Axios Systems

Axios Systems
IndustryEnterprise software
IT services and management
IT consulting
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
FounderTasos Symeonides
Ailsa Symeonides
DefunctMarch 22, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-22)
FateAcquired by IFS AB
HeadquartersEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Area served
Global
Key people
Alan Laing (MD)
Martin Schirmer (COO)
Productsassyst
assystITAM Suite
ServicesService desk
IT service management
IT asset management
Number of employees
250 (2014)[1]
Websiteassyst.ifs.com
Axios Systems' former global headquarters in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Axios Systems was a provider of Service Desk, IT Service Management and IT asset management software. Its assyst enterprise application suite was the first to support ITIL best practices. In March 2021, the company was acquired by IFS AB and its product was rebranded as IFS assyst.[2]

The company had several large customers including Lego[3] and Linklaters.[4]

The company was headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, with North American headquarters in Herndon, Virginia.

  1. ^ "Software group Axios Systems bounces back into profit". The Herald. 4 April 2014.
  2. ^ "IFS acquires Axios Systems | IFS" (Press release). IFS AB. 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "ITIL assists LEGO in creating global system for IT support". TSO. 30 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Linklaters adopts new ITSM platform for global practice". The Global Legal Post. 6 November 2013.