Flotek Group's cloud infrastructure capabilities have received a boost following its acquisition of Plymouth-based Microshade Business Consultants. The deal also gives Flotek a stronger foothold in the parish council segment.
Microshade provides IT solutions to 286 parish councils across the UK and holds ISO 27001:2022 certification. The company operates its Cloud Remote Desktop Service at the Southwest Data Centre in Plymouth where Flotek already maintains a regional office.
Flotek was already collaborating with Microshade to develop its own Private Application Hosting service, helping businesses move traditional on-premises software, such as accounting software like Sage, Iris and Pegasus, to a private cloud environment.
Jay Ball (pictured), CEO, Flotek Group, commented: "We've worked with the Microshade team for over three years, collaborating on various projects. But during the acquisition process, Stuart Wilbur, the founder, sadly passed away. Stuart's vision was to bring advanced technology to the parish council sector, a vision we wholeheartedly share and are committed to continuing.
"We see tremendous growth potential in hosting our customers' existing server-based applications in our private data centre technology. This complements our existing Microsoft Azure technology offering, as both solutions have their advantages in the market."