Cloud Computing: The Gores Group Acquires Astadia, Inc.

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The Gores Group, a global investment firm based in Los Angeles today announced that through an affiliate it has acquired Astadia, Inc, a leading pure-play cloud computing consulting and systems integrator. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Astadia, a salesforce.com Platinum Partner will be merged with Idea, a portfolio company of The Gores Group, that provides innovative business and technology integration solutions and services. The Gores Group will be the controlling shareholder of the combined company…

“The merger of Astadia and Idea forms the next-generation of services firm. The new entity will provide customers with the optimal expertise and scale required to address the most diverse, complex enterprise IT environments,” said Victor C. Otley, Managing Director for The Gores Group. “The new entity will have one of the largest global footprints within the salesforce.com and cloud ecosystem with the ability to deliver business solutions for the Hybrid Enterprise.”

“This new entity will provide customers with a broad range of comprehensive solutions. Our customers can be assured that we will help them make the most of what they have, add what they need, and avoid massive, multi-year, IT overhauls,” said Rebecca Rogers Tijerino, who has been appointed as CEO of the new combined company. “Companies today are pursuing innovative solutions that drive revenue and margin growth while containing costs by using a mix of legacy, distributed and cloud technologies. To accomplish this they need a trusted advisor who understands how to envision the Hybrid Enterprise roadmap and will help them navigate these complex systems and processes. At the end of the day, we are a partner with the deep and broad expertise to deliver the results needed in today’s business.”

Astadia is a salesforce.com Platinum Partner that has been delivering proven cloud-based business solutions for more than a decade. Astadia’s service portfolio includes strategy, implementation and integration, along with training and support, using the most innovative and widely deployed cloud, mobile and social platforms. Astadia has also developed strong practices in the Social Enterprise, Marketing Automation, Data Integration and the Subscription Economy, leveraging industry leading platforms like Radian6, Eloqua, Informatica and Zuora.

Idea excels at developing innovative, custom, mobile and web applications. A Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner that was recently named Microsoft U.S. Enterprise Services Partner of the Year for 2012, Idea helps dynamic companies increase the value of their Microsoft application stack. Idea is recognized as a leader with specialized experience in a wide variety of technologies associated with legacy mainframe systems and has a proven track record of successfully transitioning client system environments and applications.

Commenting on the idea to merge the two companies, Otley stated, “There are tremendous synergies between Astadia and Idea. By combining Idea’s mobile development and Microsoft expertise with Astadia’s salesforce.com and cloud leadership, the new entity will offer a range of consulting and systems integration services that are highly relevant in today’s evolving IT environment. The reality of today’s “Hybrid Enterprise” requires this new approach – one that blends traditional business process and integration skills with tested cloud methodologies to deliver solutions that integrate and leverage disparate systems and drive optimal value from them. The combination of Astadia and Idea will fill this needed role.”