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Carbon60 accelerates digital transformation capabilities with acquisition of OpsGuru, an award-winning multi-cloud consultancy

OpsGuru strengthens Carbon60’s ability to deliver infrastructure agility, security, and seamless transitions to the cloud, as well as 24/7 white-gloved managed services, to businesses and public sector companies

TORONTO, May 13, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Carbon60, a leading provider of managed cloud hosting services, today announced the acquisition of OpsGuru (the “Company”). Canada fastest growing multi-cloud and DevOps consulting. The acquisition makes the combined company the pre-eminent Canadian organization for multi-cloud transformation and managed services.

Recently named Amazon Web Services Consulting Partner of the Year 2021 CanadaOpsGuru helps customers around the world adopt cloud technologies, update workflows to cloud-native designs, and secure and optimize systems for greater efficiency. The company is a leading Canadian partner for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and a specialist in Kubernetes, an open source system for automating the provisioning, scaling and management of container applications.

“The acquisition of OpsGuru greatly accelerates the realization of our vision of Carbon60 to become the leading end-to-end multi-cloud service provider and helps Canadian companies successfully plan, migrate and operate in the cloud,” said he John Witte, President & CEO, Carbon60. “In combination, Carbon60 and OpsGuru can fully support customers Canada in their cloud development. “

The combined company will employ over 160 people, from certified cloud consultants in AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, to software developers with experience in application modernization, to system administrators and security experts who will act as trusted advisors no matter where customers are with their digital transformation are on their way. Existing and new Carbon60 customers will benefit from OpsGuru’s cloud consulting experience, including Cloud Launchpad, a proprietary process that uses pre-built infrastructure-to-code templates and battle-tested best practices to accelerate cloud transformation and cloud transformation schedules shortened from months to weeks.

“We are excited to join the Carbon60 family and bring a true end-to-end multi-cloud offering to our combined customers,” he said Anton Mishel, OpsGuru CEO, “OpsGuru’s trademark culture of innovation and curiosity fits in very well with Carbon60’s focus on providing responsive and reliable 24/7 managed services with an emphasis on great customer experience.”

“Carbon60 continues to grow rapidly by focusing on its strategy of delivering high quality managed services to customers using hybrid cloud environments,” he said Jason Bremner, Research Vice President, Industrial and Business Solutions at IDC Canada. “With the acquisition of OpsGuru, Carbon60 closes a void for underserved Canadian midsize and enterprise companies that need expert support with their cloud initiatives to accelerate their modernization efforts.”

This is the third acquisition for Carbon60 since 2019 in collaboration with M / C Partners, a private equity firm.

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About Carbon60
Carbon60 specializes in delivering secure managed cloud solutions to public and private sector organizations with mission-critical workloads. Carbon60 offers secure and compliant 24/7 managed services through its cloud platforms Canadaincluding AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud to provide scalable hybrid IT solutions. Carbon60 accompanies customers on their cloud journey and can get in touch with customers at any stage of their transition. Carbon60 offers a white glove customer experience with a full level of technical support and a nimble approach. This makes them the trusted choice for companies that need a partner to deliver solutions with exceptional reliability, performance and security. More information is available at www.carbon60.com and LinkedIn.

About OpsGuru
OpsGuru was founded in 2017 with its headquarters in Vancouver, Canada. OpsGuru’s key services accelerating cloud-native technology as the driving force behind the business include cloud adoption, Kubernetes activation, application modernization, data insights, and cloud security. With OpsGuru’s signature product – the OpsGuru Cloud Launchpad – OpsGuru supports customers in achieving fast cloud deployment with a secure and scalable cloud foundation. Further information can be found at www.opsguru.io and LinkedIn.

Via M / C partners
M / C Partners is a private equity firm focused on small and medium-sized businesses in the communications and technology services space. M / C Partners has been investing for more than three decades $ 2.2 billion Capital in over 130 companies using its extensive industry expertise to understand long-term global trends and identify growth opportunities. The company is currently investing its eighth fund, partnering with promising companies and empowering strong leaders to accelerate growth, optimize operations and create long-term value. More information is available at www.mcpartners.com.

SOURCE Carbon60