Dell To Acquire Make Technologies

Dell has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Make Technologies, a provider of application modernisation software and services that reduce the cost, risk and time required to re-engineer applications.

Companies are modernising their applications portfolios so they can reduce legacy infrastructure operating costs. These applications run most effectively on open, standardised platforms including the cloud. With the acquisition of Make Technologies, Clerity Solutions and existing Dell Services capabilities, Dell provides end-to-end solutions from hardware through application migration services.

Steve Schuckenbrock, President, Dell Services, said, “The addition of Make Technologies and Clerity Solutions to Dell Services positions us to lead in the fast-growing applications modernisation space.”

“We have the capabilities to help customers with all their modernisation needs—from re-hosting and re-platforming to code re-engineering. These offerings will enable Dell to support the thousands of commercial and public sector customers looking to migrate business-critical applications to open, standards-based architectures, including the cloud,” said Schuckenbrock.

Make Technologies provides end-to-end application portfolio transformation solutions that modernise entire portfolios of legacy applications in less time and with higher precision and also automated application and code migration tools to re-architect legacy application software and data to a more modern architecture.

“The combination of Make Technologies and Dell provides the market with a single vendor solution for any modernisation activity and is an exciting step in expanding growth opportunities for our core application modernisation software and services,” said Bill Bergen, President and CEO Make Technologies, Inc.

“Together, with Dell’s global reach, scale and reputation for customer support, Make’s methodology and tools will become even more accessible to more customers struggling with the dilemma that surrounds legacy environments,” he added.