Logicalis strengthens cloud integrator position with NubeliU acquisition

4th July 2017 By: Anine Kilian - Contributing Editor Online

JSE-listed Datatec’s Logicalis subsidiary has acquired a 51% stake in Openstack software-based cloud company NubeliU.

“This acquisition is an important step for Logicalis to enhance its position as a leading cloud integrator,” Datatec CEO Jens Montanana said in a statement on Tuesday.

He noted that the acquisition is part of Logicalis’s strategy to position itself as a cloud integrator and strengthens its commitment to the opensource community, in particular with OpenStack, which is essential for large Software Defined everything, or SDx, and cloud computing projects.