Martin Wolf News

January 10, 2012

martinwolf in GigaOm
 
Cloud: "The ultimate game of scale"
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In a recent issue of GigaOm.com, Marty Wolf emphasized that, "C
loud services represent the ultimate game of scale and more traditional IT players will keep investing to up their ability to compete in that arena." 

He also said, "There's another trend at work here as more small and medium businesses (SMBs) decide there's no reason to keep buying servers and storage when they can outsource all that to the cloud. Many IT incumbents rem
GigaOm Cloud Article 1-6-12ain ill-equipped to deal with this class of business customers."

Marty went on to state that it is one thing for EDS to outsource stuff for Kraft. They get that. But these big [IT] service companies aren't good
dealing with smaller businesses. For example, EDS or (Electronic Data Systems) was the giant services company HP bought a few years back.

"That means that the tech resellers - or anyone with customer relationships with these SMBs - will buy up cloud services so they can keep those customers in the fold," Wolf concluded.

    

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September 30, 2011

SPS, a leading Unified Communications Provider, announced that Court Square Partners has made an investment in the company. martinwolf advised SPS in this transaction. SPS is a premier unified communication services integrator, ranked 131 on the 2011 VAR 500 list with 2010 sales of $143 million. Court Square is a $4B+ New York-based PE Group, with more than 150 lifetime investments.  

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September 20, 2011  

Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity investment firm, announced that it had taken a majority stake in Infinisource. Infinisource is a leading benefits administration technology and services company. martinwolf advised the seller in this transaction.  

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March 11, 2011

SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ: SSNC) announced that it had acquired Glastonbury, Connecticut-based BenefitsXML. BenefitsXML is a leading provider of enterprise software and SAAS solutions for employee benefit service providers. martinwolf advised the seller in this transaction.  

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"...tech resellers - or anyone with customer relationships with these SMBs - will buy up cloud services so they can keep those customers in the fold."

- Marty Wolf