Orange Business Services Reinforces Its Cloud-Centric Capabilities by Combining Affiliates Under a United Brand
September 12 2022 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
- Basefarm, Login Consultants, and The unbelievable Machine
Company (*um) rebrand to Orange Business Services
- Orange position strengthened as a next-generation cloud-centric
company
Orange Business Services has today consolidated its recent
acquisitions Basefarm, Login Consultants, and The unbelievable
Machine Company (*um) into the Orange family. The move reinforces
its standing as a leading global network-native digital services
company, underscoring its cloud-first vision as the focal point for
all new digital experiences and accelerating a secure and
sustainable transformation for customers.
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Orange Business Services has consolidated
its recent acquisitions Basefarm, Login Consultants, and The
unbelievable Machine Company (*um) into the Orange family. (Photo
credit: Orange Business Services)
The acquisitions of Basefarm, a European player in cloud-based
infrastructure and services, and *um, a big data, data sciences,
and cloud hosting specialist, have delivered double-digit growth
since Orange acquired the companies in 2018. Recent analyst
accolades include Basefarm being named a leader in the 2021
Information Services Group (ISG) Provider Lens™ Private/Hybrid
Cloud – Data Center Services and Solutions Report for the Nordics,
while *um was positioned as a leader in the 2021 ISG Provider Lens™
Analytics Services Platforms and Solutions Report for Germany.
Login’s acquisition has introduced new virtual desktop
infrastructure capabilities and infrastructure management services
to the Orange portfolio. This has enabled Orange to secure
contracts with major customers, including designing and deploying a
virtual desktop technology solution for a health services company
to ensure primary care services could be maintained during the
pandemic.
Setting cloud computing on course for the next stage
Orange has doubled the size of its cloud capabilities in the past
four years. The competencies of these three acquired companies have
helped significantly boost the company’s extensive skillset as an
end-to-end provider for companies of all sizes. As a result, its
offerings provide further depth and expertise in public, private,
and hybrid cloud services across multiple technology platforms and
enriched partner ecosystems.
Orange Business Services has focused on expanding its cloud
capabilities as part of its strategic roadmap. Orange now has 2,600
cloud experts who are part of a team of over 10,000 digital
experts. In addition, over the past 12 months, it has carried out
68,000 hours of workforce training to meet the insatiable demand
for cloud in an industry that is dogged by an ongoing skills
drought.
As a result of its acquisitions and development plans, analysts
have recognized Orange for its vision in executing flexible and
secure digital platforms. For example, Orange is a selected
provider in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Center
Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services Worldwide
for the second year in a row.
“Cloud is having a huge impact on technological evolution,
growing alongside exciting new business cases. These acquisitions
have enabled us to trailblaze when it comes to cloud innovation. It
is allowing our customers to adopt cloud-first strategies to create
value responsibly and ethically from data in a trusted cloud,” said
Stefan Kanis, executive vice president, Cloud Services at Orange
Business Services. “Our ability to support our customers end-to-end
in their digital transformations is accelerating their move to
innovative automated services built on cloud-native, Big Data,
Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning,” added Kanis.
About Orange Business Services Orange Business Services
is a network-native digital services company and the global
enterprise division of the Orange Group. It connects, protects, and
innovates for enterprises worldwide to support sustainable business
growth. Leveraging its connectivity and system integration
expertise throughout the digital value chain, Orange Business
Services is well placed to support global businesses in areas such
as software-defined networks, multi-cloud services, Data and AI,
smart mobility services, and cybersecurity. It securely accompanies
enterprises across every stage of the data lifecycle end-to-end,
from collection, transport, storage and processing to analysis and
sharing.
With companies thriving on innovation, Orange Business Services
places its customers at the heart of an open collaborative
ecosystem. This includes its 28,500 employees, the assets and
expertise of the Orange Group, its technology and business
partners, and a pool of finely selected start-ups. More than 3,000
multinational enterprises, as well as two million professionals,
companies and local communities in France, put their trust in
Orange Business Services.
For more information, visit www.orange-business.com or follow us
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Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications
operators with revenues of 42.5 billion euros in 2021 and 282
million customers worldwide at 30 June 2022. Orange is listed on
the Euronext Paris (ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (ORAN).
In December 2019, Orange presented its new “Engage 2025” strategic
plan, guided by social and environmental accountability. While
accelerating in growth areas, such as B-to-B services and placing
data and AI at the heart of innovation, the entire Orange Group
will be an attractive and responsible employer.
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in
this material are trademarks of Orange or Orange Brand Services
Limited.
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Press contact: Elizabeth Mayeri, Orange Business Services,
elizabeth.mayeri@orange.com
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