Archive for the ‘Mergers and Acquisitions’ Category

Acronis acquires nScaled; adding DRaaS on top of backup portfolio

September 18, 2014
Sophie Große Ostendorf

Acronis acquired San Francisco-based nScaled for an undisclosed sum. nScaled is a provider of DRaaS ...

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Rackspace to remain independent; elevates Taylor Rhodes to CEO (update)

September 17, 2014
Philbert Shih

We have commented extensively about possible Rackspace acquirers (here and here) and won’t go ...

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Cisco acquires OpenStack private cloud provider Metacloud; enabling

September 17, 2014
Philbert Shih

Cisco acquired Pasadena, California-based Metacloud as it looks to enhance its cloud infrastructure ...

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Acronis acquires BackupAgent; opens more data centres (update)

September 12, 2014
Sophie Große Ostendorf

We got the chance to chat with management at Acronis to get more details on the deal with BackupAgen...

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HP buys Eucalyptus; reveals clues to cloud strategy, hosting M&A impact

September 12, 2014
Philbert Shih

HP acquired open source cloud enablement software vendor Eucalyptus for a sum reported in the media ...

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XBT Holding reports hosting growth data points

September 11, 2014
Philbert Shih

XBT Holding, a Cyprus-based hosting group with a number of hosting assets, disclosed a number of dat...

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Astutium buys Simply Be Hosted; does another small shared hosting deal

September 4, 2014
Philbert Shih

UK-based Astutium made another small acquisition with the purchase of Simply Be Hosted ...

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Cologix acquires Colo5; second deal in Florida

September 4, 2014
Philbert Shih

Cologix acquired Colo5, a colocation provider based in Florida. ...

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Acronis acquires BackupAgent; opens more data centres

September 2, 2014
Philbert Shih

Acronis acquired Netherlands-based BackupAgent for an undisclosed sum. ...

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CentriLogic buys hoster in US Virgin Islands; location and capabilities-driven

August 29, 2014
Philbert Shih

CentriLogic, based in Toronto, Canada, acquired a hoster in the US Virgin Islands called Adveniat. ...

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VMware acquires CloudVolumes for real-time application delivery

August 29, 2014
Karin Kelley

Once again, VMware augments its end user computing platform, Horizon, through acquisition in order t...

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Burning Questions: With IBM-SL done what now for strategic M&A? (update)

August 28, 2014
Philbert Shih

Last year we discussed the ramifications of the IBM-SoftLayer deal on future M&A activity from ...

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