Weblinc Joins Forces with GlobalOne

When we launched Weblinc in October 2008, our idea was to build a Cloud Consulting Practice focused on the salesforce platform. Our deep interest in architecture and mobility, and Salesforce’s approach to delivering value to customers, matched well with our idea to build a solution-focused consulting practice to solve complex business problems for our customers.

And it worked! Within 12 months Weblinc was named Partner of the Year for the Australasia Region. I credit this early success to our early intuition that Business Architecture was crucial to ensure the success of our customers. Making this the focus of our Practice got us off to a good start.

Weblinc was so successful, that we began to gain recognition as a key contributor to the evolution of the cloud technical architecture community. A proof point was being invited to hold a seat on salesforce.com’s International Technical Architecture Review Board.

Our team also began to build large custom apps on the Force.com platform which required complex integration with ERP core systems. In the process we developed a library of blueprint designs and evolved an agile delivery method and tool chain tailored to cloud app projects.

Things moved fast. In October 2011, on the 3 year anniversary of Weblinc, we asked ourselves, “How does Weblinc take its DNA and dominate the Australian salesforce partner ecosystem?” The answer came quickly. Literally that morning GlobalOne made an approach to investigate a partnership. As the discussion evolved, we saw an opportunity to join forces to become the dominant salesforce partner in the Asia Pacific region

Our thought process and check list was simple:

• Shared vision
• Complimentary client base
• Team culture, structure and fit
• Aligned strategies
• Architecture focus

It was clear early in the process the combination of both businesses would make a formidable team, not only in Australia but globally. With GlobalOne, we found a great match. We share the vision of creating a Global Architecture Practice to take thought leadership in the cloud architecture to market. With GlobalOne, we can scale our business faster and provide customers with a deeper and broader set of cloud services – all from a single provider. Now that the deal is done, our attention is quickly turning to how to best integrate the teams and get on with business.