IBM has acquired more than 20 companies since 2020, all with the goal of enhancing its hybrid cloud and AI capabilities.
IBM has acquired telco consulting services and solutions provider Sentaca to strengthen its hybrid cloud consulting business, so that they can modernize multiple cloud platforms and better support communications service providers (CSPs) following the new revenue stream.
Sentaca, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, builds and transfers mission-critical applications to cloud service providers and open-source platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift and OpenStack. The company will now join IBM Consulting’s hybrid cloud services business to help carriers address a number of challenges, including ownership costs, monetization, new service creation and delivery, and scalable and secure architecture.
IBM said in a statement, “Centacar domain skills, resources and client relationships will help IBM meet industry needs and strengthen its position as a major systems integrator for emerging networks and the 5G market.”
“Our goal is to help modern networks improve in an open, hybrid cloud environment that will bring Edge and 5G to the enterprise and consumers,” said John Granger, Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting. “Mobile devices, wireless connectivity, and the expansion of new media platforms are merging into telco, media, and entertainment, making the acquisition of Sentaca even more valuable for our clients.”
IBM has been in the throes of an acquisition since the appointment of Arvind Krishna as CEO in April 2020. At the time, the company had acquired more than 20 companies, of which 10 were in the consulting business According to IBM, these acquisitions work to strengthen its hybrid cloud and AI capabilities.
Includes recent cloud acquisitions Nordcloud, Taos, Boxboat And SXiQ. While not within this time frame, IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat in 2018 is a significant milestone in IBM’s hybrid cloud journey – a $ 34 billion milestone.
Krishna, who was then senior vice president of IBM Hybrid Cloud, commented: “IBM is committed to being an authentic multi-cloud provider, and we will prioritize the use of Red Hat technology across multiple clouds. By doing so, IBM will support open source technology wherever it goes, allowing it to scale significantly in commercial settings around the world. “
