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Vembu Acquires CloudNucleus
September 2011 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Vembu Technologies announced it acquired CloudNucleus, a data protection software developer with specific focus on continuous data protection with bare metal backup and disaster recovery for Windows and Linux environments. Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The addition of CloudNucleus strengthens Vembu’s offerings in the areas of business continuity and disaster recovery, Continuous Data Protection (CDP), Bare Metal Recovery (BMR), and protection of virtualized environments and will enhance the ability of Vembu’s service provider partners to offer a superior backup service to their customers. This move underscores Vembu’s commitment to open, heterogeneous storage management, expands Vembu’s capabilities around information access and recovery, and deepens Vembu’s commitment to the MSP channel.
The acquisition will accelerate Vembu’s ability to deliver the industry’s most complete data protection and recovery solutions targeted at small and medium businesses (SMB) and sold exclusively through MSPs and MHPs, helping partners get the maximum value from their service with the lowest risk and the highest customer satisfaction. Further, CloudNucleus’ deep technical capability, and strong service delivery will complement Vembu’s established channel and enhance its ability to serve partners and their customers around the globe.
Vembu intends to integrate the technology and operations of CloudNucleus into its existing operations. Srivatsan Venkatesan will join Vembu as Vice President of Product Management, Storage Products. Vembu and CloudNucleus will integrate engineering and development functions to accelerate the development and delivery of their data protection solutions.
