Mergers and Acquisitions

Consolidation is more than a trend; mergers and acquisitions are happening on a weekly basis. These stories help explain their impact.

Highlights

Cloud Security

Cisco to Acquire PortShift, Target Cloud App Security, Kubernetes

The Portshift acquisition will help Cisco customers increase agility and time to market.

Big News

VMware VMworld 2020 News Includes SaltStack Acquisition

Attendees learned more about Project Monterey that addresses an increasingly complex application...

Data Center Handshake

Veritas Acquisition of Globanet Strengthens Archiving, E-Discovery

The new capabilities will allow customers to see and act on more sources of content than ever.

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SaaS Cloud connections

Key Microsoft SaaS Partner AvePoint Plans $2 Billion IPO via SPAC

AvePoint is one of Microsoft’s largest Office 365, Teams and SharePoint ISV partners.

Differentiate with proactive IT maintenance, different thinking

MSP 501 Profile: Dresner Group Differentiates with Proactive IT Maintenance

Being out of sight means being out of mind — and out of consideration, says their CEO.

Flex

Splunk Strengthens Observability Platform with Flowmill Purchase

Flowmill will complement Plumbr and Rigor, two companies recently acquired by Splunk.

Acquisition

Latest FireEye Acquisition to Beef up Mandiant Advantage Platform

The acquisition opens up lots of opportunities for partners.

Two cloud-shaped hands shaking among other clouds in the sky.

Cisco to Buy Banzai Cloud, Its Latest Overseas Acquisition

With the acquisition, Cisco builds its modern native-cloud applications and connectivity expertise.

Takeaway

Security, Automation, Scaling Among Top ConnectWise IT Nation Connect Takeaways

The virtual conference touched on key industry topics and provided a road map for the rest of 2020 and beyond.

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MSP 501 Profile: Iuvo Technologies Tackles Customer M&A Amid COVID-19

The MSP/consultant fine-tuned its sales pipeline in 2020.

Big Arm

Palo Alto Networks Acquisition of Expanse to Beef Up Cortex Suite

The acquisition will add $67 million in annual recurring revenue to Palo Alto Networks.

Security Merger

ConnectWise Acquires Cybersecurity Firms Perch Security, StratoZen to Address SMB Needs

The company also shared product updates and details on ConnectWise Fusion, its unified platform approach.

Cloud Roundup

Wipro, Navisite, 2nd Watch Bolster Cloud Service Portfolios

The cloud channel partners all are focused on helping organizations add and manage new and different capabilities.

Strategy

Calligo Continues Acquisition Strategy with Cinnte Technologies Buy

Calligo is ranked 18th on the Channel Futures 2020 MSP 501.

Violin

StorCentric Acquisition Game Plan Now Includes Violin Systems

The vendor picks up software-defined all-flash storage solutions.

AMD to Acquire Xilinx in $35 Billion Deal, Followed by Marvell-Inphi Merger

The two semiconductor deals target growth from edge to cloud.

Expanding cloud services

Cloud Channel Partners Busy Expanding Services Amid COVID-19

In this news roundup, see what Accenture, 2nd Watch, ClearScale and Lemongrass are doing for organizations.

Acquisition Talks

MSP 501 Profile: Ntiva Acquisition Strategy Moves to Integration During Pandemic

The company wanted to be a “consolidator, not a consolidated.”

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Galleries

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Industry Perspectives

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Webinars

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Networking Trends in Ethernet and RDMA — and What They Mean for MSPs and Their Customers

December 2, 2020

Pandemic Pulse Check: Effectively Navigating the Distributed Workforce

December 8, 2020

2021 Cybersecurity Predictions: How MSPs Will Protect Customers —and Themselves — in the Year Ahead

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White Papers

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Kaspersky Security Offering for MSP and MSSP

November 10, 2020

Managed Service Provider Program

November 10, 2020

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Practice Development Playbook

November 6, 2020

Upcoming Events

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Channel Evolution Europe Virtual

December 1, 2020 - December 2, 2020

Channel Partners Virtual

March 2, 2021 - March 4, 2021

Channel Partners Conference & Expo

November 2, 2021 - November 5, 2021

Videos and Fastchats

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It’s 501 Somewhere: Logicalis’ Jon Groves On Agility, Channel Transformation During COVID-19

October 23, 2020

MSSP Debate: Is It a Smart Time for MSPs to Take the Plunge?

September 23, 2020

VMware & SD-WAN: Taking a SASE Approach

September 23, 2020

Twitter

.@AvePoint goes the #SPACs route to #IPO with deal in which Apex Technology Acquisition Corp. will acquire it.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

November 25, 2020

.@dresnergroup differentiates itself with proactive IT maintenance. And they’re #50 on the 2020 Hot 101.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

November 25, 2020

.@Centreon unveils updated #partnerprogram. #ITmonitoring dlvr.it/RmMNyf https://t.co/Fot3vgY6Wf

November 25, 2020

.@Splunk acquiring @FlowmillHQ to extend its #observability platform. dlvr.it/RmMF1x https://t.co/4u6XaFli3K

November 24, 2020

.@PureStorage announces Pure as-a-Service 2.0. Delivers more transparency and clarity for users and partners. dlvr.it/RmM59L

November 24, 2020

.@SAP #MSPs: Step in to fill the #ITSkillsShortage gap as users migrate to public cloud. @EnsonoIT… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

November 24, 2020

.@datto's Q3 profit, revenue jump in first quarterly financials since going public. #MSP dlvr.it/RmLZGK https://t.co/efpYJ0b1yr

November 24, 2020

#MSSPs, are you or your customers facing #insiderthreats? @Code42 is taking Incydr 100% channel in response.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

November 24, 2020