Blue Hill Data Services Joins IT Service Alliance’s Mainframe Division

Blue Hill clients keep the same team, service and support, now backed by ITSA’s national family of mission-critical IT companies.

IT Service Alliance (ITSA), an IT managed service provider focused on mission-critical infrastructure services, today announced it has acquired Blue Hill Data Services, a provider of 24/7 onshore mainframe hosting and managed IT services. Blue Hill will continue to operate as Blue Hill Data Services under ITSA’s Mainframe Division, with the same name, team and service clients know today.

Since 1994, Blue Hill has supported government and commercial organizations with Mainframe-as-a-Service, IBM i hosting, disaster recovery, application maintenance and modernization, and remote support, all delivered from the United States. The company has built its reputation on flexible, personalized service that lets clients run mission-critical systems without being forced to change how they do business.

Blue Hill joins an ITSA family that includes BCL Mainframe Services, PARSEC Group, and Salem Automation. Together, the companies support more than 350 government, enterprise and Fortune 500 customers worldwide.

For Blue Hill clients, the combination adds a deeper bench of 100% on-shore, U.S.-based engineers, broader platform coverage and expanded migration, modernization, applications and disaster recovery capabilities, while keeping the same people and service levels they rely on today.

“Our philosophy is people first, for our employees and our customers. Our goal is to empower the people who power the world’s most essential technologies,” said Graeme Hewett, Co-Founder and CEO of ITSA. “For more than 30 years, the Blue Hill team has kept mission-critical systems running for organizations that can’t afford downtime. Joining ITSA puts more resources and more expertise behind that team, and gives Blue Hill customers a true partner in their IT infrastructure journey.”

What it means for clients

• Same team, same service. Blue Hill’s service delivery, account and support teams remain in place, and client contacts do not change.
• More capability. Clients gain access to ITSA’s broader services, including DRaaS, migration and modernization, applications, professional services and staff augmentation.
• More agility. A larger, 100% on-shore, U.S.-based team means more coverage and faster access to specialized expertise across IBM Z, IBM i, Linux, OpenVMS and database platforms.

“Technology doesn’t run itself. People keep it running,” said Nadim Muzayyin, Co-Founder and President of ITSA. “That’s why everything at ITSA starts with people: the employees who do the work and the customers who count on it. When the people who power the world’s most essential technologies are empowered, customers get the kind of service Blue Hill has always been known for, and more of it.”

About IT Service Alliance (ITSA) IT Service Alliance is an IT managed services provider that manages, modernizes and supports mission-critical IT infrastructure for government, mid-market enterprise and Fortune 500 organizations. Through its family of companies, ITSA delivers hands-on, U.S.-based support, managed hosting, disaster recovery and modernization services nationwide with a people-first philosophy for employees and customers alike. ITSA is headquartered in Arvada, Colorado. Learn more at itservicealliance.com.

About Blue Hill Data Services Blue Hill Data Services, part of IT Service Alliance’s Mainframe Division, provides private cloud and fully managed 24/7 data center hosting and IT support services. Specializing in mainframe while supporting multiple platforms, Blue Hill has served government and commercial clients from on-shore U.S. locations since 1994. Learn more at bluehilldata.com.