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Deal will expand Thrive’s NextGen portfolio and infrastructure in the U.K., marking its first foray into the international market.

Company makes third acquisition this year, gets data center in Luton as part of deal

Welcome back to another installment of our “Thrive Employee Spotlight” blog series.

Our featured Thrive Executive is Marc Capobianco, Executive Vice President of Corporate Operations.

Marc currently manages Thrive’s strategy and solutions, serving financial firms, private equity firms, and others in the financial space to solve their business technology, security and compliance challenges. He oversees the New England Account Management team and is transitioning to lead Thrive’s Corporate Operations.

Marc lives in North Reading, Massachusetts, with his wife and three teenage boys. He enjoys running, cycling, and competing in triathlons and marathons. 

Hi Marc! Can you tell us about your background and how you came to Thrive? 

I started an MSP out of my parents’ house 25 years ago called Tier1Net. Over time, Tier1Net grew and evolved, focusing on providing Managed IT services to financial services firms.  Tier1Net became part of Thrive in June  2019, and I was appointed to Executive Vice President of Thrive’s FinTech Practice. I graduated from Merrimack College with a degree in Management & Finance and went on to get a Masters Degree at Boston University in Management Information Systems (MIS).

What do you most enjoy about working for Thrive?

I love the people, our clients, and the challenge. First, I am extremely fortunate to work with an amazing team of dedicated and talented individuals who are always raising the bar. Second, I am very grateful to work with many clients who believed in me 25+ years ago and are still clients to this day. Finally, I love solving challenges for clients and seeing the positive impact on their businesses.

Any recent exciting projects at Thrive that you can tell us about?

In early March, Microsoft announced several flaws with their On-premise Exchange Server Software. Within hours of this announcement, cyber adversaries were weaponizing exploits of this vulnerability at unprecedented levels. I worked alongside Thrive’s support, engineering, executive, and security teams, which are made up of 50+ engineers from all regions to combat this global threat.

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Thrive, a provider of NextGen Managed Services, has acquired ONI, a cloud hybrid managed IT, Cisco Gold Partner and data center services provider based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.

M&A – MSPs: Big MSPs remain in acquisition mode. For instance, Thrive acquired a Cisco partner to expand from the U.S. into Europe.

Thrive, a provider of managed services, has acquired Oni, a U.K. cloud, hybrid managed IT, Cisco Gold partner and data center services provider based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Thrive has accelerated growth with its recent investment from Court Square Capital Partners, and the ONI acquisition marks the company’s initial steps to significantly increase its geographic footprint, both domestically and internationally.

US-based managed service provider Thrive has kick-started its international expansion with the acquisition of UK network, cloud and data centre services firm ONI.

Luton (pictured), Bedfordshire-based ONI operates its own Tier-3+ data centre to deliver its cloud services and is a Cisco Gold partner. It provides IaaS, backup and disaster recovery, unified comms and contact centre as-a-service, among other services.

Thrive was recently financially backed by Court Square Capital Partners, and the ONI deal is the first move made by Thrive to expand its footprint outside the US.

Thrive, a premier provider of NextGen Managed Services, has acquired ONI, a UK Cloud, hybrid managed IT, Cisco Gold Partner and data center services provider based in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.

Thrive, backed by private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners, acquires Cisco Gold partner ONI. MSP vows more U.S. & U.K. expansion.

Thrive, a fast-growing MSP backed by private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners, has acquired Cisco Gold partner ONI. The deal extends Thrive from the United States into the United Kingdom, and gives Thrive a data center footprint in Europe. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.