Bulking Up In The Data Center
Insight Enterprises undertook a major data center offensive Monday through its planned $258 million acquisition of Datalink, No. 45 on the 2016 CRN Solution Provider 500.
The Tempe, Ariz.-based solution provider, No. 15 on the 2016 CRN SP 500, will lean on Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Datalink to strengthen its muscle around hybrid cloud, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017, according to an Insight executive.
Here are 10 things the channel should know about Datalink's business, synergies with Insight and financial details of the deal.
