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Google to acquire Velostrata

By TechTaffy Desk

Google has entered into an agreement to acquire Israel-based enterprise cloud migration technology company Velostrata. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions.

The Velostrata team is expected to join Google in their Tel Aviv office.

Here is the blog post on the acquisition by Eyal Manor, VP Engineering of Google Cloud. Here is the blog post by Issy Ben-Shaul, CEO and co-founder of Velostrata, on the acquisition.

[Image courtesy: Velostrata]

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