According to Deon Scheepers, Head: Technology and Strategy at ATIO, cloud computing is one of the most significant trends in IT today. Organisations of all sizes are evaluating cloud computing solutions that can improve their performance by increasing productivity, lowering cost of ownership, and to provide better reliability.

Local specialist ICT services company, ATIO, announced today that they have concluded a transaction whereby Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) has acquired a select portion of ATIO's Interactive Intelligence-related contact centre assets in order to service the South African and sub-Saharan region more ably.The value of the transaction is R 54 million. The new company will operate as Interactive Intelligence South Africa (Pty) Ltd.