GlassHouse acquires CSSG

GlassHouse Technologies Inc. announced yesterday it has acquired Chicago-based security consultancy CSSG.

Terms of the merger were not disclosed.

The acquisition extends GlassHouse’s services into high-demand data security services, including assessments, optimisation, and policy framework development.

“We are moving into this market in response to high customer demand that we address their data security concerns,” said Mark Shirman, president and CEO of GlassHouse Technologies.

“It will be an extension of our current offerings in storage/recovery, virtualisation, and data centres, and allow us to assist our customers in securing their data from the centre all the way to the edge.”

GlassHouse is known for helping clients make better use of their IT investments through data centre consolidation and virtualisation. It also specialises in managing complex tasks such as disaster recovery and migrating operations to new data centres.

CSSG founder Robbie Higgins will head up GlassHouse’s new security services division.

“We often remind customers that spending more money on technology doesn’t necessarily mean they are more secure,” said Higgins.

“GlassHouse takes the same approach – a focus on the collective whole of people, process and technology to create a complete security solution that supports your business needs.

“We look forward to new growth and opportunities as part of the GlassHouse team.”