(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet services firm IKANO Communications (www.ikano.com) announced on Tuesday it has acquired virtualization and cloud hosting provider Defender Technologies Group, rebranding the company as Virtacore Systems (www.virtacore.com).
The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, according to the press release.
“Virtualization and public and private cloud hosting are experiencing explosive growth as small-to-medium sized business customers and large enterprises look for ways to meet their complex and expanding IT demands and live within budget constraints at the same time,” says George Naspo, IKANO’s president and CEO. “Virtacore and its highly experienced, customer-focused engineering team are incredibly well positioned to serve this market and maintain a leadership position for many years to come.”
The nearly 10-year-old Virtacore/Defender entered the virtualization market in its early stages and later developed strong strategic partnerships with leading enterprise virtualization providers, such as VMware and Citrix.
The company now manages over 10,000 virtual machines hosted at Equinix IBX data centers around the country, connected to a custom network of top-tier bandwidth providers.
Virtacore’s virtualization and cloud hosting services are managed by an engineering team and a dedicated 24-hour customer support team.
IKANO provides a range of Internet services for business customers and end users, as well as wholesale and private label resellers.
Through its primary brands of DSL Extreme, Dialup USA, DNAmail, PowerVPS, and now Virtacore Core, the company provides DSL and dial-up connectivity, hosted email solutions such as Google Apps and Microsoft Exchange, cloud hosting and data center services.
