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[fse] 21/3/2016 18:25

>rt...... well worth listening to this interview with Ariel Efrati with respect to uptake of SDN and its relationship with MPLS etc
We have known or suspected for some time now that SDN NFV uptake was slower than perhaps anticipated. This interview puts some timeframes on all of this.
What I gather from Ariel's remarks are that the market sees this as the way forwards and that proof of concepts have been done with many clients. Ariel sees 2016 being the start with a trickle in of business building slightly in 2017 and really accelerating in 2018 with widespread usage by 2020.

So what this means for us long suffering investors is that we are still not at the point that Telco systems will pick up sufficient business in 2016 to turn the division around. The years just ahead though show significant promise.

As far as BATM the complete group is concerned a lot will depend on the contribution from the medical division which they intended to carry the Telco through periods such as this. If the medical side is solid and there is decent forward looking statements on Telco then we should start to move up share price wise.
No fireworks ..... yet !

[reeltime] 18/3/2016 23:22

Ariel Efrati. CEO. Telco Systems. "Video interview"........

Despite the intense focus on SDN and NFV, Ariel Efrati is convinced that rumours of the impending demise of MPLS are greatly exaggerated. The three technologies complement one another extremely well and MPLS still has a major role to play as a highly efficient transport and encapsulation technology as well as in value added services and virtual private networks. He also warns that while cybersecurity threats are not as yet holding back the commercial deployment of NFV, cognisance must be taken of what are genuine existential threats to global, regional and local networks. He adds that too many people see comms networks security as an extension of traditional IT security methodologies and systems and, as far as SDN and NFV is concerned, nothing could be further from the truth.

Filmed at: MPLS + SDN + NFV World Congress, Paris, 2016

[fse] 18/3/2016 13:58

Telco Systems’ Rami Yaron presents LSO Reference Architecture and Framework at ONS 2016Posted by Talia Rimon on March 17, 2016
Rami Yaron, VP, Strategy and Business Development at Telco Systems made a presentation on the LSO Reference Architecture and Framework at the Open Networking Summit (ONS) 2016, which took place in Santa Clara, California March 14-17.

The session was part of the MEF LSO Seminar: Building Third Network Services with CE 2.0, LSO, SDN & NFV. Yaron opened the seminar and introduced Pascal Menezes, MEF CTO, who spoke on multi-operator service delivery.

ONS2016

Yaron discussed management and control layered reference architecture and the framework that characterizes the domains and management entities required to enable cooperative LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) capabilities for connectivity services.

The framework provides high-level use cases describing orchestrated connectivity service behavior as well as interactions among management and control entities. The management and control reference points that characterize interactions between LSO management ecosystem components are identified in the framework.

ONS 2016 brought together the global SDN and NFV ecosystem and open source community to highlight solutions that are transforming networking for service providers, data centers and enterprises and helping developers and architects keep up with the SDN and NFV tools and technologies ready for evaluation and deployment.

Yaron is also the MEF Forum’s co-chair of the Global Marketing Committee. MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) is a global industry alliance for Carrier Ethernet comprising more than 220 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. MEF’s mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of carrier-class Ethernet networks and services.

[fse] 15/3/2016 14:01

Mind the Gap I guess .... how absurd !
They were supposed to be gapping up March 1st according to previous post and now 2 weeks later on extremely low to no volume and movement are judged to be gapping down.
Enough to put ones head in a spin.... still if you try to board the train before its reached the station you might end up on the tracks...LOL

I do not expect SDN to have a meaningful impact on BATM Telco systems bottom line for at least a year, and that is largely the problem at the moment. Hopefully the medical arm will carry them on through and we will get some future positive governance for the Telco arm.

[james dean] 15/3/2016 08:12

accelerate going forward...

...I hope so.



Regards.

DYOR

[fse] 14/3/2016 19:13

Preliminary results for end of year were released March 10th last year so we likely will get some form of update shortly.
reeltime link above seems to say the same thing we have been hearing re SDN etc i.e. its all finally happening but perhaps not as fast as anticipated but that could all accelerate going forwards.....

[reeltime] 14/3/2016 07:26

67 percent of enterprises will increase spending on software defined infrastructure. By Ian Barker Published 3 days ago

Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) involves the virtualization of all hardware resources, combined with elastic scaling and management automation, server virtualization is usually the starting point for SDI, but additional approaches have emerged in recent years, including software-defined networking (SDN) and software-defined storage (SDS).

Whatever the route taken SDI is growing in popularity. According to the latest data from 451 Research, 67 percent of enterprises will increase their SDI spending this year.

Improved agility and flexibility is cited by 65 percent as the top benefit of SDI. Spending on SDN is set to increase in 37.4 percent of companies, and on SDS in 26.9 percent. Less than 3 percent are planning to curb budget allocations for these two technologies. The leading SDI vendor is VMware (66.3 percent), followed by Cisco (39.2 percent) and Microsoft (28.1 percent).

"As every business becomes a digital business, decision-makers are looking to improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of their overall IT environment; this is encouraging decision-makers to explore new IT delivery models", says Simon Robinson, Vice President of Research at 451 Research.

Despite plans to increase spending, just 21 percent of organizations surveyed have implemented SDI in their environments today, and there are hurdles to broader adoption. For senior management, low maturity is the top barrier to SDI adoption while for non-senior management, lack of internal skills tops the list.

"To achieve successful implementation, decision-makers should first conduct an audit of their internal skills and look to fill any gaps," says Nikolay Yamakawa, Senior Analyst at 451 Research. "Meanwhile, vendors should aim to play a more proactive role in communicating requirements and presenting case studies to help overcome these barriers".

You can find out more about the findings in a webinar to be held on March 22.

[fse] 07/3/2016 15:26

Link to interview reeltime mentions above. Marom does broadly indicate that business is OK and growing but that refers to the medical side.




Heres a bit from the Telco side......
Telco Systems’ Gal Ofel to explain how to protect SDN & NFV networks at MPLS+SDN+NFV WorldPosted by Talia Rimon on March 7, 2016
While NFV & Open Source and MPLS SDN Perspectives will be the two main topics on the agenda at the MPLS+SDN+NFV World 20016 in Paris, much attention will be given to the issue of how to secure network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networks (SDN) infrastructure.

This issue will be addressed in the Security Session of the NFV & Open Source Track by Gal Ofel, Head of Software Solutions PLM at Telco Systems. Ofel will be speaking on Protecting SDN and NFV Networks from Cyber Security Vulnerabilities, on March 9th at 17:30.

In addition to Ofel’s speaking engagements, Rami Yaron, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, North America will be sharing his knowledge and expertise on multiple session panels on Tuesday March 8th.

NFV Cyber Security

First, Yaron will be speaking on the topic of The LSO Reference Architecture and Framework (MPLS SDN track 1) at 14:20. The LSO Reference Architecture and Framework defines the management and control layered reference architecture and the framework that characterizes the domains and management entities required to enable cooperative LSO capabilities for connectivity services.

Immediately following this session, Yaron will moderate a panel discussion entitled: Discussion Multi-SDO interaction. How leveraging multiple organization speeds up the development of new standards (MPLS SDN track 1) at 14:55. The panel will examine the stakeholder challenges to maintaining agile, assured and orchestrated networks through collaboration.

Finally, at 16:45 on the same day, Yaron will participate in a panel discussion on: The New Collaboration. Yaron will join representatives from Broadcade, Ericsson, Noviflow and the OpenDaylight Foundation to address specific collaborations with other groups/panelists. This is a real opportunity to learn about the real challenges and opportunities from actual case studies.

Telco Systems will also be exhibiting the NFV CyberGuard solution and its Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) portfolio with Layer 3 features, at the MPLS+SDN+NFV World event at Booth #310. We hope to see you there.

Additional Resources:

Read more about Telco System’s award winning NFV CyberGuard solution.

Download the new whitepaper on Protecting SDN and NFV Networks from Cyber Security Vulnerabilities

[reeltime] 07/3/2016 09:04

Worth listening too......

Green Lab deal enhances BATM’s capabilities, says chief
11:05 26 Jan 2016

Speaking to Proactive, chief executive Zvi Marom said: “This deal brings to the company expertise that can enhance some of our divisions,” he said, including the ECO business and its distribution business.

He added that the team being brought in are “very good,” and hopes to integrate them into BATM smoothly.

[...]

[spekky] 04/3/2016 18:33

FSE

That looks a lot better than before.....cheers.

[fse] 04/3/2016 15:43

BATM have re done some of their websites recently. Clear new site worth looking at to see the relationship to the Telco arm.
Appears that they are more geared up for business

[reeltime] 01/3/2016 19:19

Cybersecurity:
Gal Ofel, Head of Software Solution Product Line Management, Telco Systems, 2/29/2016

Here on The New IP, there is no need to declare "SDN and NFV enabled services will revolutionize the telco industry" or predict "SDN and NFV technologies are the future of networking." Even though we still see such headlines, as industry insiders and experts we all know this was established more than two years ago.

The state of the market today is such that most Tier 1 and Tier 2 telcos in competitive markets have already formulated their SDN and NFV strategies. Many are in advanced stages of conducting some form of proof of concept (PoC) testing and have already deployed NFV on their core network. What we hear from the optimistic telcos is they expect to begin rolling out new virtualized IT services to their enterprise customers by the end of the year. The more cautious said they will need until sometime in 2017 to be ready to launch new services based on SDN and NFV technologies for vCPE and mobile edge computing. As a side note, what is interesting is that telcos in highly competitive markets are under more urgent pressure to begin generating revenue streams from new virtualized services, while telcos in less competitive markets are content to move forward at a slower pace.

What we hear a lot of lately -- say the past three to six months -- are concerns from telcos over the security of SDN and NFV enabled networks. It has been well documented that SDN and NFV infrastructures offer telcos and other communications service providers the benefits of openness, remote programmability, agility, and similar advantages of IT-like networks. However, this similarity to IT networks that makes SDN and NFV networks advantageous for telcos also makes them vulnerable to the full range of cyber attacks that target IT networks. The discussion regarding these cybersecurity concerns is growing, although not much has been done about it yet.

The feedback we are currently getting is that the concerns over the cybersecurity vulnerabilities inherent to the use of SDN and NFV technologies, including exposure to hacking, malware and similar cyber attacks that existing telco networks are properly protected against, are occupying the attention of many telcos in advanced stages of their SDN and NFV plans.

Here are four examples of these cybersecurity risks:

• Both data plane and control plane management are now in software and not hardware-based microchips (application-specific integrated circuits or ASICs). This software is much more vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) and distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks.

• The control and management planes of each device and each function are open for remote operations as well as user self-service. This creates a pinhole vulnerability that can be exploited and used as a venue to launch a cyber attack.

• Once malware resides on the network inside the perimeter, it propagates easily across virtual machines and hosts as there is no mechanism to monitor it.

• Each host has many VMs and each represents a pinhole for the attack and propagation of infectious items. Each VM is an entire virtual host with its operating system, software and drivers, including third-party software. Each component represents a threat, including open source and third-party software updates.

Generally speaking, telco security professionals currently do not have to contend with these cybersecurity issues as telecom networks are traditionally closed infrastructures protected by readily available and mature security solutions.

These vulnerabilities and exploits are real and certainly need to be addressed. However, with a standard industry approach or an acceptable solution that appropriately minimizes risks, these cybersecurity vulnerabilities associated with SDN and NFV will not prevent the adoption of these technologies and the services that they enable.

The point of all this is that telcos and the industry are progressing with their plans for SDN and NFV and the cybersecurity concerns associated with the technologies is the next issue that will need to be addressed.

[james dean] 01/3/2016 18:52

BATM Advanced Communications Ltd’s Trend Up, Especially After Today’s Gap Up


The stock of BATM Advanced Communications Ltd (LON:BVC) gapped up by GBX 0.25 today and has GBX 43.63 target or 177.00% above today’s GBX 15.75 share price. The 6 months technical chart setup indicates low risk for the GBX 64.12M company. The gap was reported on Mar, 1 by Barchart.com. If the GBX 43.63 price target is reached, the company will be worth GBX 113.49M more. Gaps up are useful for using as a support level and to some extent as a tradeable event. If investors already hold the stock and experience a price gap up, then its usually a good idea to hold the stock for a stronger up move. Back-tests of these patterns indicate that two-thirds of the times the stock performance improves after the gap. The area gaps close 89% of the time, the breakaway gaps, 2%, the continuation gaps 4% and the exhaustion gaps 61%. The stock increased 1.61% or GBX 0.25 on February 29, hitting GBX 15.75. About 26,042 shares traded hands. BATM Advanced Communications Ltd (LON:BVC) has declined 1.56% since July 29, 2015 and is downtrending. It has outperformed by 5.53% the S&P500.



BATM Advanced Communications Ltd. is an Israel firm engaged in the development, production and marketing of medical products, as well as data communication products. The company has a market cap of 64.12 million GBP. The Firm has two operating divisions: Telecommunications and BATM Medical. It currently has negative earnings. The Telecommunications division develops and offers telecom network solutions, IP surveillance solutions, software services and Cyber Security solutions.

http://www.franklinindependent.com/batm-advanced-communications-ltds-trend-up-especially-after-todays-gap-up/ by David Hannula

[fse] 01/3/2016 17:37

Link to the upcoming conference/event in Paris. Of interest is thats the first of its kind for these technologies. This somewhat validates the view that implementation by providers is only just starting to happen.
Its all going to take a while to get to the bottom line albeit plenty to be encouraged about here



BATM Telco systems are presenting here and in pretty robust company

(from the conference agenda)
17.10 Protecting SDN and NFV Networks from Cyber Security Vulnerabilities
Potential threats include device malware, DDoS attacks, advanced persistent threats (APT) and more.Presenting an end-to-end NFV cyber security solution, which provides telcos with full visibility across the entire network and initiates immediate defensive action to protect networks from advanced, targeted attacks.

Gal Ofel, Head of Software Solutions PLM, TELCO SYSTEM

[fse] 01/3/2016 15:08

Telco Systems Wins Global Excellence Award for Best Security Solution for Telecommunications

Mar 01, 2016


MANSFIELD, MA, March 1, 2016 — Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative SDN & NFV, multi-service Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and MPLS edge solutions, today announced that the company has won the gold award in the category for Best Security Products and Solutions for Telecommunications at the Global Excellence Awards.

Telco Systems received this award for its NFV CyberGuard solution for protecting new SDN and NFV networks used by telecommunications service providers from ongoing cybersecurity threats.

The Global Excellence Awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that set the bar higher for others in all areas of security and technologies.

“Telcos are excited about SDN and NFV and the ability of these technologies to improve network versatility, reduce operational costs and create new business opportunities. At the same time, the fact that SDN and NFV networks are software-based and designed to be controlled remotely create many inherent, IT-like security vulnerabilities, including exposure to hacking, malware and other cyberattacks,” explained Ariel Efrati, CEO of Telco Systems. “We are proud to receive this award and see it as confirmation of our strategy to help service providers securely fulfill the promises of SDN and NFV.”

NFV CyberGuard is the first cyber-security solution designed specifically to protect SDN and NFV infrastructures used by telecommunications service providers. The solution consists of advanced networking probes, NFVI agents and a big data analytics engine. NFV CyberGuard can be deployed as a virtualized network function and provides complete visibility of the entire network, real-time analysis of network threats and the ability to apply cybersecurity policies to the entire infrastructure.

To learn more about how Telco Systems is helping telcos remove the security vulnerabilities associated with SDN and NFV technologies and infrastructures, please download our new whitepaper on Protecting SDN and NFV Networks from Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities.

Telco Systems will be exhibiting its NFV CyberGuard solution at the MPLS+SDN+NFV World event at Booth #310 during March 8-11. Gal Ofel, Head of Software Solutions PLM at Telco Systems, will also be presenting at this event on Protecting SDN and NFV Networks from Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in the Security Session of the NFV & Open Source Track on March 9.

[fse] 26/2/2016 15:12

What’s next in NFV deployment and telecom network securityPosted by Talia Rimon on February 25, 2016
2015 was a dramatic year for the telecom industry, with the first proof of concept (PoC) tests of network function virtualization (NFV) technology. This year promises to be a very interesting and challenging year as well, as the deployment of NFV and software defined networking (SDN) is expected to widen.

In order to try to predict what will change this year and how telecom providers should prepare themselves, at Telco Systems we decided to provide an insight into the way our top professionals view the future.

So, let’s begin with CEO, Ariel Efrati, who estimates that the hybrid approach will take the lead in the movement of telecom vendors to the world of the NFV-based services.

“Everybody speaks about a ‘pure’ solution, a ‘greenfield217; solution. This is not a reality,” says Efrati. “You have to work on a hybrid approach, and a hybrid approach is where the rubber meets the road. You want to make sure that when you introduce new enhancements, new dynamic capabilities, and new functions in places they never existed before, they can coexist with the current systems.”

Efrati adds that taking into account the hype surrounding “open solutions,” Telco Systems believes that being open is the ability to integrate and to coexist together. He also believes there is a need for standardization.

“Think about it,” Efrati says, “when you roam today with your device, you don’t care whether you’re crossing an Orange network or an AT&T network. It is transparent to you. That is what you want in this field as well. You want to be able to move from one function to another.”

NFV deployment and telecom network security

Moshe Shimon, Telco Systems VP Product Management and Marketing, believes that in 2016 SDN and NFV should become a reality on most service provider networks, including many in developing and emerging markets.

“Virtualising the customer premise equipment to provide on demand services to customers and greater flexibility in deploying new services are the main drivers for service providers to adopt these technologies,” Shimon says. “This will allow service providers to transform into managed service providers – not only providing connectivity to customers but also providing virtualised IT management and security services.”

Shimon adds that SDN and NFV technologies offer service providers numerous benefits, including openness, remote programmability, agility and other advantages of IT-like networks. However, the similarity to IT networks that makes SDN and NFV networks advantageous for service providers also exposes them to a full range of security vulnerabilities.

“Security solutions will have an important impact on SDN and NFV deployments in 2016,” he predicts. “By running a security solution as a virtualised network function deployed at the network edge, which is the closest location to all endpoints, security efforts can have complete visibility of the entire network and can be applied to the entire infrastructure.̶1;

Shimon concludes that Telco Systems expects to see the following trends across many emerging and developing markets:

NFV – after successful proof-of-concepts last year, 2016 will be the year in which service providers will evaluate actual business cases for real deployments of NFV. It will be the year for carriers to experience actual revenue benefits from adopting this technology.
Infrastructure Sharing – one of the main drivers for NFV revenue is the concept of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). With the help of NFV-enabled networks, carriers will be able to move from being mere connectivity providers to being able to offer IaaS products to their customers, and improve their value proposition as a result.
IoT – Internet of Things (IoT) is still not as large scale as had been predicted by experts previously, but it is still growing. Telco expects that in 2016, the foundation for IoT growth in the coming years will be laid and the industry will take initial steps towards getting a billion machines connected to the network by 2020.
Operator Cloud – will serve as the foundation for IaaS and managed services mainly for business services try-and-buy, pay-as-you-grow and usage-based for vCPE (Virtual Customer Premise Equipment) and other business services.
Big Data – will be a critical component for protecting SDN and NFV platforms. From a security perspective, Big Data will enable CSPs (Content Security Policy) to get real-time, network-wide visibility into threats, and will also be able to mitigate these threats in real time.
At the same time, Gal Ofel, head of Software Solution Product Line Management at Telco Systems, sees 2015 as a transition year for NFV deployments that focus mostly on PoC pilots, and expects the first live commercial NFV deployment in 2016.

According to Ofel, for successful deployment, communication service providers (CSPs) needs to adopt protection solutions designed for NFV platforms, focus on the business benefits of their new NFV-based services, and natively integrate their NFV platforms into the operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) methodologies.

[fse] 24/2/2016 14:59

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[fse] 21/2/2016 16:19

No agreed... regrettably I am not expecting much revenue progress from the Telco arm. Timeframe wise I do not think they will really start achieving sales until this year with the results of any potential success still some time away.

At this rate we are going to be 65% medical 30% Telco 5% other.
The wisdom of holding onto the Telco arm even is looking somewhat open to opinion.

[reeltime] 20/2/2016 11:01

FSE....Since the interim results we haven't received a trading update!!! I can't remember the last time we had significant news regarding the Teco side of the business without trawling the RNS archives. Therefore I'm not expecting the full year results to be anything to write home about, despite the focus of the Telco business to attract Tier 1 customers.

[fse] 18/2/2016 20:57

We need to get a set of results.... last year..we should hear something soon ?
Notification of Results 2015

BATM Advanced Communications Ltd (LSE: BVC; TASE: BATM), a leading provider of real-time technologies for networking solutions and medical laboratory systems, will be announcing its preliminary results for the period ended 31 December 2014 on Tuesday 10 March 2015.

[fse] 13/2/2016 21:28

Well if the recent share price slide has you depressed you can always turn to this



courtesy of BATM's NG Soft...... (their project)

[fse] 09/2/2016 17:42

Which trends will lead the distributed NFV and SDN evolution in 2016?Posted by Moshe Shimon on February 8, 2016

SDN and NFV have been on the rise for some time – and this is set to continue into 2016. In order to better understand how we, at Telco Systems view upcoming trends I recently gave an interview to Developing Telecoms as part of a series of interviews with leading professionals from the Telecom industry under the title “2016 trends”.

Which developing or emerging markets (regions/countries) do you cover?

We are active in countries in developing and emerging markets where competition is strong and influences the business strategies of service providers.

What are your main hardware and/or services focus areas?

Telco Systems is a leading provider of innovative SDN and NFV, multi-service Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and MPLS edge solutions.

SDN and NFV deployments

What are the top market and customer trends that will drive change in your area during 2016, and why?

This past year, many service providers developed strategies for deploying SDN and NFV technologies and conducted proof-of-concept (PoC) evaluations. In 2016, SDN and NFV should become a reality on most service provider networks, including many in developing and emerging markets. Virtualising the customer premise equipment to provide on demand services to customers and greater flexibility in deploying new services are the main drivers for service providers to adopt these technologies. This will allow service providers to transform into managed service providers – not only providing connectivity to customers, but also providing virtualised IT management and security services.

What are the solutions that will make the greatest impact in your area during 2016, and why?

SDN and NFV technologies offers service providers numerous benefits, including openness, remote programmability, agility and other advantages of IT-like networks. However, the similarity to IT networks that makes SDN and NFV networks advantageous for service providers also exposes them to a full range of security vulnerabilities.

Security solutions will have an important impact on SDN and NFV deployments in 2016. By running a security solution as a virtualised network function deployed at the network edge, which is the closest location to all endpoints, security efforts can have complete visibility of the entire network and can be applied to the entire infrastructure.

What changes need to be made to speed up developments and what can hold them back?

Service providers expect open interoperability between competing technology vendors in multi-vendor environments. Vendors promoting SDN and NFV solutions in emerging and developing markets will need to use open standards to meet these expectations of service providers.

Which of the following do you think will be most important in emerging markets in 2016?

We expect to see the following trends across many emerging and developing markets:

NFV – after successful PoCs in the past year, 2016 will be the year in which service providers will evaluate actual business cases for real deployments of NFV. It will be the year for carriers to experience actual revenue benefits from adopting this technology.
Infrastructure Sharing – one of the main drivers for NFV revenue is the concept of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). With the help of NFV enabled networks, carriers will be able to move from being mere connectivity providers to being able to offer IaaS products to their customers, and improve their value proposition as a result.
IoT – Internet of Things (IoT) is still not as large scale as had been predicted by experts previously, but it is still growing. We expect that in 2016, the foundation for the coming years’ growth in IoT will be laid and the industry will take initial steps towards getting a billion machines connected to the network by 2020.
Operator Cloud – this will serve as the foundation for IaaS and managed services mainly for business services try-and-buy, pay-as-you-grow and usage based for vCPE and other business services.
Big Data – this will be a critical component for protecting SDN and NFV platforms. From a security perspective, Big Data will enable CSPs to get real-time, network-wide visibility into threats, and will also be able to mitigate these threats in real-time.

[fse] 25/1/2016 17:11

Looks like this is a bolt on for distribution more than anything else.
Heres their website (In English)



Of particular interest... synergies ?


Edit: Had a chance to look at this acquisition. Its a small play but does appear to be a sensible addition. The company will probably do better under BATM as it will give them increased sales penetration and likely save overall costs. FWIW

[james dean] 25/1/2016 16:04

Networking firm BATM Advanced Communications (LON:BATM) is to buy Green Lab Hungary Engineering, a developer and distributor of analytical instruments, for US$3.8mln.

The consideration is payable in cash over a three year period, BATM told investors.

Headquartered in Budapest, Green Lab has become one of the leading distributors of analytical instruments for the environmental and industrial sectors. The company has exclusive relationships in Hungary with some of the most prominent operators in the industry.

Green Lab's unaudited revenues for 2015 amounted to US$3.3mln and it generated operating profit of US$0.62mln. It has been profitable for the past five years and the acquisition is expected to enhance BATM's earnings this year..

At the end of 31 December 2015, Green Lab's unaudited gross assets amounted to US$1.9mln.

Green Lab's operations are expected to be synergistic with BATM's Sterilisation Unit operations in Hungary and to provide an extensive network for the group's products.

BATM expects having Green Lab in the fold will increase activity in the group's ECO unit, which focuses on agri-business applications and operates out of Hungary.

The Green Lab distribution network will be complementary to BATM's analytical instruments distribution in Romania and should bolster the group's medical business.

Dr Judit Jeney, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Green Lab, will join the BATM management team.

Dr Zvi Marom, BATM's CEO, said the Green Lab team has a tremendous amount of expertise and the company enjoys an excellent reputation in the industry.

“We believe that Green Lab will contribute both to the distribution business of BATM group in the CIS countries and to our growing business in the ECO environment,” Marom said.

House broker finnCap said: "The deal adds revenues and profits as well as significant expertise and an excellent reputation.



"Green Lab will contribute both to BATM’s growing business in the ECO environment and to the distribution network in the Eastern European region."



The broker targets 20p a share, compared to a current price of 16.5p - up 2.33% on the day.


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Regards.

DYOR

[rob1ng] 25/1/2016 09:52

Obviously a good deal with the share price reaching new lows