Steek SA, snaps up Amiz social networking Platform

Steek is adding social networking capabilities to its online service portfolio with the purchase of Amiz.fr, the French teen social networking platform.

Paris, France – October 1st, 2008 – Steek today announced the completion of the purchase of Amiz.fr the teenage social networking platform.
Steek, better known for providing its online storage services to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) / Telcos and integrators, said the purchase would strengthen its services offering. The 2million+ subscriber site has developed valuable tools most of which are related to online storage (video, pictures, blogs…).

The buyout is “a small, targeted acquisition” that has just been finalised, advised Christophe Camborde, Steek CEO. He further adds “Amiz.fr brings greater end-user exposure to online storage related services. We believe the technical synergies are awesome and can greatly benefit our ISP customers”.

About Steek
Provider of the “Steek” software solution and the leader in the supply of online data storage for the residential market via Internet Service Providers, portals, security software editors and storage hardware manufacturers. Steek solutions allow Telco operators to increase their revenues, improve their customer loyalty (retention rate), to offer alternative solutions to web competitors and to monetize their audience.

The Company is headquartered in Bordeaux Bruges, France. The Sales Office and the permanent show room are located in Paris. The Company also has sales offices in London and Toronto. Steek already operates service platforms in Bordeaux, Paris, Washington DC and Singapore.

For more details visit www.steek.com

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