Alex Bouaziz, CEO and co- founder of Deel.

Deel, an HR platform for global teams, is acquiring Hofy, saying it’s bringing the “best IT services and device lifecycle management in-house”.

Alex Bouaziz, CEO and founder of Deel, revealed the move in a statement, citing the rising complexity of administering a global HR function in recent years.

Deel is available in over 150 countries, including Africa.

“HR leaders are expected to keep up with ever-changing local hiring and payroll laws, create global performance management programs, and coordinate the challenging onboarding and hardware logistics with their global IT partners,” says Bouaziz.

He continues: “We’re here to help HR and IT leaders consolidate their tools and worry about one less thing. That’s why we’re acquiring Hofy to provide our global customers best-in-class IT services and device lifecycle management, alongside our suite of EOR (Employer of Record), global payroll, contractor management, immigration and people management tools. It’s another step in our goal to become the most comprehensive HR and payroll platform worldwide.”

According to Bouaziz, the company understands the pain points between global HR and IT, adding that Deel has more than 4,000 team members dispersed across 20+ time zones, so it sought out the best partner to meet its unique needs.

He says: “Over the past 2.5 years Deel has run its fully remote, global team on Hofy - they are the best of the best. We’ve shipped an estimated 5,000 devices to 98 countries. In our experience as both a customer and partner of Hofy, we were so impressed with their global scale, expertise, and customer service that we decided to join forces officially.

“Soon, we will fully integrate Hofy into Deel and launch Deel IT, our end-to-end global IT services platform”

Hofy is a global device supply and management firm with coverage and infrastructure to support 127+ countries in less than ten working days, 99% on-time delivery, and 24/7 industry-leading customer service.

Bouaziz says: “The company offers full end-to-end IT lifecycle management - everything from device delivery, collection, repair and replacement, to managing the employee on and offboarding process, device security, pre-configuration, and data erasure. Today, Hofy counts Forbes, Fujitsu, GoDaddy, HelloFresh, and Canva as customers.”

He believes that they would soon fully integrate Hofy into Deel and unveil Deel IT, their end-to-end global IT services platform.

“Along with device supply and management, Deel IT will offer a suite of IT services like software provisioning, app access management and integrations with mobile device management (MDM) and identity tools, says Bouaziz.

He adds: “ Customers will be able to see a full view of their IT set-up and will be able to handle complex shipping, procurement, and management of devices globally from one platform, with a few clicks. It will be fully integrated inside Deel as well as interoperable across any HRIS, including Workday and HiBob. Deel will be the first HR and payroll company to offer a solution this robust fully in-house.”