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  • Focal Point Buys UCG Technologies, On The Hunt For More IBM i Deals

    January 31, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    There is a wave of acquisitions underway in the managed service provider (MSP) and technical support services businesses of the IBM i market, with companies trying to amass the skillsets to provide a more complete stack of services to IBM midrange shops. The acquisitions are also being fueled by a business model of cross-selling across merged company portfolios and getting the size necessary to expand into new geographies and to find new customers as IBM i shops confront the growing complexity of their infrastructure and looming shortages in skilled IBM i personnel.

    That, in a nutshell, is why Focal Point …

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