Paessler to add IT transparency solutions with acquisition of qbilon

Paessler AG, a German IT monitoring specialist which has developed the Paessler PRTG software has acquired qbilon GmbH for an undisclosed price.

Based in Germany, qbilon has built a platform for automating the capture, analysis and streamlining of hybrid IT landscapes.

Paessler said that the acquisition is a step in the company’s long-term plans for growth to offer the highest quality IT, OT, and IoT monitoring solutions to its clients and to expand its presence specifically in the large-scale enterprise sector and with the introduction of new products.

qbilon was founded in the year 2019 by four computer science researchers from the University of Augsburg. It will retain its headquarters in Augsburg.

Numerous well-known companies in the utility, automotive, and manufacturing sectors, such as KTR Systems, are currently using qbilonULTIMATE to analyze, improve and manage their IT landscapes.

Dr. Melanie Langermeier — qbilon CEO said: “We provide companies with comprehensive knowledge about their IT landscapes – complete, automatic and easy to understand, resulting in significantly less workload, lower costs and increased security.

“Making the decision to join the Paessler group makes a lot of sense given the natural fit between our IT transparency tools as well as the network insights and intelligence that Paessler provides to its customers. We are looking forward to providing our joint customers with comprehensive knowledge about their IT landscapes to help drive efficiencies and save resources.”

By acquiring the company, Paessler will add IT transparency solutions to its array of service offerings. This involves combining, exploiting, and analyzing datasets from the entire IT landscape of a customer and bringing added value from the management of architecture and costs to IT security and governance aspects.

qbilon allows integration with a variety of data sources, such as cloud platforms like AWS or Azure IT management and monitoring software such as Paessler PRTG or Dynatrace, and virtualization tools, such as vSphere.

Helmut Binder — Paessler CEO said: “As our first ever acquisition, today marks an exciting milestone in our history and future.

“We are passionate about giving customers the visibility they need of their IT landscapes to optimize resources, and qbilon is a natural fit with both our culture and what we are aiming to achieve. Both companies will benefit from mutual synergies in development & technology, sales and marketing as well as in operational areas.”