Follows launches in France and Germany
Claranet now has a legal and operational entity, Claranet Italy, in response to a growing demand for managed public cloud solutions in the Italian market. It will be focused solely on public cloud services.
The move marks its entry into two new markets in recent months following the acquisition of CredibilIT in Brazil
Claranet Italy is the first organic expansion for the Group since the launch of Claranet France in 1998 and Claranet Germany in 2000. It follows 17 acquisitions across the continent in the last five years.
The new entity will be based in Milan, meaning it is strategically positioned near major economic centres and the bases of major partners such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Like the six other existing European entities, Claranet Italy will have its own senior management team and its own operational and commercial teams. Fabrice Tetu, former CEO of French managed services provider Diademys, which Claranet acquired last year, has been tasked with the set-up of Claranet Italy and will work to grow its footprint in the country.
“We are very excited to announce the formation of Claranet Italy. This move underscores Claranet’s intent to accelerate our geographic expansion and reinforces Claranet’s leading position in the European hosting market. The opening of Claranet Italy will help us further support the needs of our customers who have a foothold in Italy and allow us to generate new business in the country more effectively. Fabrice possesses a great deal of experience in the sector and in growing companies from his time at Diademys and I have every confidence that he will make a great success of Claranet Italy,” Charles Nasser, CEO and Founder of the Claranet Group, said.