merger and acquisition

CenturyLink, Savvis, acquire AppFog for public cloud PaaS

The acquisition will include AppFog's public cloud PaaS offering to the savvisdirect online channels, as well as Savvis' private, dedicated deployments.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 14-Jun-2013

Salesforce.com acquires ExactTarget for US$2.5b

Founded in 2000, ExactTarget's cloud marketing platform enables marketers to integrate customer data from any source to power digital marketing campaigns across channels and devices.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 05-Jun-2013

IBM buys SoftLayer for public cloud; forms new cloud division

IBM announces to acquire SoftLayer Technologies' cloud computing infrastructure -- including dedicated servers, managed hosting and IaaS, plus with 13 data centers and network points of presence worldwide including Asia.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 05-Jun-2013
Software AG acquires LongJump for PaaS
Software AG acquires US-based LongJump for its PaaS. Targeting at SMBs, the acquisition will help Software AG customers with end-user, self-service application development.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 25-Apr-2013
Fujitsu acquires RunMyProcess for iPaaS
RunMyProcess' iPaaS is said to enable cost-effective management of cross-organizational business processes, and enable enterprises to leverage scalable services available both in public clouds and on premise.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 22-Apr-2013
Rackspace buys Exceptional Cloud Services for error tracking, Redis-as-a-Service
Rackspace will acquire Exceptional Cloud Services to expand its developer solutions portfolio to include error tracking and Redis-as-a-Service capabilities, currently used by more than 50,000 application developers.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 02-Apr-2013

Rackspace: Big data and cloud were made for each other

Following the acquisition of ObjectRocket last week, Rackspace's senior executive in APAC explains the company initiatives in big data, how relevant is the use of cloud in big data analytics, and the value of using open source cloud to support big data analytics.
by: Carol Ko 06-Mar-2013
Rackspace acquires ObjectRocket for database-as-a-service
The inclusion of ObjectRocket's open source-based MongoDB solution will broaden Rackspace's OpenStack-based open cloud platform to offer NoSQL DBaaS, and expand Rackspace's big data capability in the cloud.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 27-Feb-2013
Red Hat acquires ManageIQ, expands open hybrid cloud solutions
Following its acquisition of ManageIQ in December 2012, Red Hat will now integrate ManageIQ's enterprise cloud management and automation technologies with its CloudForms hybrid IaaS and its open Enterprise Virtualization management solutions.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 31-Jan-2013
Digital Realty acquires Sydney operating data center
Its newly acquired property in Macquarie Park, Sydney is currently fully leased to a global provider of IT products and services, and adds a new global, blue-chip tenant to Digital Realty's customer base.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 08-Jan-2013