Actifio, tech firm being purchased by Google, to lay off 54 workers By Andy Rosen Globe Staff,Updated December 15, 2020, 3:50 p.m. Email to a Friend Googleâs announcement that it had agreed to acquire Actifio said it planned to make the Massachusetts company part of its cloud division.Akio Kon/Bloomberg/File Actifio, the Waltham data-management firm that this month announced it is being acquired by Google, told Massachusetts officials it will lay off 54 workers this week, according to a state government website. It was not immediately clear whether the layoffs, which take effect Dec. 18, were permanent job reductions or long-term furloughs. Actifio referred questions to Google, whose representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment.