operational and Managed Cloud services. The future CTO will also take on technical responsibility for the Bechtle Clouds platform.
Dirk Müller-Niessner will furthermore be tasked with driving forward development of the bechtle.com platform in order to bolster e-commerce business. This year, Bechtle has gained some initial experience with micro-businesses, which had not previously been target customers, with the aim of providing them with opportunities to expand their autonomous business through the online platform.
The final area of remit concerns the running of the Bechtle data centres in Frankfurt am Main, Rüsselsheim and Mutterstadt. Bechtle has been operating its data centre on the largest European data centre campus in Frankfurt since 2016 and, with the additional infrastructure in Mutterstadt, has been able to significantly expand its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capacities this year, with business expected to continue on an upward trajectory into the future.
With more than 80 system houses and IT e-commerce in 14 countries, Bechtle is one of Europe’s leading IT providers and never more than a stone’s throw away. Bechtle also has a worldwide partner network to fulfil the needs of its customers on every continent.
Founded in 1983, the Bechtle Group is headquartered in the southern German town of Neckarsulm and currently employs over 13,000 people. Over 70,000 customers from the industrial, trade, financial and public sectors rely on Bechtle to drive their digital transformation with a cross-vendor portfolio that spans the whole world of IT infrastructure and operations. Bechtle is listed on the MDAX and TecDAX indexes. In 2021, the company generated a revenue of €5.31 billion. Read more at becht-le.com
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