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LightEdge Acquires Connectria To Round Out Each Other’s Power Play

April 22, 2024 Timothy Prickett Morgan

If there is a large group of IT customers who pay a premium for a premium product but who are also going to be experiencing a skills shortage in the coming years, then you want to be in the position of selling them networking, compute, and storage capacity in the cloud or in co-location facilities. And you also want to be able to sell them add-on managed services to get a bigger share of their overall budget while also helping them to get more things done.

That, in a nutshell, is why LightEdge Solutions is acquiring Connectria Hosting. Both companies …
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A Year Later: Diving Deeper into How Connectria Brings IBM i Workloads Closer to AWS

November 17, 2021 David Wilderman

Connectria has worked in the IBM i and AIX hosting business since 2000. We have strong expertise in both IBM and cloud; we’ve offered IBM i private cloud services and support for more than a decade. We work with a great deal of Power Systems users who are making strides toward the cloud, as many have in the last year thanks to soaring cloud demand in the wake of the pandemic.

Traditionally, we have helped IBM users by augmenting their existing staff as they retire or turnover by handling production workloads and delivering managed services with capability, not just hardware. …
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