Telecom NZ buys cloud desktop specialist Appserv
June 17, 2014
Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Rob ONeill.
Telecom New Zealand has inked a conditional agreement to buy cloud services specialist Appserve. Telecom chief executive Simon Moutter said that the acquisition provides a major new piece in the "cloud jigsaw" after significant investment across the business in cloud services.
“We see this as a strategic business move giving the Telecom group a very strong New Zealand cloud services portfolio. The acquisition of Appserve is an excellent complement to the purchase in 2013 of Revera and the ongoing investment we are making in data centres,” Moutter said. Telecom Retail CEO Chris Quin said thousands of businesses already supported by Telecom and its ICT services arm, Gen-i, want to take advantage of the cloud but need a hand to get there…
Auckland-based Appserve has capability in providing cloud and desktop ‘as-a-service’ offerings, with customers across New Zealand, Telecom said. “Revera is a cloud computing specialist that provides cloud solutions predominantly for government and corporates, while Appserve brings specialist cloud desktop-as-a-service solutions for a range of business sizes, particularly small to medium sized," Moutter said…
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