Data center solutions provider
Datalink has acquired IT infrastructure solutions and services company Bear Data Solutions, Inc.
A Fortune 500 company, Datalink caters to “mid-tier enterprises” by making data centers “more efficient, manageable and responsive to changing business needs”. The company’s services focus on offering consulting and design services for the full product lifecycle. Located in San Francisco, California, Bear Data Solutions caters to customers in California and has a presence in San Francisco, San Jose, Irvine and San Diego. The company specializes in providing networking solutions such as Cisco wireless, routing and core switches. The cost of the deal is in the $18.5 million region including mixed case and stock.
By purchasing Bear, Datalink stands to “quadruple” revenues generated in the West Coast of the United States. The acquisition will enable Datalink to extend the products and services Bear Data Solutions offers to its customers. It will also give the company the opportunity to offer its own products and services (including data center infrastructure and managed and professional services) to Bear Data Solutions’ customers.
“This is an important strategic acquisition that will significantly expand our West Coast operations and give us a large new base of customers for solutions and services that are beyond the scope of Bear’s current offerings,” said Paul Lidsky,Datalink president and CEO. “As with our successful acquisitions of Incentra, Midwave and StraTech over the past five years, bringing Bear’s personnel and customers into the Datalink family will help expand our geographic reach, deepen our technical knowledge and capabilities, and accelerate our growth rate for shareholders and investors.”
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