Columbus sells private cloud practice to Atea

IT services provider Columbus has sold its private cloud services business to Danish IT firm Atea.

The deal continues Columbus's work to simplify the business and focus more on digital advisory and services for larger customers. In December the company sold off its To-Increase software business to Gilde Buy Out Partners and the management of To-Increase for EUR 113m.

With the sale of the private cloud business "Columbus is focusing its Infrastructure Managed Services business on public cloud solutions that target the company’s customers within the key industries; food, retail and production," according to a statement. The company also provides application management services as part of Infrastructure Managed Services.