Why the Cloud Computing Acquisition Parade Will Continue

Like others previously them, they too have "figured it out". Cloud computing is a complex, capital-intensive business. Scaling is expensive. Other companies in the segment are likely to continue marching along this road, particularly as the executive management at companies wanting to play in the Cloud segment reach the same conclusion. Cloud computing is not hosting. Scale or go home.

According to Treb Ryan, OpSource CEO and co-founder, mapping a migration path and architectural design for the cloud is complex and requires in-depth understanding of an organisation's entire IT infrastructure, architecture, and relative interdependencies and risks. An understanding of IT integration across disparate multi-research, multi-geography, IT environments is critical to evolving toward cloud-based architectures."

The acquisition announcement hit the wires this morning, and by noon I was on the phone with representatives from both companies. The meeting was originally intended to be with Treb Ryan, OpSource CEO, and Brett Dawson, Dimension Data CEO. Unfortunately, at the last moment they were unable to attend. I can't imagine why they would be busy today. Fortunately for us,  Keao Caindec, SVP and CMO from OpSource, and Ettienne Reinecke, Global CTO from Dimension Data came to the rescue providing me a 15 minute reprieve. So I had the chance to fire off a few questions. What are the terms of the deal? Any service offerings portfolio duplication? Geographic duplication?