UK-based MSP Claranet says it plans to invest $100 million expanding its Brazilian operations.
Claranet Brazil CEO Edivaldo Rocha said the idea is to become “the leading cloud services provider in Brazil” by making Brazil’s operation one of the largest hybrid cloud and cybersecurity players in the market, focusing on services with high growth potential and aligned with the digitalisation challenges of medium-sized companies.
Claranet Brazil has grown 37 percent year on year for the past five years and has a team of more than 200 staff in-country, but plans to more than double that to 500 by the end of this year.
Claranet entered the Brazilian and Latin American market in 2017, buying out AWS MSP CredibiliT Tecnologia.
Since 2012, the cloud managed services firm has made 28 acquisitions globally. However, it says that its Iberian and LatAm regions are now its “focus markets for the future growth of the group”.
Then in August, last year, Claranet acquired Brazilian MSP CorpFlex which was focused on private cloud solutions particularly around capabilities in cybersecurity, data management and networking.
