Aire and Prometeia have reached a partnership agreement to offer businesses connectivity, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services through a Special Employment Center, combining companies’ usual technology transformation needs with diversity goals, responsible procurement, and compliance with Spain’s General Disability Act (LGD).
Aire and Prometeia in 20 seconds
- Aire and Prometeia will collaborate on cloud, connectivity, cybersecurity, and managed services.
- Prometeia will channel these services as a technology-focused Special Employment Center.
- The model aims to turn part of companies’ regular tech spending into skilled jobs for people with disabilities.
- The proposal is also geared toward meeting diversity, responsible-procurement, and ESG objectives.
- The agreement coincides with Prometeia’s market launch after obtaining its Special Employment Center accreditation.
The partnership sets out a model in which a company can keep its regular technology investments and contract the solutions through Prometeia, while Aire provides the infrastructure and technical capacity needed to deliver the services.
Prometeia is part of Weber Group and presents itself as a technology-focused Special Employment Center. With its market launch, the company aims to connect the needs of technology departments with organizations’ procurement, human resources, and sustainability areas.
The agreement with Aire lets Prometeia rely on a technology provider with cloud, telecommunications, Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), cybersecurity, and managed services.
A tech purchase with a social component
The two companies’ approach starts from a specific idea: that certain investments companies already make to maintain or expand their technology infrastructure can be channeled through a Special Employment Center.
According to Aire and Prometeia, the goal is for the procurement of these services to contribute to the creation of skilled jobs for people with disabilities, while the client company keeps access to the technology solutions it needs.
The proposal also ties into compliance with Spain’s General Disability Act (LGD), as well as the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria that many organizations are building into their procurement and sustainability policies.
The agreement doesn’t aim to replace a company’s technology needs with social services. The proposal is to integrate both aspects into the same contract: the company keeps purchasing connectivity, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, or managed services, while the specialized provider folds that activity into its employment model.
The exact scope will depend on the services each organization contracts and the conditions of each project.
Prometeia enters the market as a technology-focused Special Employment Center
The alliance coincides with Prometeia’s official launch. The company has obtained its accreditation as a Special Employment Center, a legal status in Spain that allows a business to operate with a specific goal of employing people with disabilities.
Prometeia is backed by Weber Group and builds its activity around technology services. Its proposal aims to bring companies’ technology, procurement, human resources, and sustainability needs together under a single corporate strategy.
Raúl Hernando, Founding Partner of Prometeia, says the agreement with Aire provides the technical capacity needed to launch commercial activity. According to his statements, the partnership makes it possible to combine advanced technology and social impact within a single business proposal.
For Prometeia, having Aire as a technology partner also helps prevent its status as a Special Employment Center from limiting the kind of solutions it can offer clients. The company can sell standard technology services while relying on Aire’s infrastructure and experience to deliver them.
The model is especially relevant in areas where companies already have established providers and budgets. Rather than creating a separate line item for social initiatives, the proposal aims to fold the inclusion component into an existing technology contract.
Cloud, cybersecurity, and connectivity as the entry point
Aire brings several areas of technology infrastructure capability to the alliance, including cloud services, telecommunications, unified communications, cybersecurity built on its European cloud platform, and managed services.
These are services that form part of the day-to-day operations of companies of different sizes and across different sectors. Their inclusion in the proposal means the partnership doesn’t depend on an extraordinary technology project, but also on recurring infrastructure and operational needs.
Santi Magazù, General Manager of Cloud and Cyber at Aire, says the company aims to maintain the technical and operational standards of its services as they are integrated into Prometeia’s offering.
The alliance can also help technology departments work alongside teams with other corporate goals. Procurement can weigh a provider’s social impact, human resources can incorporate inclusion and sustainability targets, and sustainability teams can count the contribution toward ESG policies.
The agreement therefore connects several decision-making areas that normally take part separately in the procurement of technology services.
A model that aims to measure the impact of procurement
Aire and Prometeia put the employment of people with disabilities at the center of the proposal. The stated goal is for companies’ technology spending to directly contribute to the creation of skilled jobs.
The difference from a sponsorship or donation initiative lies in where the resources come from. In this case, the funding comes from procuring services the company already needs for its operations.
For organizations with diversity goals or responsible-procurement policies, this model can link an operational need to those commitments.
There’s also a dimension tied to the LGD. The agreement is presented as a way to help companies meet their disability-related obligations, although how it applies in practice will depend on each organization, its circumstances, and the regulations that apply to it.
For that reason, contracting these services shouldn’t automatically be read as fulfilling all of a company’s legal obligations. Prometeia and Aire present the proposal as a tool that can contribute to those goals.
The alliance arrives at a time when companies are building social and sustainability criteria into their procurement processes. In that context, technology becomes a spending category from which inclusion initiatives can also be developed.
For Aire, the agreement broadens the reach of its technology capabilities. For Prometeia, it allows the company to enter the market with an offering backed by infrastructure and technical expertise. And for client companies, the proposal is about integrating both elements into a single contract.
Frequently Asked Questions
What agreement did Aire and Prometeia sign?
The two companies signed a partnership agreement to offer technology services, such as cloud, connectivity, cybersecurity, and managed services, through Prometeia’s role as a technology-focused Special Employment Center.
What is Prometeia?
Prometeia is a technology-focused Special Employment Center backed by Weber Group. Its proposal aims to combine technology services with the creation of skilled jobs for people with disabilities.
What services can a company contract through this alliance?
The proposal covers connectivity, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and managed services, plus the technology capabilities Aire brings to the partnership.
How does the agreement relate to Spain’s General Disability Act?
The companies present the model as a way that can help organizations advance their goals under Spain’s General Disability Act, as well as diversity and responsible-procurement commitments. Actual compliance depends on each company’s circumstances and obligations.
