Green Cloud rebrands after buying Cascade Defense

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Green Cloud Technologies, a cloud technology solutions provider based in Greenville, has acquired Cascade Defense, a full-service managed security service provider in Spokane, Wash. A result of the purchase is a name change for the company from Green Clould Technologies to Green Cloud Defense, now one of the largest independent channel-only cloud infrastructure-as-a-service providers in the country, according to a news release.

Green Cloud Defense has significantly strengthened and expanded its security product portfolio and will offer their MSPs fully managed security information and event management software and a security operating center as a service, the news release said. Green Cloud has also obtained a Fortinet MSSP Expert partner and a full-service security operations center with the acquisition.

Green Cloud Defense’s headquarters will remain in Greenville, where Green Cloud Technologies started in 2011. Cascade Defense founders Eric Foster and Steve Sims will work in the new Green Cloud Defense Spokane office and have assumed new roles. Foster is Green Cloud Defense’s vice president of security operations, and Sims is Green Cloud Defense’s vice president of security chief information security officer.

“Everything we do at Green Cloud Defense is to better serve our channel partners,” Keith Coker, CEO and co-founder of Green Cloud Defense, said in the release. “Bringing new talent and technology to our current offerings will take our company to the next level and give our security capabilities a significant boost. The rebrand will only strengthen our company and better represent our commitment to innovation and best-in-class technology and resources to better serve our partners’ security needs.” 

Green Cloud Defense has 70 employees, serves 685 channel partners, operates six data centers and has the new office in Spokane.

Greed Cloud Defense delivers customized cloud solutions through managed service providers — MSPs — and valued-added resellers.