j2 Acquires Backup Connect BV

Headquartered in Hollywood, CA, j2 Global, Inc., provider of cloud services for business, has acquired Backup Connect International BV, an online backup provider based in The Netherlands.

With this acquisition, j2 now has customer bases and prospects serviced by local sales, support and online backup infrastructures in the US, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and The Netherlands.

Localized support teams and data centers are critical to garnering customer confidence, and support both integration of acquired customer relationships and future sales in each location.

"This acquisition reflects our continued interest in the online backup space and our commitment to growing this business globally," said j2 Global CEO Hemi Zucker. "We look forward to pursuing additional acquisitions in this space and to leveraging and extending our localized global online backup footprint."

Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed and the financial impact to j2 is not expected to be material.