Applied Insight (AI) on Wednesday said it has acquired Digital Age Experts, LLC (DAE), expanding its capabilities in cloud services for the federal government and boosting its position with defense and intelligence community customers.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DAE, which is based in Northern Virginia, has 50 employees.
Both companies are Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Consulting partners with Government Competency and DAE was the first small business that specializes in defense and national security to be an accredited by AWS. AWS is part of Amazon [AMZN].
“Applied Insight is a market leader in helping government agencies leverage the full power of the cloud,” John Hynes, AI’s CEO, said in a statement. “DAE strengthens our position with a highly experienced team and proprietary cloud technologies. Its SHIFT emulation technology combined with AI’s Altitude cloud management platform uniquely positions us to solve all low-to-high side development, testing and integration challenges for government customers.”
DAE’s financial advisor on the deal was
Agreeance LLC. AI did not use an advisor.