Bluewolf

The American company Bluewolf Group founded in 2000 specializes in IT consulting services. Since 2002 it advances Salesforce.com services, being one of the oldest partners of this cloud vendor. Specialists of Bluewolf help the companies to integrate the CRM solutions Salesforce.com with the IT systems.

As of April 1, 2016 the staff of Bluewolf totals more than 500 people working at 12 offices (are located in North America, Great Britain, France and Australia).

2016: Sale to IBM company

At the end of March, 2016 IBM announced Bluewolf purchase, but did not disclose acquisition value. The Re/Code edition with reference to the sources writes that the speech can go more than about $200 million.

It is going to close the transaction on sale of Bluewolf of IBM corporation until the end of June, 2016. At first regulating authorities should approve it.

IBM purchased the oldest partner of Salesforce

As soon as all necessary formalities are executed, Bluewolf will be a part of service division of IBM Interactive Experience (enters structure of IBM Global Business Services) specializing in services of development of strategy, analytics and system integration for creation of scalable digital, commercial, mobile and wearable platforms.

According to the head of IBM Interactive Experience Paul Papas, clients of corporation will be suited by consolidation of experience Bluewolf with services and assets of IBM, including with mobile application development, joint with Apple.

The senior vice president of IBM Global Business Services Bridget van Kralingen says that new opportunities which are opened by the transaction with Bluewolf will help to bring services and cloud computing of IBM to new level and also to provide the company with income in the multi-billion market of corporate services Salesforce.com.

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