Eurofiber again expresses confidence in partnership with Speer IT

Eurofiber, the leading supplier and operator of infrastructure in the Benelux, France and Germany, and Speer IT, supplier of the asset management registration system Cocon, are thereby extending their strategic partnership.

COO and executive board member Eric Kuisch: 'For me, a good partnership is characterized by a number of things. Firstly, I believe that a good collaboration is characterized by a win-win situation for both parties. The second aspect that I find important is transparency: be open and honest with each other, especially in difficult times. And the third aspect is that a partnership must contribute to the strategic objectives of both organizations. That means you each have to know the other's organization and strategy well. I think Speer IT scores high on these points and I am very pleased with the extension of our partnership."

Far-reaching digitization
"The value of Cocon is in its contribution to this growth,” confirms Steven Klockaerts, CIO at Eurofiber. "Cocon is more than just asset management; it is part of our journey towards far-reaching digitalization. We work with an IT blueprint and Cocon is one of the basic applications within that. It is a crucial element and a critical business application for us. Our network is our core asset and that makes Cocon of strategic importance to us."

“Asset management is becoming increasingly important to us. Our success is based on premium SLAs. If your asset management is of poor quality, then you can't deliver on the SLAs and that has negative consequences. In addition, poor asset management is a cost driver. If you don't have your assets in order, it costs you unnecessary time and money because the insights are not correct. But Cocon also plays a significant role in acquisitions. By deploying Cocon as a standard, we have a single basis and a single inventory that we can always rely on", adds Kuisch.

From startup to maturity
"Both companies developed from startup to maturity in the same growth period. Eurofiber started eighteen years ago with 30 Cocon users and 1500 kilometers of registered network. Now it is 430 Cocon and 500 CTW users and 60,000 kilometers of fiber. The joint international expansion in Europe is another aspect we are proud of. In these different stages, we have always done our best to support and to push each other. Where we have kept each other on our toes with mutual respect, and where together we have made innovation in our field possible. Without this partnership we would not have succeeded," explains Kees Jonker, CEO of Speer IT.