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Involta | December 29, 2021
Global investment firm Carlyle announced today that funds managed by Carlyle have agreed to acquire Involta, a data center company focused on hybrid IT and cloud infrastructure, including data center colocation, hybrid cloud, edge, fiber, and related products.
Involta owns and operates 12 data center facilities and an in-house 12,000+ fiber-mile network. These assets, paired with strategic infrastructure services, provide mission-critical IT solutions to businesses across the United States. Carlyle's capital, resources, and expertise will help expand Involta's operations, which today are located primarily in the Midwest as well as the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern U.S., helping grow its capabilities for both new and existing customers.
Joshua Pang, Head of Digital Infrastructure for Carlyle's Infrastructure Group, said, "Involta has built a world-class platform with a demonstrated operating model for delivering high-quality service to customers in an increasingly complex, hybrid cloud-based world. We see significant opportunity for growth given the long-term secular demand drivers of data proliferation, digital connectivity, and the digitization of enterprise and institutional operating models. We look forward to a strong, long-term partnership and to leveraging Carlyle's scale, resources, and access to capital to drive sustainable growth at Involta."
Pooja Goyal, Chief Investment Officer of Carlyle's Infrastructure Group, said, "This investment is consistent with our strategy of partnering with best-in-class businesses positioned for continued growth in the digital infrastructure space. Digital infrastructure is a key sector focus for our platform and we will continue to grow our portfolio with both high growth opportunities as well as stabilized assets."
"We are thrilled to work with Carlyle's proven investment team as we build on our national market leadership and support our customers' growing digital infrastructure requirements. We see many logical opportunities to continue expanding Involta's footprint and infrastructure, and look forward to leveraging Carlyle's global resources and deep expertise to further accelerate our growth momentum."
Bruce Lehrman, Founder and CEO of Involta
This transaction supports Carlyle's growth in infrastructure investing, which includes investments in infrastructure companies supporting the digital economy. Earlier this year, Carlyle acquired Wyyerd Group, a leading regional fiber-to-home platform in the Southwestern United States, and recently completed an add-on fiber acquisition for that platform in December 2021.
About Carlyle
Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Global Investment Solutions. With $293 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2021, Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 1,800 people in 26 offices across five continents.
About Involta
Involta is an award-winning hybrid IT and cloud-forward consulting firm orchestrating digital transformation for the nation's leading enterprises. Involta's ongoing mission is rooted in partnership. Its personalized approach identifies customers' requirements while earning their trust to ultimately deliver Superior Infrastructure and Services, Operational Excellence and People Who Deliver, keeping with the Involta brand promise.
Involta pairs strategic consulting with the unique ability to leverage owned data centers and infrastructure assets, empowering businesses with necessary security and reliability requirements. Its well-defined, rigorous process to deliver hybrid cloud, edge, consulting, and data center services have earned the company several designations, including a KLAS rating and review for partial healthcare IT outsourcing excellence. The company has also been recognized on several CRN lists and has been named one of the fastest-growing companies in America by Inc.5000 for nine consecutive years.
About M/C Partners
M/C Partners is a private equity firm focused on small and mid-size businesses in the digital infrastructure and technology services sectors. For more than three decades M/C Partners has invested $2.4 billion of capital in over 140 companies, leveraging its deep industry expertise to understand long-term secular trends and identify growth opportunities. The firm is currently investing its eighth fund, partnering with promising companies and leadership teams to support, scale, and improve operations and maximize value.
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DISH Network Corporation | September 22, 2021
DISH Network Corporation has selected 10x People, LLC to manage telephone number (TN) inventory for the company's cloud-native, OpenRAN-based 5G network.
10x People's number inventory management software, known as nVentory, efficiently operates TNs and identity management, allowing DISH to simultaneously meet business needs and industry reporting requirements.
"As we continue to build our innovative 5G network, 10x People will play a central role in our number management process as we track, monitor and report this important part of our inventory," said Atilla Tinic, chief information officer, DISH. "10x People's cloud-native solution will seamlessly integrate with our other OSS/BSS systems, extend our TN management capabilities as we roll out new areas of service, and serve as an innovative platform for the ongoing evolution of our subscriber identity management."
"10x People is committed to helping connect end users to DISH's fully-virtualized, first-of-its-kind network through telephone number solutions," said Lisa Marie Maxson, CEO, 10x People. "Being selected as a TN management supplier by a technology innovator like DISH is an honor and speaks to our position as a leader in scalable numbering solutions for 5G networks."
About DISH
DISH Network Corporation is a connectivity company. Since 1980, it has served as a disruptive force, driving innovation and value on behalf of consumers. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides television entertainment and award-winning technology to millions of customers with its satellite DISH TV and streaming SLING TV services. In 2020, the company became a nationwide U.S. wireless carrier through the acquisition of Boost Mobile. DISH continues to innovate in wireless, building the nation's first virtualized, O-RAN 5G broadband network. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is a Fortune 200 company.
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Dell Technologies | June 18, 2021
Dell Technologies and DISH Network Corporation have entered into a strategic infrastructure agreement to enable DISH's development of the U.S.' first cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G network. With an ecosystem of partners, technologies, and Dell's open infrastructure foundation, the companies are rethinking how 5G RAN networks are created and deployed.
DISH is building a 5G network that is open and cloud-native from the bottom up. Dell Technologies will supply the basis for DISH's edge network infrastructure, powering devices, software, and solutions that will enable customers to take advantage of the connectivity and business opportunities made available by the combination of 5G and edge computing.
"Through our collaboration with Dell Technologies, we will have the hardware and software infrastructure required to realize the power and promise of 5G fully." "Dell's open ecosystem approach will enable us to grow our RAN network with agility, speed, and consistency, resulting in new business possibilities for both enterprise and consumer clients and completing our cloud plan," said Marc Rouanne, DISH chief network officer. "We chose Dell's technology because they have a proven track record of transforming networks as well as a readiness to collaborate with us on developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code" (IaC). We're one step closer to deploying the United States' first cloud-native, Open RAN 5G network."
DISH will deploy Dell open hardware and software infrastructure for its 5G network, which will connect millions of people and power 5G and edge use cases in industries such as healthcare, education, government, retail, manufacturing, banking, and others, using Dell Technologies' security software and global supply chain. DISH can simplify and automate software and service deployment across geographic locations by utilizing Dell's zero-touch provisioning, and deployment of containerized RAN network functions.
"DISH is breaking new ground by developing a cloud-native 5G network intended for a future where edge computing and new 5G use cases meet in unexpected ways," said Dennis Hoffman, senior vice president, and general manager of Dell Technologies Telecom Systems Business. "We will use our decades of digital transformation experience to assist simplify and automate DISH's 5G RAN and edge network fast rollout."
About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform their work, life, and play. The company provides customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era.
About DISH Wireless
DISH Network Corporation is a connectivity company. Since 1980, it has served as a disruptive force, driving innovation and value on behalf of consumers. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides television entertainment and award-winning technology to millions of customers with its satellite DISH TV and streaming SLING TV services. In 2020, the company became a nationwide U.S. wireless carrier through the acquisition of Boost Mobile. DISH innovates in wireless, building the nation's first cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G broadband network. DISH Network Corporation is a Fortune 200 company.
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