| Mandrake acquires Linux services firm as part of corporate push |
Jul. 06, 2004
Mandrakesoft announced last week that they have acquired Linux support and services vendor Edge IT. The acquisition is an indication of Mandrake's growing emphasis on supporting corporate customers migrating to Linux.
Edge-IT was founded in 2003 by key employees of Open Care, the first European Linux support company. They count among customers, OECD, the world economic organization, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, an elite French Political Science School, and Prisma Presse, one of the top press groups in France.
Existing Edge IT customers will be supported under the new arrangement, Mandrake says. The deal, completed through a stock transfer of 70,000 Mandrakesoft shares is expected to close in a few months, and has an estimated valuation of half a million US dollars.
Since emerging from bankruptcy in March 2004, Mandrakesoft has put together a string of moves that indicate their push into corporations. Beginning with the May release of a new version of their Linux-based operating system, Mandrake also teamed with Codehost to extend printing for Linux in the enterprise, announced a migration strategy for corporations through a partnership with NeTraverse, and unveiled a strategy to deliver a Linux desktop with zero transition costs with French vendor, Nexedi.
Mandrake Linux is available preloaded on selected HP business PCs.
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