Acquiring a Managed Hosting Provider

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Posted by emergysBizDev, 06-23-2009, 01:39 PM
Hello Gurus, I represent a SMB company which is open to acquiring a Managed hosting provider, and providing SAP hosting services. Alternatively, the company could build a data center & provide the hosting services itself. Are you folks aware & point me to : 1) Any due-diligence check list for acquisitions in this space. 2) Any buy versus build analysis in the hosting space. 3) How would one go about looking for any companies wanting to exit the business by selling? Brokers? Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thanks!
Posted by Hesser, 06-24-2009, 11:13 AM
What part of the country are you looking to locate?
Posted by emergysBizDev, 06-24-2009, 01:11 PM
We are thinking east coast...
Posted by wb-Jay, 06-24-2009, 07:35 PM
If the company has no experience in the Datacenter industry, I would recommend starting off by colocating your infrastructure with reputable datacenters and growing from there. In regards to buying company's it would be good to go with brokers and there are a few on this board that you can contact for more information.
Posted by Hesser, 06-25-2009, 10:42 AM
Jason makes a great point, you can save a large cap ex, by starting carefully into this market. There are several new data centers being built in and around metro Atlanta. I know several dc brokers in the area, let me know. Hope this helps,
Posted by Hesser, 06-29-2009, 02:27 PM
Have you decided what you're going to do? I would be interested finding out. thanks
Posted by emergysBizDev, 06-29-2009, 11:12 PM
Hello, I'm still researching and evaluating options to determine whether to acquire, colocate or build. I'm looking for consultancy companies who can provide any consulting services in helping make the assessment. thanks for all your help so far.
Posted by emergysBizDev, 07-01-2009, 03:14 PM
I would like to know if there are consultants/brokers who can help us navigate through the buy versus build versus co-locate option for a managed hosting provider business. Thanks,
Posted by abbyjanke, 07-01-2009, 07:45 PM
If you could contact me, Im sure we could talk of this more also help you out. Please leave your e-mail for contact. Thanks
Posted by emergysBizDev, 07-01-2009, 10:33 PM
I've PM-ed you my email id.