DTI and Saxotech merge to form NEWSCYCLE Solutions

Saxotech and Digital Technology International (DTI), leading providers of enterprise software solutions for the global news media industry, have jointly announced that the companies are combining their business operations effective immediately. The new global company will operate under the name NEWSCYCLE Solutions with a blended senior management team. The creation of NEWSCYCLE Solutions was driven by the simultaneous acquisitions of DTI and Saxotech by Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on long-term value-added investments in software and technology-enabled services.

As the trusted technology partner with more than 3,000 media customers in more than 25 countries, NEWSCYCLE Solutions has the scale and ability to serve publishers across all geographies with solutions for content, advertising, circulation and audience relationship management. The combination of two strong companies offers customers access to an unrivalled pool of expertise and resources and the broadest range of news media technology solutions.

"This is a rare and exciting opportunity to bring together the talents and technologies of two successful companies to create the strongest technology partner for all of our customers. DTI and Saxotech share mutual respect for each other and possess a combined history of 50 years of serving publishers throughout the world with innovative and customer-centric solutions," said Dan Paulus, president of NEWSCYCLE Solutions and former president of DTI.  "Our customers will benefit from access to a wider array of applications and a deeper roster of experienced people to support their accelerating business needs. NEWSCYCLE Solutions is built to help news media publishers thrive in the dynamic environment for local news media."

NEWSCYCLE Solutions combines the two companies' complementary international business operations strengthening and expanding its ability to serve customers around the world. The new company also anticipates that product innovation cycles will accelerate given the direct collaboration of domain experts in digital publishing and cloud computing. The sharing of customer insights from around the world will create a broader understanding of the needs of publishers in all geographic markets.

"We are better together because we will offer the broadest range of publishing solutions and will have expanded resources to support current products and to deliver the next generation of solutions that publishers need to compete," said Anders Christiansen, chief operation officer of NEWSCYCLE Solutions and former chief executive officer of Saxotech. "Our two companies also complement each other geographically which means that NEWSCYCLE Solutions is instantly competitive as a global player in the news media market."

"We are thrilled to be building a new and exciting business in NEWSCYCLE Solutions. The combined company's foundation will be the strength of its people, products and high-quality customer bases," said Alan Cline, principal at Vista Equity Partners.  "We see the formation of NEWSCYCLE Solutions as an incredible opportunity to innovate and evolve how the local news media marketplace is served. The combined company will have the scale, breadth and resources to support the industry and its technological needs in the years to come – a long-term win for all stakeholders."

The management team of NEWSCYCLE Solutions is a blend of executives from DTI and Saxotech plus new members. In addition to Dan Paulus and Anders Christiansen, another key role is Don Oldham, DTI's founder and chief executive officer, as a board adviser. The combined organization has an expanded global presence with offices in nine countries and sales and support personnel located around the world.