Skaylink or Skaylink.com is a
cloud-services company specializing in
digital transformation
Digital transformation (DT) is the process of adoption and implementation of digital technology by an organization in order to create new or modify existing products, services and operations by the means of translating business processes into a d ...
and
cloud computing
Cloud computing is "a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand," according to International Organization for ...
technologies. As of 2023 Skaylink has 11 locations, with eight in Germany and additional offices in Romania, Brazil, Denmark, and Lithuania.
History
The company was founded in 2020, but its roots can be traced back to four IT companies, Beck et al.
GmbH
(; ) is a type of Juridical person, legal entity in German-speaking countries. It is equivalent to a (Sàrl) in the Romandy, French-speaking region of Switzerland and to a (Sagl) in the Ticino, Italian-speaking region of Switzerland.
It is a ...
, binary GmbH, direkt gruppe GmbH, and infoWAN Datenkommunikation GmbH.
In 2019 the founders of these four companies envisioned creating a cloud enterprise that could support medium-sized and large enterprises throughout their entire cloud journey. With the support of Waterland Private Equity, Skaylink was established in March 2020, bringing together the founding companies under one umbrella.
In July–December 2021
AWS expert root360, BTT Cloud, and cVation were acquired by Skaylink.
Skaylink operates in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Nordics, and Baltics, focusing on industries like finance, automotive and manufacturing. It specializes in cloud technologies including
AWS,
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure, or just Azure ( /ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər/ ''AZH-ər, AY-zhər'', UK also /ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər/ ''AZ-ure, AY-zure''), is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft. It has management, access and development of ...
,
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 (previously called Office 365) is a product family of productivity software, collaboration and Cloud computing, cloud-based Software as a service, services owned by Microsoft. It encompasses online services such as Outlook.com, One ...
and operates private clouds through their data centers.
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References
Companies based in Munich