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assessing and understanding the level of cloud security they need. Covered areas include governance, infrastructure security, operations management, service administration, user access, tenancy and customer isolation, data retention, liability, disaster recovery, as well as incident and issue management, as it all relates to cloud.

For its part, Tencent Cloud ranks among the fastest-growing cloud providers, just behind Google and Alibaba, according to Synergy Research Group. The company so far operates in 25 regions and 53 availability zones worldwide.

Netskope: New Funding Means More Investment in Channel

Netskope earlier this month closed a $340 million investment round.

The cloud security provider (technically classified by Gartner as a cloud access security broker, or CASB) sells through managed service providers, resellers, systems integrators, distributors and other partners. That means the channel benefits directly from the new infusion of money.

Netskope’s Dave Rogers

“As a partner-centric company, this latest funding round enables Netskope to double down on our investments in the channel,” Dave Rogers, vice president of alliances and global channel sales, told Channel Futures. “We’ve just launched our new ‘Evolve’ partner program, we have a new online training platform, we’ve grown our channel team and resources by three times – including a new dedicated channel marketing team – and you’ll see Netskope continue that effort through this year.”

The Netskope platform ensures visibility and real-time data and threat protection when accessing cloud services, websites, and private apps from anywhere, on any device.

Netskope says its valuation now totals almost $3 billion. Investors – new and existing – in the round included Sequoia Capital Global Equities, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, PSP Investments, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Base Partners, ICONIQ Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Geodesic Capital and Social Capital.

10Pearls, Zen Cloud Join Forces

10Pearls, a Washington, D.C.-based MSP, said this week it has acquired Zen Cloud Technologies, a “boutique” Salesforce and digital consultancy out of San Francisco.

10Pearls partners with AWS and Salesforce, among other providers, but targeted Zen Cloud specifically for its Salesforce Marketing Cloud expertise.

“Salesforce is a key platform for enterprises looking to transform and digitalize,” Imran Aftab, CEO of 10Pearls, said. “The acquisition of Zen Cloud is strategic in many ways for 10Pearls. It bolsters our expertise within Salesforce and Mulesoft, adds to our leadership team, and helps solidify our San Francisco area presence.”

Zen Cloud, founded in 2015, boasts customers including Intuit and Franklin Templeton Investments. Now, 10Pearls says, the combined companies may serve all portfolio clients including Coca-Cola, Docker, Hologic, Stripe and AARP with digital transformation, global team augmentation and around-the-clock managed services.

10Pearls said the Zen Cloud deal brings its global headcount to nearly 500.