Mainstream, a leading provider of cloud solutions in Southeast Europe, has signed an agreement to acquire an ownership stake in the Slovenian company HC Center. The transaction will be finalized after approval from all relevant competition authorities.

This move is part of Mainstream's business expansion and strengthens its presence in the region. It is one of the company's growth pillars, as it currently operates through a network of eight data centers in Serbia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Greece. After approval by the relevant regulatory authority, the teams of Mainstream and HC Center will focus on achieving new business milestones, with the goal of providing a comprehensive portfolio of services to accelerate digital transformation.

The complementarity of expertise and the possibility of creating synergies between the teams is one of the main reasons for the merger of the companies. By merging with HC Center, Mainstream will also expand its infrastructure ecosystem, introducing two more data centers with synchronous data replication in Slovenia.

"During crisis and unstable times, there are two ways to make the most important decisions: you can be idle and wait for development of the events, hoping for the best, or you can take the future into your own hands. With our strategic moves, we have reached a stage where we can invest in the future. Mainstream is on a path of regional growth, incorporating a company with an excellent team, a recognized cloud infrastructure, and an extensive client base in Slovenia," emphasized Ljubiša Radivojević, CEO of Mainstream.

Founded in 2005 as a hosting company, Mainstream has been focusing all its efforts in the past ten years on providing comprehensive end-to-end cloud expertise in Serbia and the region. In addition to cloud services, Mainstream offers clients expertise in the use and management of platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. According to Radivojević, this business model is unique in Southeast Europe, and the merger with HC Center brings in engineers specializing in IT systems integration, cloud, data centers, network management, and security solutions, allowing Mainstream to expand its existing service portfolio in the Slovenian market.

"HC Center, a company with over 20 years of experience specializing in IT systems integration, provides digitalization solutions in Slovenia, while Mainstream is a regional pioneer of cloud solutions and a leading provider of multi-cloud solutions. The merger of both companies represents a unique concept in the domestic market, opening doors to even faster progress for companies in the digital economy," summarized Aleksej Kranjec, CEO of HC Center.

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