Dell Technologies is evolving itself once again with the US$4 billion sale of its cloud business Boomi to private equity firms in a move to shift its focus to “high-priority” areas including changing its sales motion toward as-a-service.
The news of Dell selling Boomi comes a few weeks after Dell confirmed the spin-off later this year of its majority stake in VMware and 15 months since Dell sold its cybersecurity business RSA for over US$2 billion to private equity firm STG Partners.
“For us, we’re focused on fueling growth by continuing to modernize our core infrastructure and PC businesses and expanding in high-priority areas including hybrid and private cloud, edge, telecom and Apex,” said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer of Dell Technologies, in a statement. “[This is] all designed to help organizations thrive in the do-from-anywhere economy.”