London, 28th March 2025 – QBS Technology Group has completed the acquisition of Istanbul-based enterprise software distributor Elmer Yazılım Danışmanlık ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti. The acquisition continues QBS’ journey to bolster its presence in the META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa) region and continues its journey to become a $1bn global business by 2030. This move aligns QBS goal to significantly expanding their global presence whilst tapping into fast growing emerging markets with promising potential.
QBS purchased InfoNet Bilgi Teknolojileri Tic. A.Ş. in May 2023 and went on to purchase Prianto Turkey Yazilim Dağıtım A.Ş.in February 2025, this acquisition complements the previous deals to build out a significant and important Turkish software delivery platform with almost 1000 resellers across the region. Key vendors represented include Checkpoint, OpenText, Trend Micro, Quest, Suse, JetBrains, Teamviewer & Dev Express.
Elmer, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkiye, has been a prominent value-added distributor for over 27 years, boasting over 1500 vendors on their platform. Its reach extends across Turkiye, Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia. Elmer was established in 1998 by Oguz Ulker and three classmates from the electrical engineering department of ODTU, Middle East Technical University. They were writing and selling software in a country before the hardware infrastructure was fully established. The company has shown consistent growth and has over 100 loyal reselling partners.
Elmer will work closely with the QBS Software UK entity and an integration team will synchronise the platforms in order to offer the client base of Elmer the entire 12000 publishers available in the QBS library within 90 days. The team will grow headcount with new roles in channel management, software testing and partner success.
Dave Stevinson – Group CEO QBS Technology Group:
The acquisition of Elmer is a natural next step in our expansion strategy as we integrate our tooling to roll out the QBS platform across the region. There are a number of synergies that we expect to benefit from, and are excited with the team that joins QBS and look forward to their input in shaping our Turkiye business.
Oguz Ulker, Founder and CEO, Elmer:
I have spent my lifetime building Elmer into the largest dedicated enterprise software distributor in Turkiye and steadily expanded across the Middle East, Africa and Asia delivering software from hundreds of publishers. It is so pleasing to join forces with Dave and his team at QBS who do exactly the same as we do but on a much larger scale. I look forward to helping him take it to the billion dollars and beyond!
Meric Ulker., META&A Sales Channel Leader – Enterprise Software:
Working closely with Dave and Andreea – I look forward to transitioning into a leadership role in the QBS Turkiye group of companies. We now have the platform, capital and increased ambition to grow even faster.
About QBS Technology Group:
Established in 1987, QBS Technology Group (including QBS Software) provides a software delivery platform for technology companies and channel partners to increase efficiency and achieve growth. With a laser focus on enterprise software QBS Technology Group combines experience, specialist skills, local presence and trusted relationships across 35 geographies and over 400 staff.
Named in the London Stock Exchange 1000 companies to inspire Britain, the group is headquartered in London. UK. QBS is a B Corporation, Climate positive and an Investors in People Gold company.
Learn more by visiting www.qbssoftware.com, or follow us on LinkedIn.
About Elmer:
Elmer was established in 1998 and are the oldest software sales and distribution company in Turkey. Conceived to deliver a full range of software to Turkey’s largest companies through the intermediately of choice, offering a fast, reliable and responsive service. Staffed by a team of software experts we are able to give presales and post-sales advice on the complete universe of software available.
Today, products that make the life of software developers easier have a great place in our portfolio. We are exceptionally proud to represent most of the world’s important software publishers as regional METAA (Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Asia) authorized distributors.
Find out more: https://www.elmer.com.tr/index.php/en/corporate
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