ALSO and Intermedia Form Joint Venture for U.S. Cloud Marketplace

SUNNYVALE, CA, Nov. 12, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- ALSO Holding AG and Intermedia Intelligent Communications have formed a joint venture, ALSO Intermedia Technologies LLC, to build a next-generation cloud and technology marketplace for the U.S. market. The new business aims to help managed service providers (MSPs) and IT resellers source, sell, provision, and manage Microsoft cloud products and a growing portfolio of business technology solutions through a single marketplace, backed by dedicated partner service and support.

ALSO Holding AG, a leading European technology provider, reported €15.2 billion in gross sales in 2025 and brings an ecosystem spanning more than 800 technology vendors and a cloud marketplace serving more than six million unique users. Intermedia, with more than 30 years of experience, over 7,500 global channel partners, and a platform serving more than 150,000 business customers worldwide, is contributing its expertise in AI-powered communications, collaboration, and customer engagement solutions.

The joint venture combines ALSO’s global scale and marketplace technology with Intermedia’s established U.S. partner relationships, Microsoft cloud expertise, and service capabilities. ALSO is one of Microsoft’s largest partners in Europe, and this joint venture accelerates ALSO’s expansion and leadership in the U.S. market. Intermedia has a strong history of pioneering cloud solutions, including being the first company to bring Hosted Microsoft Exchange email to market in 2000. It has since become a world leader in providing Hosted Exchange and has been among the earliest participants in Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program.

The new business is being built as a growth platform for partners, bringing a broader technology portfolio together with tools for ordering, provisioning, subscription management, and billing. The goal is to help partners spend less time administering services and more time serving customers, expanding their offerings, and building recurring revenue. Planned enhancements include greater subscription flexibility and expanded marketplace capabilities, supported by the responsive service and partner-focused support that have long distinguished Intermedia.

The venture is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2027, with offerings and capabilities introduced through a phased rollout. Existing Intermedia partners will continue doing business as usual, with no immediate action required. The companies will share details about available products, marketplace capabilities, and partner participation ahead of launch.

ALSO Holding AG, based in Emmen, Switzerland, is Europe’s largest technology provider for the ICT industry, currently active in 31 European countries and in many countries worldwide via PaaS partners. The ALSO ecosystem comprises a total potential of more than 140,000 resellers, to whom it offers hardware, software, and IT services from more than 800 vendors in over 1,680 product categories. The main shareholder is the Droege Group, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Intermedia Intelligent Communications helps more than 150,000 business customers connect better, from wherever, through its AI-powered platform that includes voice, video conferencing, chat, SMS (where available), contact center, business email and productivity, file sharing and backup, security, archiving, and more. With month-to-month contract options, one monthly bill, and one intuitive point of administrative control, and having been certified by J.D. Power nine times for excellence in assisted technical support, Intermedia is committed to providing enterprise-grade products to businesses of all sizes through a simple, Worry-Free Experience™ that includes financially backed 99.999% uptime SLAs.