InterCloud Sold Online Backup Business to KeepItSafe, J2 Global Company

InterCloud Systems, Inc., provider of cloud networking orchestration and automation solutions and services, announced the sale of its online backup related business assets to KeepItSafe, Inc., a J2 Global, Inc. company.

Under the terms of the asset sale, InterCloud received $24 million in cash, and retained an additional $2.1 million, comprised of cash on hand, accounts receivable and net of other closing adjustments. $2 million of the purchase price was placed into an interest bearing escrow account that management expects to be released at the end of twelve months. The divested assets represented approximately 11% of the company’s annualized revenue.

Mark Munro, CEO, InterCloud, stated: “The sale of these onlie backup assets reflects a realigment of InterCloud’s strategy. The board of directors concluded that the consolidation of “online backup” companies had begun to produce greater price compression in that market and put pressure on our ability to continue to scale this product set. In addition, this sale has given InterCloud the opportunity to dramatically improve our balance sheet and short-term and long-term liquidity. The public markets have been volatile over the past twelve months, and the board concluded that the sale of these assets and the corresponding increase in liquidity was the prudent decision for InterCloud at this time. Our board of directors and senior officers have a significant amount of their own capital invested in InterCloud and continue to believe in our products and market timing for the transition taking place in IT.”

Mark Munro continued: “In addition to the added liquidity, this is the first step in InterCloud’s commitment to reorganize the company with continued focus in the emerging market of SDN (Software Defined Networking) and VNF (Virtual Network Function) orchestration and automation. The board is considering several options including strategic partnerships, strategic investment partners and other opportunities to allow InterCloud to increase value from our new products in the SDN/NFV (Network Function Virtualization) cloud space. Despite the slow development of the SDN and NFV market over the past two years, the adoption of SDN and NFV has begun to accelerate. Our teams have seen much greater interest in open source private cloud opportunities in enterprise markets, and in the service provider markets where multi-vendor orchestration and VNF validation are critical. Service providers are now taking formal steps to implement SDN and NFV into their global networks. This is the start of a long term IT transformation and migration for which, we believe, InterCloud is perfectly positioned.

In addition to this reorganization, InterCloud made great strides in 2015. Our team consolidated all acquisitions and concluded integration efforts resulting in approximately $1.5 million in payroll reductions during last year. As we previously disclosed, our revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was at a record high of approximately $65 million; and we maintained that momentum through the close of 2015. We are extremely proud of our results, but we have much higher goals and aspirations for 2016. Our goal is to continue to streamline expenses during 2016 and eliminate the cash burn associated with our orchestration and VNF validation group. We also will attempt to reduce debt and build value for our investors moving forward. We appreciate all investor support and look forward to a productive and exciting year ahead.“