IBM to acquire hybrid cloud consultancy Nordcloud

  • IBM announced an agreement to acquire Nordcloud, a European leader in cloud implementation, application transformation and managed services
  • The acquisition further advances IBM 's cloud migration and transformation capabilities, an important aspect of its hybrid cloud platform growth strategy
  • Headquartered in Finland, Nordcloud is recognized as a leader in public cloud services. It is one of the few providers triple certified in Amazon Web Services, Alphabet Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure
  • This acquisition is the latest example of how IBM is expanding the breadth and depth of its hybrid cloud offerings to manage complex integrations - of technologies, people and processes
  • Leading IT industry analysts estimate the market for cloud professional services will exceed $200bn by 2024

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