Press Release
Herndon, Va. – July 12, 2017 – REAN Cloud, an AWS Premier Partner and global cloud Systems Integrator, has acquired 47Lining, a well-recognized AWS Advanced Consulting Partner in the big data space. This acquisition gives REAN Cloud a strong presence in Big Data analytics, IOT and Machine Learning areas along with extending its U.S. footprint, adding key locations like Denver's fast-growing tech corridor and the West Coast.
BV Investment Partners continues to play a key role supporting REAN Cloud's vision and has increased its stake in the company by leading the 2nd round of funding to support the 47Lining acquisition. REAN Cloud was advised by MVP Capital, an investment banking firm, serving companies in the technology, media, telecom and renewable energy sectors.
"The strategic acquisition of 47Lining will help REAN Cloud scale to meet increased customer interest in Data Lakes, Redshift migrations, real-time analytics and data platforms for extreme event volumes," said Sekhar Puli, managing director and co-founder of REAN Cloud. "REAN Cloud's demonstrated ability to wield its engineering capabilities and resources, combined with its strong IP in infrastructure automation, will play a strong role in scaling the Big Data practice, leveraging 47Lining IP around big data and Analytics," said Sri Vasireddy, managing partner and co-founder.
Combining 47Lining's big data proficiency with REAN Cloud's deep expertise in cloud security, migration and DevOps provides our customers with enhanced breadth and depth of capabilities in one of the strongest cloud services portfolios on the market. 47Lining will continue to operate as a distinct business unit within REAN Cloud, which will ensure that the 47Lining brand and team remains intact. 47Lining's former CEO, Mick Bass, will lead this new business unit, continuing to drive world-class big data and analytics engineering capabilities and expanding REAN Cloud's customer reach into the West Coast and beyond.
"Joining a proven AWS Premier Partner like REAN Cloud will help us to rapidly scale our proven Big Data capabilities and help more enterprises create business value through data as part of their cloud adoption journey. ," said Mick, SVP of the Big Data Practice at REAN Cloud. "By combining our knowledge and experience in addressing customers' data warehousing, predictive analytics and data lake needs with REAN Cloud's array of cloud-based solutions, we create a company with unrivalled capabilities and the scale required to help any enterprise get the most out of its cloud investment."
REAN Cloud, which achieved Premier Consulting Partner status in the AWS Partner Network faster than any other company in the network's history, now adds 47Lining's AWS Big Data Competency to its existing Security, Financial Services, Government, Education, Life Sciences, Storage, Migration, DevOps and Microsoft Workloads AWS competencies.
Recently recognized in Gartner's Magic Quadrant report on Public Cloud Infrastructure Managed Service Providers, 2017, REAN Cloud's extensive domain expertise, deep compliance IP and end-to-end service offering enables customers to operate securely in even the most highly-regulated environments, while enabling them to unleash innovation and accelerate time to value from their cloud investments.
About REAN Cloud
REAN Cloud, a global cloud systems integrator and Managed Service Provider (MSP), is a Premier Consulting Partner in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). REAN Cloud offers managed and professional services and solutions for hyperscale integrated IaaS and PaaS providers and is one the few systems integrators capable of supporting the entire cloud services lifecycle. Backed by extensive security DNA and deep compliance IP and expertise, REAN Cloud specializes in helping enterprise customers that operate in highly regulated environments – Financial Services, Healthcare/Life Sciences, Education and the Public Sector –to get the most from their cloud investment while enabling them to accelerate the value gained from the cloud once there. REAN Cloud's team has worked with global organizations including the American Heart Association, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Ditech Mortgage, Ellucian, Globus Genomics, Philips, PierianDx, SAP, Symantec, Teradata and Veritas. REAN Cloud solutions are bundled with advanced security features to help address clients' compliance needs.
