Samsung on cloud nine with acquisition of US startup Joyent

Posted on 17 Jun 2016 by Aiden Burgess

Samsung Electronics has agreed to acquire public and private cloud provider, Joyent, as the South Korean technology giant attempts to boost its software and services ambitions.

Samsung will acquire Joyent for an undisclosed sum as part of its burgeoning interest in “big data” and a more expanded effort to use powerful remote computers to bolster its data analysis and the computing capabilities of its own devices. Joyent is an 11 year old San Francisco-based cloud company, and is Samsung’s third major…

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