Getronics buys Colt’s Managed Cloud business

IT services provider The Getronics Group has bought Colt’s Managed Cloud business to add it to a portfolio that includes Getronics, GWA and Connectis. Service provider Getronics said it will now extend the range of offering to a client based it previously serviced on behalf of Colt.  The deal includes the acquisition of Colt’s cloud technologies and support services across the UK, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, India, Romania and Switzerland. The Getronics family of companies will now run the managed cloud services supplied to Colt’s customer base, using Colt’s own network, voice and data centre capabilities.