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Scott Gibson appointed CEO of Britehouse

Britehouse, a Dimension Data company providing business software application solutions, today announced the appointment of Scott Gibson as Chief Executive Officer effective 2 April 2007.

Gibson has been with the Dimension Data Group for six years. Most recently, he held the position of Managing Director at Conscripti, a Dimension Data South Africa company, where under his leadership revenues grew by 43% in the past fiscal year.

Prior to joining Conscripti, Gibson worked in the Dimension Data Global Finance team.

In the six months since the launch, Britehouse has experienced an increasing demand from the market for software application solutions that require the expertise of Pebbletree and 3fifteen, as well as the skills base that empowered JSE-listed ICT resourcing and solutions company Paracon Holdings Limited has available.

In addition, the network reliance of software applications requires collaboration between the Britehouse companies and Dimension Data.

Welcoming Gibson's appointment, Jeremy Ord, chairman, Dimension Data said: "This appointment reflects our strong commitment to ensuring Britehouse delivers tailored application solutions that meet the precise needs of clients, and is also strongly positioned to benefit from the developments in the convergence of the network and software application arena. Scott will be responsible for creating the appropriate synergies between the Britehouse Group companies and ensuring the combination of infrastructure capabilities within Dimension Data and software application capabilities within Britehouse are utilised for the benefit of clients."

On his appointment, Gibson said: "I am extremely excited at the prospect of leading Britehouse as it grows into the leading software applications provider in the market. I also look forward to working with the managing directors of each of the Britehouse Group companies to expand the overall capabilities and capacity of the group. "

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Britehouse

Britehouse is a Dimension Data company providing business software application solutions. Pebbletree Consulting, a SAP Africa Service Partner and SAP Africa SME Business Partner, providing strategic business consulting services in respect of SAP software; 3fifteen, a Microsoft Gold Partner providing specialist Microsoft services including consulting, software application development and deployment; and empowered JSE-listed ICT resourcing and solutions company Paracon Holdings Limited, are Britehouse Holdings (Pty) Ltd companies.

Paracon

Paracon Holdings Limited is a black empowered investment holding company providing a range of services and solutions in the information technology (IT) industry. It operates in two segments: Paracon Resourcing and Business Solutions. Paracon Resourcing supplies consultants and permanent ICT skills to the market. Its consultants support clients across all stages of the information and communications technology product lifecycle and across all technologies. Business Solutions offers networking services (Paracon Networking), managed services and software engineering (Paracon Solutions), and project management and testing services (Paracon Professional Services).

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Michelle Atkins
Dimension Data South Africa
(083) 310 9829
michelle.atkins@za.didata.com