We have exciting news to share!
Textkernel acquires Akyla! We have compiled a list of questions that we anticipate that our customers, partners and other stakeholders in Akyla may have.
What is the news?
Textkernel is proud to announce that it has acquired Akyla, a Dutch-software company that develops and licences time-management, onboarding and compliance solutions for the staffing market.
Who is Akyla?
Akyla B.V. is a Dutch-software company founded in 1999 by Martin Schievink and Bart van Borssum Waalkes, located in Enschede, in the Netherlands.
Why is Textkernel acquiring Akyla?
In today’s tight labour market, one of the biggest challenges facing Staffing agencies is attracting and retaining talent. As a company, our focus is primarily on attracting and recruiting talent better!
The acquisition of Akyla allows us to extend our Staffing solutions to deliver more value to our customers, beyond the recruitment stage. As a combined business, Akyla and Textkernel will be able to offer solutions that better remove friction in recruitment, onboarding, time management and retaining of employees on assignment and more effectively help in redeploying talent.
By bringing Aklya into the Textkernel business, we are able to help Aklya expand internationally more rapidly, and offer their technology in multiple languages to our customers. In return, the access to wider labour data insights will support our combined future product development roadmap.
The existing synergies between the companies were obvious and we share a focus on accuracy, reliability and innovation. In addition, we share mutual relationships with other software vendors, and our ways of work and how we make our products available to the market are very similar.
In what regions does Akyla operate?
Akyla has customers in the Netherlands, Belgium and the Nordics.
What’s the added business value of combining Akyla and Textkernel?
The combined business allows us to achieve our growth potential faster. Together we are able to combine our expertises to better service our customers’ growing needs and we have increased access to wider labour data and insights.
How does the acquisition benefit Textkernel customers?
Staffing agencies are looking for automated and integrated solutions to help them succeed in the tight labour market. For customers that have both Textkernel and Aklya solutions, they will enjoy a truly integrated solution that combines the best of both worlds with deeper insights into the labour market and a combined product offering.
For exclusively Textkernel customers, they will have access to an expanded product solution from Textkernel, which combines our capabilities of turning data into knowledge with Akyla’s vast data access. We expect that our customers will enjoy better matching results that are tailored to their processes, and because we have access to data that lives outside of their front office application, will ensure more relevant matches at the right time.
Additionally, we will be able to help them automate their redeployment process by pulling candidate data from the back office data sources, to ensure higher quality service to their end-customers and employees, quicker and better placements, higher redeployment rates and lower sourcing costs.
How does this acquisition benefit Akyla customers?
Staffing agencies are looking for automated and integrated solutions to help them succeed in the tight labour market. For customers that have both Textkernel and Aklya solutions, they will enjoy a truly integrated solution that combines the best of both worlds with deeper insights into the labour market and a combined product offering.
For exclusively Akyla customers, they can look forward to a wider range of solutions from Akyla, starting with Textkernel solutions that seamlessly integrate with Akyla and then extending to our full best-in-class range of solutions.
The acquisition also allows us to better support international customers, or customers with multinational ambitions, while ensuring product enhancements and a combined product roadmap.
Additionally in the combined solution, we will be able to help them automate their redeployment process by pulling candidate data from the back office data sources, to ensure higher quality service to their end-customers and employees, quicker and better placements, higher redeployment rates and lower sourcing costs.
Are there any planned organisational changes?
No! Akyla will work as an operating unit within the Textkernel Group for the immediate future. Akyla customers will continue to be serviced by existing Akyla contacts and Textkernel will be adding highly qualified people to make sure both Akyla and Textkernel customers can expect the best possible service going forward.
Will the Akyla management team remain with Textkernel?
Yes! All Akyla employees, including those holding managerial positions and the founders, will remain with the company.
What about the security of your solutions?
Textkernel has reviewed Akyla’s security policies and have concluded that their security is at a good level. Textkernel will support Akyla in becoming ISO27001 certified and further improve their IT security standards.
How can I buy Akyla or Textkernel solutions?
Please reach out to your account manager who will be happy to assist you with purchasing Akyla or Textkernel Solutions.
Should you have any other questions, do not hesitate to reach out to your account manager, marketing, or support through the usual channels.
