US computer giant Dell announced on November 2 that it has acquired Boomi, a company that provides Web-based or "cloud" computing services. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Texas-based Dell said the purchase of Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Boomi will allow it to "help businesses reap the full value of cloud computing," where software or services are hosted on the Web and available on demand.
Boomi operates a platform that allows transfers of data between cloud-based applications and "on-premise" computer networks. Dell said Boomi "manages millions of transactions a month and has completed tens of thousands of cloud integrations for hundreds of customers globally across a wide spectrum of industries." Dell said the acquisition is its latest bid to "build a technology portfolio for growing businesses seeking the benefits of Web-based computing."
"Twenty-six years ago we helped accelerate the move to client-server computing; today we'll help drive a similar transformation with customers turning to the cloud to drive costs down and innovation up," said Steve Felice, president of Dell's consumer, small and medium business division.