 BlackBerry’ nin sahibi RIM bulut servislerini 5.5 milyon dolara satti BlackBerry cep telefonlarinin ureticisi RIM (Research In Motion) sirketi NewBay bulut hizmetleri isini Synchronoss Teknolojileri sirketine satti. Blackberry 10 cep telefonlari ustune calisan sirket bulut servisleri isi satisindan 55.5 milyon dolar pesin para aldi. Satis Christmas doneminde gerceklesti. New Jersey’ de kurulu olan Synvhronoss, Irlanda Dublin’ de kurulu bu bulut servisleri sirketiyle kuresel mobility platformunu buyuk olcude genisletmeyi planliyor. Satis islemlerinden once Newbay bulut servisleri sirketinde ust duzeyde yeni iki atama yapilmisti. RIM sirketinde yonetici olarak calisan Tom Goguen Eylul ayinda CEO, Mark Payne ise Ekim ayi nda CFO gorevlerine getirilmisti. Bu satisla RIM sirketi hizli bir geri donus yapti. RIM bulut hizmeti servisleri NewBay sirketini 2011 yilinda satin almisti. Daha 1 yili dolmadan sirketin hangi nedenlerle satildigi henuz tam acikliga kavusmus degil. RIM icin bu satisin buyuk bir kayip oldugu dusunuluyor. RIM’ in, NewBay’ i 2011 yilinda 100 milyon dolara satin aldigi tahmin ediliyor. Simdi ayni sirketi yari fiyatiyla satmasi Kanadali BlackBerry ureticisi RIM sirketi icin onemli bir karar. NewBay’ in yazilim platformu, cep telefonlari operatorleri ve servis saglayicilarini “icerik deneyimi” ile birbirine bagliyor. NewBay’ e gore, bu bulut platformu servisleri milyonlarca kullaniciya ulasiyor. Synchronoss CEO’ su Stephen Waldis’ e gore, NewBay bulut servisleri sirketi sayesinde Synchronoss, musteri bazini buyutecek ve buyuk Avrupa cep telefonlari operatorlerini musteri listesine katacak. Synchronoss Teknolojileri, birbirine bagli mobil cihazlarda musterilerine yazilim programiyla aktivasyon ve icerik yonetimi urunleri satiyor. |
Research In Motion (RIM) has let go of its cloud services company, NewBay, selling it to Synchronoss Technologies for $55.5 million in cash. The acquisition closed just after Santa's visit to all the good, little boys and girls. The acquisition of the Dublin, Ireland-based cloud services company will give Bridgewater, New Jersey-based Synchronoss the ability to expand its global mobility platform enablement strategy considerably. The acquisition followed shortly on the heels of two C-level executive appointments at NewBay. The cloud services company appointed Tom Goguen as CEO in September and Mark Payne as CFO in October. Both were former RIM executives who now find themselves with brand new bosses. Still, this deal must have been in the works for some time. This is a fast turnaround for RIM, which only snapped up NewBay in October 2011. RIM, which is frequently being scrutinized for its recent issues in the mobile device market, barely held onto the cloud services company for a year. Whether it just wasn't the fit RIM execs thought it would be or it was a sale of necessity is unknown. Unfortunately for RIM, this was a big loss. RIM bought NewBay in 2011 for about $100 million, although the exact figure is known only by the head honchos of the time at both RIM and NewBay. Selling it for half of what was originally paid for the company is a tough break for the Canadian BlackBerry manufacturer. |