Cloud Sherpas Acquisition Extends Google Apps Biz to Midwest June 27, 2011 Cloud Sherpas, the Google Apps Authorized Reseller with enough momentum to land it at No. 8 on the Talkin’ Cloud 50 by Cloud Revenue Dollar Growth chart, announced the acquisition of Kansas-based Beloit Solutions Group – the service provider’s second acquisition in June, and one that will extend its reach into what it calls the […]
Cloud M&A: 8×8 Acquires Zerigo for Cloud Management June 22, 2011 Cloud solution provider 8×8 has announced the acquisition of Colorado-based Zerigo Inc., enabling the company to add virtual private servers, managed DNS services and monitoring tools for cloud-based servers to its portfolio – as well as a relationship with Salesforce.com-owned PaaS provider Heroku. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The major benefit of the acquisition, […]
Intermedia Acquires Zlago; Accelerates Cloud Channel Push June 14, 2011 Intermedia, the hosted Exchange specialist, has acquired Zlago, a cloud services provider. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal, officially announced today, was actually part of Oak Hill Capital Partners‘ buyout of Intermedia last month. The Intermedia-Zlago business combination will potentially bolster Intermedia’s cloud channel strategy, which already includes nearly 7,000 MSPs and VARs. When […]
Google Apps Partner Cloud Sherpas Makes West Coast Buy June 2, 2011 Cloud Sherpas, very likely the biggest independent Google Apps Authorized Reseller and solution provider, is building its momentum in the channel with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Google partner Omnetic. With the combined resources, Cloud Sherpas said it now has the largest concentration of Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialists short of Google itself. And that’s not to […]
Why Would VMware Acquire a Cloud Presentation Company? April 28, 2011 Despite building momentum in the private and hybrid cloud space, VMware is best known as a virtualization technology developer. That’s why I was scratching my head for a few minutes when I found out VMware acquired SlideRocket, a cloud-based presentation tool. But on further reflection, this could turn out to be an inspired move for […]
CenturyLink-Savvis: Will Savvis Continue Cloud Partner Push? April 27, 2011 Is 2011 the year of the cloud service provider acquisition? So far, yes. The latest example involves telecom giant CenturyLink buying cloud service provider Savvis for $2.5 billion plus $700 million in assumed debt. The big question for Talkin’ Cloud readers: Will Savvis continue to expand and grow its cloud channel partner program under CenturyLink’s […]
Dell Paid $612 Million for SecureWorks Cloud Acquisition April 5, 2011 When Dell acquired SecureWorks in January 2011, the hardware giant didn’t disclose a price tag for the cloud and SaaS security specialist. But now the bounty is finally known: In an SEC filing, Dell disclosed that it paid $612 million to acquire SecureWorks — that’s roughly five times SecureWorks’ annual revenues. The price disclosure offers […]
Cisco Acquiring newScale for Cloud Provisioning March 30, 2011 Cisco Systems is looking to enhance their cloud play by acquiring newScale, which offers the IT channel a service catalog and self-service portal to quickly deploy cloud services. Cisco will honor existing newScale customer contracts and the deal is expected to be completed by the end of Cisco’s FY 2011. During the recent Cisco Partner […]
What Could AT&T’s Purchase of T-Mobile Mean For Cloud Providers? March 21, 2011 By now, you’ve probably heard that AT&T intends to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion in cash and stock. The deal will likely take a year or more to complete, assuming it can traverse the hurdles that the FCC and business opponents will undoubtedly put in its way. There’s a lot of chatter about how a combined AT&T […]
MSPmentor 100 Reveals Growth of Cloud Services February 17, 2011 For those who came to TalkinCloud from one of our sister sites, the MSPmentor 100 should need no introduction. But if you’re new to our sites, the MSPmentor 100 is our annual ranking of the world’s leading managed service providers. The latest list and research, which debuted Feb. 16, reveals how managed services providers are […]
Google Marketplace Darling Manymoon Gets Acquired By Salesforce February 7, 2011 Manymoon, developers of the eponymous popular SaaS social productivity tool, was 2010’s most-downloaded offering from the Google Apps Marketplace. By the company’s own reckoning, over 50,000 businesses were using their application. So it’s no wonder that cloud computing mainstay Salesforce.com snapped Manymoon in recent days to bolster their own social play. Prior to acquisition, Manymoon […]
Cloud Stocks Start Week At Lofty Levels February 7, 2011 As Wall Street prepares for this week’s opening bell, many cloud stocks are trading at lofty levels. Indeed, the Talkin’ Cloud Stock Index rose 7.13% for the week ending February 4, 2011. Time Warner Cable’s purchase of cloud hosting provider NaviSite gave everybody in the index a lift as analysts began to wonder which cloud […]
Time Warner Buys NaviSite for SMB Cloud Computing Push February 1, 2011 For the second time in recent days, a Talkin’ Cloud Stock Index member has been acquired. The latest deal involves Time Warner Cable Inc. buying NaviSite Inc., a cloud services provider that specializes in SaaS and managed applications from Oracle and Lotus. The big twist: Time Warner plans to use NaviSite for an SMB (small […]
Verizon Buys Terremark: Will Big Cloud Computing Deal Impact Small MSPs? January 27, 2011 In a cloud computing land grab, Verizon Communications is buying Terremark — an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) specialist — for $1.4 billion. Terremark, part of the Talkin’ Cloud Stock Index, operates 13 data centers in the U.S., Europe and Latin America, promoting cloud computing, colocation and managed hosting services to large enterprises and government […]
Skype, Salesforce.com Make Telecommunicatons Acquisitions January 10, 2011 Skype and Salesforce.com generated telecommunications chatter late last week, with both announcing acquisitions: Skype acquired video messaging vendor Qik, while Salesforce.com paid $31 million for DimDim, which specializes in presence and communications. If that’s not enough, Skype built additional buzz around itself by launching group video calling for enterprises. Let’s take a closer look at […]
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