"Cloud Computing Mergers and Acquisitions" Posts
Cloud Computing Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) news and information from Talkin’ Cloud covers M&A deals involving cloud services providers (CSPs).
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and VMware (NYSE: VMW) both have made Big Data-related acquisitions. IBM snapped up data discovery and navigation firm Vivisimo, while VMware announced its purchase of cloud data analytics startup Cetas Software.
Armonk has Big Data in its sights with the Vivisimo deal. In its release, IBM said the acquisition “accelerates IBM’s Big Data analytics initiatives” by enabling enterprises “to access, navigate and analyze the full variety, velocity and volume of structured and unstructured data without …
Cloud computing and networking company Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) has acquired Podio, a privately held cloud-based collaborative work platform provider. Supporting teams in a social setting, the Podio platform uses an apps concept that unites structure with activity streams for work between internal teams and clients, and across business functions.
According to the company, Citrix views the Podio acquisition as an extension of its collaboration business, which facilitates teamwork for distributed organizations. Citrix plans to add the Podio platform to …
Sentri Inc., a well-known Microsoft IT services firm, has acquired Clearway Corp., which focuses on Microsoft cloud solutions. Is this the start of channel partners buying up one another for Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure and Google Apps expertise? Perhaps I’m jumping the gun but let’s take a look at this deal and potential trends ahead.
Sentri already has on-premises Microsoft Lync, Exchange, System Center, and SharePoint practices. Clearway has Microsoft Office 365, Windows Intune and Azure expertise. …
ASG Software Solutions has acquired NTRglobal, which offers a cloud-based help desk and IT service management platform. The NTRglobal platform is widely used by VARs and MSPs for remote control and end-customer support.
ASG Software Solutions focuses on application management, infrastructure management, and IT automation solutions. The company claims to optimize 85 percent of the world’s most complex IT organizations for more than 25 years. (Side note: Talkin’ Cloud is trying to determine if that 85 percent figure represents …
When Dell today announced plans to acquire Wyse Technology, some of the marketing and positioning statements promoted Wyse as a cloud computing and “cloud client” company. But just how much of Wyse’s business has to do with cloud computing?
I don’t have a clear answer to that question but Talkin’ Cloud does have some educated guesses.
In the vast majority of deployments, I suspect Wyse’s thin clients are connected to private corporate servers rather than cloud-related servers.
Privately held …
The recent World Hosting Days (WHD.global) event in Germany set the stage for Citrix’s introduction of a new “Cloud Provider Pack” for cloud hosting providers delivering Windows apps and desktops as a service. The new pack is available only to certified Citrix service providers and is designed for setting up a “Windows-as-a-Service” business optimized for mobile devices.
To make cloud services profitable and provide good customer service, according to Citrix, “cloud providers need efficiencies in the data center, …
At its March 15, 2012, Cloudforce conference in San Francisco Salesforce.com announced two new product offerings: Salesforce Rypple and Site.com. The Rypple platform is an attempt at making performance management social — setting goals and providing feedback, all within a company’s own social network, while Salesforce Site.com is designed for marketers to quickly update their social media pages websites with fresh content that delivers a consistent brand image.
The newly branded Rypple platform, which comes just three months after Salesforce …
Cisco Systems is buying NDS Group Ltd., an international provider of video and content services, for $5 billion. The Cisco and NDS boards have approved the deal, which is still subject to regulatory review. NDS’s 5000 employees worldwide are expected to join the Cisco Service Provider Video Technology Group, led by Senior VP and General Manager Jesper Andersen.
The NDS platform helps providers create diverse video offerings and enables users to search and navigate content from the device of their …
Question: What do you get when you merge the Google Enterprise 2011 Partner of the Year with a Salesforce.com platinum consulting partner? Answer: A blockbuster cloud services provider (CSP) merger involving Cloud Sherpas and GlobalOne, potentially forming a next-generation cloud consulting company.
The deal is a wake-up call to VARs, MSPs and IT resellers that are taking a wait-and-see approach to cloud computing. While traditional consultants worry about disruptive sales models in the cloud, next-generation channel partners …
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