SoftwareOne has acquired leading Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner HeleCloud for an amount of money – it won’t say how much.
UK-based HeleCloud is an AWS MSP and AWS consulting partner and will give SoftwareOne more depth around that cloud technology across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), thanks to its operations here, in the Netherlands and Bulgaria.
The cunning plan is for HeleCloud’s leadership team and employees to integrate into SoftwareOne’s AWS practice.
HeleCloud has been around since 2016 and brings consulting expertise and knowledge of software architecture, infrastructure engineering and managed services, it is said. The firm has positioned itself as the ideal partner for those customers seeking help to navigate the often complex world of public cloud.
Javid Khan, AWS global director of SoftwareOne, said it had been targeting growth from the public cloud and the deal would support all that.
“With its market-leading position, this acquisition will help us further build out SoftwareOne’s cloud migration service offering, one of our strategic growth initiatives, and accelerate our growth in AWS-related services in EMEA”, he said.
“With HeleCloud joining us, we continue to expand SoftwareOne’s capabilities to enable our customers in their journey to AWS, as well as their overall cloud and digital transformation.”
Dob Todorov, CEO and co-founder of HeleCloud, said that the tie-up would also have benefits for its business.
“SoftwareOne gives HeleCloud the opportunity to operate at scale, a benefit for our customers”, he said. “It is the ideal platform for enabling customers of all sizes worldwide to benefit from cloud by using HeleCloud’s repeatable success patterns and accelerators for cloud adoption.
“The integration into SoftwareOne will allow our employees to have an even bigger impact. Together with SoftwareOne’s global AWS practice, we will be able to amplify our capabilities and help a broader number of customers with their AWS-cloud adoption.”
