Dell’s Acquisition Of Cloudify: Five Things To Know

Dell Technologies completed its first acquisition of the year with the purchase this week of Cloudify, an Israeli-based multi-cloud management platform and a provider of environment-as-a-service software.

The deal – which is reportedly worth $100 million – puts a powerful DevOps technology under Dell’s umbrella.

Cloudify can spin up unlimited copies of an organization’s entire infrastructure stack, creating custom IT environments – which includes not just applications, but any hybrid-cloud environment the applications are deployed on. These modular environments eliminate one of the biggest bottlenecks organizations face with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines by giving developers a sandbox to test large deployments without downtime.

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Dell initially disclosed the deal in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. Dell released a short statement Wednesday, saying it had completed the deal. Cloudify is a privately-held company that was employee owned.

“Dell Technologies announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cloudify,” a Dell spokesperson said. “This transaction allows Dell to continue to innovate our edge offerings.”

Cloudify has a free version that works with all cloud vendors, as well as a “starter” version for $1,000 per month, and “pro” version that goes for $4,750 per month, according to the company’s website. The paid versions include integrations with virtual machiness and Kubernetes.

Here are five things you need to know about Cloudify and its acquisition by Dell.