Combination creates a company which aims to deliver efficient network-based applications with reliable and scalable infrastructure.
Joyent, a provider of web-based team collaboration software, yesterday announced that it has acquired TextDrive, a hosting and infrastructure provider.
The combination creates a company which
promises to perform well in the market, which is seeing
a shift to network-based applications.
"Joyent's innovative, network-based collaboration software combined
with TextDrive's proven expertise in building high performance hosted
solutions, creates a company delivering compelling network-based
applications over a 100% reliable and scalable infrastructure," said
David Young, CEO, Joyent. "Joyent's combined software and hosting
capabilities now deliver a complete network-based application and
infrastructure platform to our ISP, VAR, developer, and end-user
customers."
"We are thrilled with this strategic combination, a perfect fit that
forges a company with the talent to deliver our customers elegant and
powerful network-based applications," said Dean Allen, former CEO of
TextDrive and now President and Director of Joyent Europe. "We look
forward to dazzling Joyent customers with TextDrive's unparalleled
hosting services."