Cloud Sherpas expands APAC business through acquisition of New Zealand reseller

Terms of the deal were not disclosed

Wellington-based Google Apps reseller and cloud service provider WaveAdept has been acquired by US Google Apps partner Cloud Sherpas, becoming the company’s third acquisition in the past six weeks.

Along with this acquisition, Cloud Sherpas has also announced the opening of its new office in Sydney, Australia, as another move to expand business operations in the Asia Pacific region.

"We've heard that businesses in New Zealand and Australia have been slower to embrace cloud computing," says Jon Hallett, CEO of Cloud Sherpas. "But from what we've seen, companies in this market are aggressively looking to replace on-premise email and collaboration products with cloud-native platforms - particularly Google Apps."

"Google Apps Resellers have played a key role in the growth of Google Apps, and we're delighted to see Cloud Sherpas move into this region,” says Richard Suhr, Google Enterprise Sales Director for APAC.

The company says it plans to add staff quickly in New Zealand and Australia but points out that “the acquisition of WaveAdept gives us immediate help from senior managers and Google experts who know the local market inside-and-out”.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed.