IBM (NYSE: IBM) is to acquire BoxBoat Technologies, a Bethesda, Maryland-based DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider.
The amount of the deal – subject to customary closing conditions and expected to close this quarter – was not disclosed.
BoxBoat will join IBM Global Business Services’ Hybrid Cloud Services business, extending IBM’s container strategy and implementation services portfolio to further advance its hybrid cloud strategy and accelerate Red Hat OpenShift adoption globally.
Founded in 2016 and led by Tim Hohman, CEO and Co-Founder, BoxBoat allows clients to establish containers and Kubernetes as core enablers for cloud solutions. It delivers a full suite of services that include customized strategies for Kubernetes and Enterprise Container Platform adoption, application containerization, DevSecOps, training and enablement. Its track record of delivering complex cloud consulting projects includes advising many Fortune 100 and government clients on industry best practices, modernizing existing DevOps solutions, and containerizing mission critical workloads.
BoxBoat’s team is comprised of skilled engineers with active open source contributors, Kubernetes Admins, Kubernetes Application Developers, and automation experts. Their workforce holds extensive cloud ecosystem certifications in Amazon Web Services, Docker, GitLab, Google Cloud Platform, Hashicorp, Kubernetes, and Microsoft Azure technologies. The company also holds partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. BoxBoat was also the first GitLab Certified Professional Services Partner.
This deal follows IBM’s acquisition of leading cloud services firms – Nordcloud and Taos – which closed in the first quarter of 2021 and expanded its multicloud transformation, management expertise and capabilities.
FinSMEs
11/07/2021