Through the acquisition, IBM expects to gain critical skills to help media majors and CSPs in their business transformation journeys by enabling them to modernise on various cloud platforms and innovate
IBM has acquired Sentaca for an undisclosed price. (Credit: Mark Ahsmann/Wikimedia Commons)
Tech major IBM has acquired Sentaca, a US-based telecommunications (telco) consulting services and solutions provider, in a move to expedite its hybrid cloud consulting business.
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Sentaca, which is based in Boston, is a software consulting and professional services firm with specialisation in automation, cloud native for telco and future networks.
The company’s team of technology consultants in the US and Canada is said to build and migrate mission-critical applications on various cloud service providers and open-source platforms such as OpenStack and Red Hat OpenShift.
Since its inception in 2008, the company is said to have supported digital transformation, next-generation networks and enhanced consumer experience for CSPs and media firms.
Sentaca CEO Phil O’Neill said: “Sentaca’s deep knowledge and experience of telecom networks, coupled with our expertise in hybrid multi-cloud and automation services and solutions, is a perfect fit to compliment IBMs telco/5G strategy.
“We are very excited to join the IBM team and to be in a position to access additional resources and platforms to deliver on even larger and more ambitious enterprise cloud transformation projects within the telco and media industry sector.”
Through the acquisition, IBM expects to add critical skills to assist media majors and communications service providers (CSPs) in their business transformation journeys by enabling them to modernise on various cloud platforms and innovate.
Sentaca will now come under IBM Consulting’s hybrid cloud services business.
The company is expected to help IBM solve the strategic and technology challenges of clients, which include cost-of-ownership, scalable and secure architecture, monetisation, as well as address opportunities including 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), and streaming.
IBM Consulting senior vice president John Granger said: “Our goal is to help modern networks thrive in an open, hybrid cloud environment that will bring edge and 5G to life for enterprises and consumers.
“The proliferation of mobile devices, wireless connectivity, and new media platforms is driving convergence among telco, media, and entertainment, which makes our acquisition of Sentaca all the more valuable for our clients.”
Last month, IBM signed a deal to divest its healthcare data and analytics assets that are part of its Watson Health unit to global investment firm Francisco Partners.