April has already been a busy month for Dell (DELL) – the company has announced two acquisitions in two days. Wyse Technology is the larger purchase. The California-based maker of software and clients for cloud computing should help Dell stay competitive as enterprise demand shifts from personal computers to tablets. Since Wyse is privately held, terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Dell did discuss Wyse’s growth rate in a conference call, saying revenues were up 45% last year.
Dell said that it is also buying Clerity Solutions, a Chicago software company that helps enterprises move applications from mainframes and other legacy hardware into the cloud. “The addition of Clerity gives us a clear advantage in helping customers modernize and migrate their applications off outdated hardware infrastructure to more current architectures. We are thrilled to welcome the Clerity team to Dell,” said Dell Services president Steve Schuckenbrock, in a statement. Clerity is a private company with about 70 employees.
Both acquisitions show Dell’s commitment to the cloud and to offering software solutions that help companies use cloud computing efficiently. But of course Dell’s roots are in hardware and the company is determined to have its share of the fast-growing tablet market. After the failure of its initial tablet launch, the Dell Streak, Dell is back in the market this year with both Android and Windows tablets. The Texas company is promoting the Android devices as ideal for entertainment and the Windows devices as “convertible” choices for work and play.
