ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM acquired the telecom consulting {and professional} companies agency Sentaca to assist purchasers use hybrid cloud computing to innovate round 5G and edge computing.
The deal is meant to speed up IBM’s hybrid cloud consulting enterprise by including “vital expertise” to assist communications service suppliers (CSPs) and media firms modernize on multicloud platforms, in line with IBM this month.
IBM believes Sentaca’s area experience, belongings, and shopper relationships will assist it meet CSP market demand and “strengthen its place” as a programs integrator within the rising community and 5G markets.
The deal closed on January 31. Monetary particulars weren’t disclosed.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Sentaca, based in 2008, additionally has an workplace in Toronto, in line with its web site.
Sentaca helps digital transformation, next-generation networks and improved shopper expertise (CX) for CSPs and media firms. For example, the agency’s expertise consultants construct and migrate mission-critical purposes on main cloud service suppliers and open-source platforms, like Crimson Hat OpenShift and OpenStack.
Sentaca will be part of IBM Consulting’s Hybrid Cloud Providers enterprise to assist resolve purchasers’ strategic and expertise challenges, comparable to price of possession, monetization, scalable and safe structure, in addition to “tackle alternatives,” together with 5G, the Web of Issues (IoT), and streaming, that may “speed up the creation and supply of recent companies.”
Over 140 telcos are served by IBM, together with by way of its subsidiary Crimson Hat. IBM helps co-create options for telcos, whereas supporting them on their community transformation journeys and enabling new income streams that “ship worth to shopper and enterprise purchasers.”
“Our objective is to assist fashionable networks thrive in an open, hybrid cloud atmosphere that may carry edge and 5G to life for enterprises and customers,” mentioned John Granger, SVP, IBM Consulting.
“The proliferation of cell gadgets, wi-fi connectivity, and new media platforms is driving convergence amongst telco, media, and leisure.”
Phil O’Neill, CEO of Sentaca, mentioned his agency is “excited to hitch the IBM crew.”
O’Neill mentioned the deal will give the agency entry to assets and platforms to “ship on even bigger and extra bold enterprise cloud transformation tasks throughout the telco and media business sector.”
IBM’s cloud acquisition spree
IBM’s acquisition of Sentaca is its newest in a string of over 20 acquisitions, inducing 10 in consulting, since Arvind Krishna grew to become CEO in April 2020. The acquisitions are supposed to “bolster” IBM’s hybrid cloud and synthetic intelligence (AI) capabilities
For example, IBM acquired a number of cloud consulting corporations in 2021, Nordcloud, Taos, BoxBoat and SXiQ, which expanded its multicloud transformation and administration capabilities in North America and Europe.