IBM today announced the acquisition of Neudesic, a US-based cloud services consultancy specializing primarily in the Microsoft Azure platform, along with bringing skills in multicloud. This acquisition will significantly expand IBM’s portfolio of hybrid multicloud services and further advance the company’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy. Financial details were not disclosed.
The acquisition is of significance to its presence in India as well as more than half of Neudesic’s headcount is based in India across Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Kochi. Neudesic has a total headcount of 1,500 cloud and data experts.
Including Neudesic, IBM has acquired more than 20 companies — 12 in IBM Consulting alone —since Arvind Krishna became CEO in April 2020. Today’s news builds upon IBM’s prior acquisitions of cloud transformation capabilities, including Sentaca, SXiQ, BoxBoat, Nordcloud and Taos. Acquisitions is one of IBM’s strategies to invest in its hybrid cloud and AI strategy, expanding its cloud services technology, skills and capabilities to meet the growing demand of clients’ hybrid cloud needs.
Neudesic will add on to IBM’s consulting capabilities in the hybrid cloud and AI and also beef up its consulting focus as more and more deals are digital in nature. Analysts have been saying that digital transformation requires an architectural shift and working with tech partners right from the initial stage is important.