Platform MSP Play: General Informatics Expands Via Two New MSP Buys
Summary
“Having your own SOC is a big difference for an MSSP.” General Informatics closed the acquisition of 1 Ping Security, a Raleigh, N.C.-based MSSP, Monistere said. “1 Ping Security’s Founder and Operator Aaron Lancaster and I have known each other for about 15 years, and even worked together in the past,” he said. And because 1 Ping Security consists of only Lancaster and a couple of consultants, integration of the MSSP into General Informatics will be easy, he said. “Vazata was operating as a single company, but decided to focus on the data center services business by selling its MSP side, and we were interested,” Monistere said. Looking forward, General Informatics hopes to close one more acquisition by year-end, and another early next year, Monistere said.