![]() The acquisition will empower CloudJumper to deliver the most complete solution portfolio on the market and address these challenges head-on. They further added that this acquisition also allows clients to adopt a multi-cloud strategy by reducing time and resources to build and deploy cloud solutions.Įxplaining this in detail, JD Helms, President at CloudJumper, commented:īusinesses today are under pressing demands to deploy IT in ways that optimize agility, productivity, and security. ![]() With this acquisition, CloudJumper will give more control to its startup and SMB clients over public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure.Īccording to CloudJumper the addition of Independence IT to their portfolio will enable customers with easy one-click WaaS (Workplace-as-a-Service) deployment across the public and private cloud. The company said it will invest “significant resources” in expanding CloudJumper’s existing channel program with the goal of “enhancing the capabilities of MSP, VAR, SI and ISV partners to solve customer challenges and grow their businesses.Workplace-as-a-Service provider CloudJumper has acquired software service provider Independence IT in a bid to ease migration to its cloud platform. The CloudJumper deal once again turns the spotlight to NetApp’s partnership strategy. It’s a reflection of the important role the channel plays for NetApp, which leverages industry alliances to extend its product capabilities and boost sales efforts. Talon Storage Solutions Inc., the storage startup that NetApp acquired last month, was a partner as well. “NetApp and CloudJumper provides a simplified management platform for delivering virtual desktop infrastructure, storage and data management across Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud with best in class virtual desktop management combined with best in class storage and data services,” Anthony Lye, head of NetApp’s Cloud Data Services business, said in a statement.Įven before the acquisition, CloudJumper had partnered with NetApp to make its CMWS software compatible with the latter’s products. By acquiring CloudJumper, NetApp may gain an opportunity to increase revenue from its hyperconverged systems by bundling the hardware with virtual desktop management software.įor the time being, however, the company is looking to use the CloudJumper deal mainly to boost its cloud portfolio. It plans to integrate the CWMS-based NetApp Virtual Desktop Service with the Azure NetApp Files and Cloud Volumes products, which provide storage management features for the major public clouds. The company sells several versions of its NetApp HCI hyperconverged infrastructure systems that are specifically designed to run virtual desktops. The deal is timely because one of the main use cases for virtual desktops is supporting remote employees who can’t use a workstation in their office.ĭesktop virtualization was already a focus for NetApp before the current surge in enterprise adoption of remote work tools. NetApp will relaunch CWMS as the NetApp Virtual Desktop Service. CWMS provides a management interface that administrators can use to manage virtual desktops, as well as an autoscaling feature that automatically adds or removes hardware capacity based on demand. The software provides the ability to host virtual desktops on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure, Google Cloud or on-premises infrastructure. The terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed.ĬloudJumper’s platform, CWMS, allows companies to set up virtual Windows desktops that their workers can access remotely. Garner, North Carolina-based CloudJumper has not raised any outside funding. competitor with a software platform for running virtual desktops in the cloud. today said that it has acquired CloudJumper Corp., a Citrix Systems Inc.
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