{"id":83776,"date":"2017-07-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/emc-buys-interlink\/"},"modified":"2017-07-04T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T07:00:00","slug":"emc-buys-interlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2017\/07\/04\/emc-buys-interlink\/","title":{"rendered":"EMC Buys Interlink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EMC has acquired the Interlink Group which consults on integrating Microsoft software applications.<P>EMC has acquired the Interlink Group which consults on integrating Microsoft software applications. <\/P><P>The companies did not initially reveal transaction terms. Interlink had $21.5 million in revenue in 2004, according to VARBusiness Magazine. EMC sells information storage and management systems. It was the company&#8217;s second acquisition this week, following a $153 million deal to purchase California data-replication software firm Kashya Inc. <\/P><P>Interlink was founded in 1989 and is based in Englewood, Colo. The firm adds 180 people to EMC&#8217;s professional-services workforce, which numbers more than 9,000 people.&nbsp; In January, EMC acquired Internosis of Greenbelt, Md, which similarly consults on Microsoft platforms. EMC recently expanded an alliance with Microsoft.<\/P><P>EMC had 26,500 employees at the close of 2005, but has laid off 500 employees in the past two quarters and plans that many more job reductions before year end. 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