SPS acquires IPV Gateways

Strategic Products and Services announced Friday that it has acquired IPV Gateways, a specialized provider of network security, telecommunications and data center management.By acquiring IPV, SPS will grow its managed service business, the Parsippany-based IT solutions provider said in a news release.

“We are excited to team with IPV, as it possesses the most sophisticated cloud-based services architecture in the industry,” John Price, SPS vice president, managed services practice leader, said in a prepared statement. “IPV’s technical skills and SPS’s client centricity will serve as a truly winning combination for our managed and XaaS (anything-as-a-service) business, granting us the unique ability to deliver our cloud and private cloud solutions directly to more than 600 global MPLS and network providers.”

“We at IPV are excited to join the SPS team,” Rob Price, chief technology officer of IPV, said in a prepared statement. “I believe that by combining SPS’s comprehensive portfolio and IPV’s core skills and services, we will be able to provide unmatched solutions to our clients.”