Cloud Software Group acquires Arctera, signals another shift for legacy data tools

Cloud Software Group has agreed to acquire Arctera, the current steward of Backup Exec and InfoScale, in a move echoing CEO Tom Krause’s past consolidation-heavy playbook. Arctera, spun off from Veritas last year, will join CSG as a standalone unit. While framed as a growth strategy, the acquisition raises familiar questions about future pricing, product focus, and support for SMBs already reliant on these long-standing data management tools.