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Advania receives award from Microsoft for outstanding performance and partnership in a year marked by a pandemic and working from home.

Advania, one of the leading IT companies in the Nordic region, is now acquiring Norrland-based Hi5 with 65 employees in Umeå and Luleå. The acquisition gives customers access to more experts and solutions - in more locations - while employees get extended opportunities for development.

For many, 2020 has been a year marked by severances and redundancies. But it has also been a year where the digitalisation has moved forward faster than ever. Increased demand and focus on the customer have enabled the IT company Advania to continue its set growth journey in 2020 – and during the year, 120 new employees were hired. 

Funds managed by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division are to acquire a majority of the shares in Advania AB, alongside management, VIA Equity and other reinvesting shareholders.

After a fruitless search for the suitable conference solution to manage our annual technology conference in Reykjavik we eventually created our own. The result was the best attended and successful conference in 26 years. Our solution is now available to all.

During the digital event HPE Discover Virtual Experience, HPE announced the winners of the 2020 Partner Awards, with focus on customer excellence, innovation and growth. Advania Sweden was the only Swedish company that got elected. “We believe in the power of collaboration”, says Göran Gustavsson, responsible for managed services at Advania Sweden.

After an extensive process and complex certifications, Advania Sweden is now given the specialization status of Platinum Partner by Aruba, A Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. The status is a token of Aruba’s and Advania’s deepening partnership. Together, Aruba and Advania will lead the digitization of Nordic companies and organizations.

Advania was nominated in nine out of twelve categories at the honorable Swedish award show Guldmyran last week. Five of these nominations resulted in an award. That's a new record for Advania, who won prizes for best HP Personal System, HPE As a Service, HP Strategic Deal, HPE Intelligent Edge and HPE Partner of the Year.