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Nutanix to acquire Frame

Nutanix has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Frame, a cloud-based Windows desktop and application delivery provider.

Frame will be available following the closing of the acquisition on third-party clouds from AWS and Azure. Availability on Nutanix Xi Cloud and Google Cloud Platform will be announced at a later date, said the companies in a statement.

The closing of the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction were not shared.

Here is a blog post from Nutanix on the acquisition: https://www.nutanix.com/2018/08/02/desktops-service-no-cloud-lock-frame-nutanix-xi-cloud-services/

[Image courtesy: Frame]

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