Dell acquires Clerity Solutions

TEXAS, USA: Dell announced that it has acquired Clerity Solutions, a provider of applications modernization and re-hosting solutions and services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“Unlike other providers, Dell remains committed to open architecture computing and to helping our customers implement optimal platforms for their applications,” said Steve Schuckenbrock, president, Dell Services. “Increasingly, these x86 platforms are enabling super-scale cloud environments, and the addition of Clerity gives us a clear advantage in helping customers modernize and migrate their applications off outdated hardware infrastructure to more current architectures. We are thrilled to welcome the Clerity team to Dell.”

Clerity’s capabilities will enable Dell Services to help customers reduce the cost of transitioning business-critical applications and data from legacy computing systems and onto more modern architectures, including the cloud, says a release.

By automating this approach to IT modernization through its UniKix offering, Clerity helps customers minimize the need to retest systems and retrain IT personnel–which results in overall cost and time savings, adds the release.

Clerity was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Chicago. Dell will add approximately 70 employees to the Dell Services team from Clerity, and plans to make continued investments to grow the applications modernization capabilities of its services business.

“The combination of Clerity and Dell provides tremendous growth opportunities for our core application modernization and re-hosting solutions, and rapidly expands our global reach and scale,” said Brandon Edenfield, president, Clerity Solutions. “Taking this step with Dell is a very natural progression for our business and offers customers access to world-class enterprise solutions and services offered by Dell Services.”