{"id":24611,"date":"2016-08-18T10:58:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T10:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2016\/aug\/18\/brexit-what-brexit-datapipe-acquires-uk-based-managed-cloud-firm-adapt\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T10:58:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T10:58:13","slug":"brexit-what-brexit-datapipe-acquires-uk-based-managed-cloud-firm-adapt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/brexit-what-brexit-datapipe-acquires-uk-based-managed-cloud-firm-adapt\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit? What Brexit? Datapipe acquires UK-based managed cloud firm Adapt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/media\/img\/news\/iStock_poundscoinsuk262362.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><em>(c)iStock.com\/Jonathan Maddock<\/em><\/p>\n<p>US cloud provider Datapipe has announced it is acquiring Britain-based managed cloud firm and AWS partner Adapt in an attempt to expand the firm&rsquo;s European presence.<\/p>\n<p>The firms took the unusual step of issuing two separate press releases to cover the same news. From the Adapt side, the company noted the move to Datapipe was a &lsquo;non-disruptive addition&rsquo; due to the firm&rsquo;s similar roadmaps and propositions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Adapt and Datapipe both have cultures that focus on proactive, high touch customer service and a commitment to customer-specific solutions designed to meet clients&rsquo; individual business challenges,&rdquo; said Robb Allen, Datapipe CEO. &ldquo;Our similar approach to guiding clients on their cloud journey makes the acquisition a natural fit for us and will increase our scale and service capabilities in the United Kingdom, and the broader European market.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the acquisition in a wider context, however, it shows demand for UK tech businesses in a post-Brexit landscape. Recent research and analysis has been less than kind to Blighty after the referendum vote to leave the European Union in June. A note from consulting firm BroadGroup <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2016\/aug\/16\/european-cloud-demand-forces-data-centre-uptick-brexit-remains-worry\/\">earlier this month<\/a> argued that while demand for European data centre space continues to rise, Brexit could send UK ambitions off-kilter, although Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently confirmed its plans for a UK data centre remain on track.<\/p>\n<p>It <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2016\/jul\/06\/idc-praises-emea-cloud-infrastructure-warns-potential-uk-downturn-post-brexit\/\">was a similar story<\/a> from analyst house IDC in July, praising EMEA infrastructure but warning of a UK downturn. This facet was inferred by Adapt CEO Stewart Smythe. &ldquo;We are seeing emerging customer requirements for a tactical and strategic presence overseas, so it makes sense for us to advance the UK&rsquo;s capability in a global market rather than create more bulky domestic organisations,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;UK-only consolidations in our space can get very messy and can be short-sighted. We have chosen a far more exciting path.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(c)iStock.com\/Jonathan Maddock<br \/>\nUS cloud provider Datapipe has announced it is acquiring Britain-based managed cloud firm and AWS partner Adapt in an attempt to expand the firm&rsquo;s European presence.<br \/>\nThe firms took the unusual step of issuing two se&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24612,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24611\/revisions\/24612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}