​Geographic Information System Specialist, HSI, Becomes a New Member of Unicorn Group

Unicorn Systems a.s., a renowned European provider of the largest ICT systems and solutions, has bought 100% share in HSI, spol. s r. o. HSI ranks among the most successful vendors of geographic information systems and asset management systems in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

It specialises in the energy industry and telecommunications.

With this acquisition, Unicorn Systems reinforces its position in the market of solutions for the energy and telecommunication industries.

With the acquisition, Unicorn Systems specialist team will be extended by HSI top experts in the geoinformatics, an integral part of modern information systems. While remaining a separate company, HSI will be granted access to extensive knowledge and competences of Unicorn Systems’ large information system specialists.

Combined development teams, know-how, and experience of both companies will enable their clients to efficiently use geoinformatics for their business.

Ing. Jan Konrád, Member of the Board, Unicorn Systems, comments:

“For a long time now, Unicorn Systems has been building its competence in information systems for infrastructure management.

Using geographic information systems for infrastructure management and provision of services in the energy industry, banking, and commerce, businesses may offer new service types with high value added and achieve significant savings in asset management.

With the arrival of the Internet of Things, the importance of such systems will only grow. Therefore, our acquisition of HSI is a logical step. In this way, we can extend our competence to geoinformatics in order to meet the needs of our customers in a comprehensive manner.”

Ing. Miroslav Kaňka, Company Agent and CEO, HSI, says:

“Information systems of our customers usually go beyond the traditional focus of GIS solutions. Integration of our solutions, oriented mainly on processing and usage of geographic data, to major business processes of our customers is a key to success.

Joining forces with Unicorn Systems, we can offer our client the next level of integration of their existing systems to a modern, high-performance, and complex infrastructure. We intend to address new European markets, extending our area of interest beyond the traditional energy and telecommunication industries.”

About Unicorn Systems

Unicorn Systems is a renowned European company providing the largest information systems and solutions in the area of information and communication technologies. We have focused on providing high added value and a competitive edge to our clients for many years.

We have been operating on the market since 1990 and since then we have created a series of high-end large-scale solutions that are extended and used among the most important companies in a variety of sectors.

We have the best references from companies in banking, insurance, energy and utilities, communication and media, manufacturing, trade and the government. Our customers are not only the largest companies but also market leaders.

We have detailed knowledge of the entire spectrum of all business sectors. We understand the principles of their operation as well as comprehend the specific needs of our customers.

Our extensive team of systematically educated experts perfectly masters all current product lines, components, technology, and therefore we have essentially no technological restrictions. Even though we enforce a lot of revolutionary ideas in our work, the overall delivery of proven solutions are subject to fundamental criteria – quality, scope, term and budget.

About HSI

For over 20 years, HSI, spol. s r. o. has been one of the most successful companies providing comprehensive IT solutions with graphical support in the Czech market. We design and implement technical and geographic information systems, asset management systems, and facility management systems, as well as data generation, processing, administration, and examination software for graphically oriented data.

Our services also include custom development of applications widely used in a number of industries. We support the above-specified activities with a number of complementary IT services, including profitability analyses of information system deployments, data analyses, training, and service support. In addition, HSI offers delivery of hardware from the world’s leading vendors.

Source: Unicorn Group