VMware this morning announced that it has agreed to acquire Shavlik Technologies, a provider of cloud server IT management solutions for small and medium businesses.
The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed but valued in the muti-millions. Shavlik is said to have more than 3500 customers using it’s cloud hosting platform and cloud products. Their SaaS-based management solutions helps enable SMBs to manage, monitor and secure their IT environments when moving to virtual and cloud computing IT deployments
VMware and Shavlik already had a partnership in place with regards to the former’s VMware GO product, a joint SaaS offering that has been available since 2009 and basically assists SMBs with the installation and management of VMware’s vSphere.
