VMware on 16 May added to its ever-increasing product set by acquiring Shavlik Technologies, a provider of cloud-based IT management software for small and medium businesses.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Shavlik, based in New Brighton, Minnesota, provides on-premise and SaaS-based management software that enables enterprises to manage, monitor and secure their IT systems when moving to virtual and/or cloud computing IT deployments.
Specifically, Shavlik provides centralised IT management functions that include asset management, security, business continuity and data protection capabilities; simplified deployment and automation, enabling SMBs to evolve legacy systems to virtual and cloud models without requiring significant in-house skills or resources; and automated IT management, including patch, compliance, and configuration management.
It was VMware’s second acquisition in less than a month. The Palo Alto, California-based company bought web-based presentation software provider SlideRocket on 27 April.
VMware has been on a shopping spree lately. In March, the company picked up visual development toolmaker Wavemaker.
VMware and Shavlik have partnered for the last two years on VMware GO, a joint SaaS offering that assists SMBs with rapid deployment and management of VMware vSphere.
The acquisition is expected to be completed later this quarter, VMware said.
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