Mergers and Acquisitions

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Golden Ticket

Comcast Acquisition ‘Golden Ticket’ for Masergy Channel Partners

"The high-level win here for Comcast is the global enterprise game that Masergy knows how to...

money bag

Latest M&A: AT&T, HPE, Lumen, Microsoft, Pax8, Zoom, More

Zoom's massive contact center acquisition drew eyeballs, but other big purchases captured the...

Mergers acquisitions m&a goldfish crackers

Cybersecurity Acquisitions, Mergers Heat Up After Pandemic-Prompted Pause

More acquisitions could occur before any possible federal tax increases.

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Rebrand

FireEye Brand to Be Renamed Mandiant Early Next Month

The company’s Nasdaq ticker symbol will also change next month.

National Security

Zoom Acquisition of Five9 Under National Security Review

Five9 has operations in Russia, while Zoom has research and development staff in China.

Cloud Agreement

Fortanix, Snowflake Team Up; Thirdera Buys Appoxio

Other news in our cloud computing roundup covers Equinix’s new research and VMware’s new achievement.

money

Upstack Buys 2 More Agents

“We cannot in good conscience take a payout [and] walk away … ” one agent explained.

Merger Rumor

Citrix for Sale? Company Names New Channel Chief Amid Speculation

He came to Citrix as COO for sales and services last year from SAP.

Security Merger

F5 Strengthening Cloud Security with $68 Million Threat Stack Acquisition

The acquisition will strengthen both F5 and its partners’ competitive advantage.

Puzzle piece M&A

Huge Channel M&A: Avaya, Cisco, Check Point, Comcast, Lumen, Microsoft

Vendors and partners both made acquisitions last month.

contact center

Dialpad Beefs Up Contact Center with Kare Knowledgeware Acquisition

Kare Knowledgeware improves contact center self-service functionality.

Acquisition fish eating little fish

5 Challenges to Successful M&A

There are five big integration challenges for technology acquirers.

System Integration

NWN Carousel Completes Integration, Unveils New Offerings

The combined company has 7,000 customers in North America.

UK Attracting Record Levels of US Companies, Investment

Why are U.S. companies being attracted to the U.K. in record numbers?

Cloud Merger

Significant M&A Activity Among MSPs Continues in 3rd Quarter

Recent frenzy of MSP M&A activity saw companies such as The Synetek Group and Netsurit expanding their capabilities.

Acquisition

FireMon Acquires Cloud SecOps Provider DisruptOps, Co-Founder Rejoins Company

The acquisition is a ‘huge’ positive for FireMon partners.

Ramp Up

Cloud M&A Ramps Up This Week, Led by Accenture, DigitalOcean

Find out which companies they’re buying, and why.

Reject

Analyst: Five9 Shareholders Should Reject Zoom Acquisition Offer

Zoom’s stock price pulling back has dragged the acquisition price 18% lower.

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Microsoft Previews Hybrid PC Design with New Surface Laptop Studio

September 23, 2021

Industry Perspectives

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Financial Services: 5 Digital Transformation Priorities

September 23, 2021

Walking the Data Security vs. Data Privacy Tightrope

September 21, 2021

The QBR as an MSP Security Sales Tool

September 20, 2021

Webinars

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DE&I Workshop: Step In & Step Up

September 28, 2021

Reacting to the Threat Landscape with MTR

September 29, 2021

Fighting Supply Chain Attacks and “Big Game” Ransomware

September 30, 2021

White Papers

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Webroot BrightCloud 2021 Threat Report – Mid-Year Update

September 9, 2021

MSPs Guide to Cloud App Security & Ransomware Prevention

September 7, 2021

MSPs Guide to SOC-as-a-Service

September 7, 2021

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MSP Summit

November 1, 2021 - November 2, 2021

Channel Partners Conference & Expo

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Twitter

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September 23, 2021

We present the elite security-focused businesses from our #MSP501 list, as well as all 2021 applicants. @MSP_501… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

September 23, 2021

.@DellSmallBiz on effective #DEI efforts at @Dell, plus how #DellExpertNetwork works closely with MSPs.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

September 23, 2021

.@BlackBerry hires @McAfee vet to lead #cybersecurity business unit. dlvr.it/S88s5g https://t.co/itmixmhey7

September 23, 2021

.@1justtech reacts to @FBI withholding @KaseyaCorp #ransomware decryption key. dlvr.it/S88Qcr https://t.co/HRxsJI8iOS

September 23, 2021

How are partners taking advantage of #CloudComputing to innovate and provide new solutions to their customers?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

September 23, 2021

.@AppDynamics is shifting to 100% channel sales model, aligning with parent @Cisco's @CiscoPartners strategy.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

September 22, 2021

.@ptsecurity report says #ransomware attacks have reached stratospheric levels. dlvr.it/S85Rxz https://t.co/iJZxIuqlBQ

September 22, 2021