HDS gobbles second firm in a week

French services firm Oxya will enhance HDS' channel offering, vendor claims

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has made its second acquisition in a week, this time in the form of French services player Oxya.

The Paris-headquartered firm was founded in 1998 and has local teams in the UK, Belgium, China and the US. It provides services for cloud and SAP solutions to almost 200 customers across the globe.

Last week, HDS bolstered its big data offering by snapping up Pentaho.

When the Oxya deal closes, which is expected to happen at the end of March, it will continue to execute its current business model under its chairman Frederic de Belloy, who will report to HDS' executive vice president for services Hicham Abdessamad.

HDS claims its channel partners and customers will benefit from an extended cloud and managed services portfolio when the deal closes, as well as the firm's "broad experience and expertise".

HDS' Abdessamad said: "Today's partners and customers demand as-a-service options that enable them to keep pace with market dynamics such as cloud, while transforming the way they conduct business. Oxya offers an expanded set of application-as-a-service offerings, both in private cloud and hybrid cloud.

"They have vast experience with managing large SAP solution-based environments and a history of excellent customer satisfaction."