Bermuda-based CCS Group has opened an office in Portugal as it looks to offer information and communication technology solutions and support services in Europe.

The relatively low cost of setting up in Portugal, together with its “highly educated talent pool”, who have a strong command of the English language, are among the reasons CCS chose to set up a hub in Lisbon.

As part of the international expansion, the company has rebranded with a new logo and website.

It is intended that the European office will eventually be on a par with the Bermuda office, in terms of skills. However, the new office will initially focus on service provider infrastructure, enterprise networking and cloud technologies portfolios.

“Portugal has a relatively low cost of doing business with a highly educated talent pool most of whom have an exceptional command of the English language,” said Peter Aldrich, general manager of CCS Group.

“This makes Lisbon an ideal hub for our operations in Europe. We are particularly proud of the experienced engineers who we have been able to recruit and their skills are already bearing fruit in some significant projects in Bermuda and overseas.”

The company said the new office would “augment CCS’s core team of consultants so that CCS can offer multi regional solutions and support services to its customers in Bermuda and the Caribbean that have operations in Europe”.

The Lisbon office will be headed by Portuguese national Pedro Morais, a consultant with extensive skills in networking and service provider infrastructure. He will be supported by David Franjoso, a senior solutions architect with more than 17 years of industry experience and Paulo Almeida, a senior architect with more than ten years of experience as a systems engineer for a systems integrator in Portugal.

Commenting on the new office, Kory Logan, group director of sales and marketing, said: “CCS has been evangelising innovative and disruptive technologies for years. These solutions have delivered a lot a value to our local customers. Many of the technologies CCS has had success with are not well represented in Europe.

“CCS and its strategic technology partners are very excited to be moving into new markets and we have already begun to gain significant traction in some key verticals in Europe.

“Additionally, we are happy that we can now offer seamless services and around the clock support across both regions to our Bermuda customers with a branch office in Europe.”

CCS Group has also rebranded with a new logo and website at www.ccs.bm.