Veritas inhales cross-cloud infrastructure analyser Aptare

Veritas has said it will buy privately held analytics biz Aptare for an undisclosed amount. The backup outfit is itself owned by private equity house Carlyle Group and currently undertaking a massive shape-shift with the help of restructuring specialist Axil Partners. Buying Aptare is a sign of growth for Veritas to set against product retirements, office space reductions, job transfers, layoffs and other dismal aspects of restructuring. Aptare was founded in 1993 and has no recorded external funding. The founder, president and CEO is New Zealander Richard Clark. The company was a backup reporting company in 2009-2010 then eased into data centre infrastructure management with its own console software.