KOCHI: Chicago-based Netrix LLC has acquired two Kochi-based IT companies, Ideamine Technologies and Empressem Technologies. The acquisitions were made for undisclosed amount. The acquisitions were announced by Netrix management at a media conference in Kochi on Monday. Rob Dang, partner and managing director, Netrix; Gregory Price, partner and director, Vertical Solutions; Stephen Dress, director, Netrix; Jyothis Joseph, founder and CEO of Ideamine Technologies and vice-president, business development, Empressem Technologies and Ajeesh Kumar, vice president, engineering, Empressem Technologies addressed the media.
Netrix, which started operations in 1989, has its presence in 11 metro areas in the US and employs more than 450 people. The company has expertise in network infrastructure, security systems services, unified communications, mobility, cloud and managed services, hardware and software development and services. The company has an office in Pune, which was acquired recently. Ideamine Technologies, which started operation in 2007, is one of the pioneers in server management. The company ventured into cloud service in the same year at a time when it was a less travelled path. In 2013, the company entered into a partnership with Amazon Web Services.
The company offer services for Azure, Google cloud, magneto hosting, cloud strategy and implementation, remote serve management, windows server management, Linux server management and outsourced webhosting support. Empressem Technologies was set up in 2010 by a group of veteran software engineers. It offers services such as mobile application development, iOS application development, Android application development, augmented reality applications, Enterprise Mobility Solutions, IoT solutions, web Application development, applications platforms, cloud, web technologies, and Rest Soap, among others.
